A Glogster Experience

In last month’s blog I was fresh off my ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference experience and shared some of my initial impressions of the conference. I have since moved beyond my stupefied phase, the desire to try every new tech tool I...

Using the iPod Touch to Develop Number Sense

I have the distinct pleasure of working with Bate Middle School in Danville, Kentucky with their iPod Touch Literacy Program. They are piloting for the second semester the use of iPods with middle school students to increase opportunities in classroom instruction to...

Response to Intervention Research in Mathematics – Series #1

Recommendation 6 – Building Fluent Retrieval of Basic Arithmetic Facts Connected to the CCSSO Standards and Instructional Recommendations The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide, Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention...

Passionate Discourse

All people need to be involved in passionate discourse every once and a while. This gets the heart pumping, the blood moving, oxygen flowing and the brain functioning at higher levels. Shouldn’t students be involved in this type of activity? In recent months the oil...