But Words Will Never Hurt Me?

I used to end my classes with this message to my students: Be nice to those people different than you. Since no two people are the same, the message was to be kind to every single person. I committed to this mission because of the lack of empathy toward one another I...

Changing Instruction: A Blended Setting

I just had the opportunity to spend three great days with a group of high school mathematics teachers preparing to implement a blended approach to instruction into their classroom. These teachers will be developing their students as independent learners, so these...

A Perfect Tool to Help Students Perfect Their Vocabulary

Wound. Produce. Close. Present. Invalid. When there are two or more words that are spelled the same and have different pronunciations or meanings, they are called heteronyms. These cause apprentice readers to stumble and even proficient reads to pause. Test this for...

New Every Trails App Testing with My First Road Ride

I came across the Every Trails app for my iPhone and thought it had some potential as a tool for tracking my workouts. I had no idea! 19 Mile Park Loop Map your trip with EveryTrail It’s incredibly cool. I love the multiple ways of looking at the map data....

Snippets from a School

I spent the day at Bate Middle School in Danville, KY on Tuesday meeting with teachers who are using some of the new technologies from the Kentucky’s Striving Readers Consortium. I don’t usually talk about specific schools that I work with but my experience was...