For my course 5 final project, I chose to modify a writing unit, “Oral Storytelling” with technology.

Since this was an activity to give them more practice with thinking dynamically and spontaneously, I […]

In December, I submitted my application to the ADE Class of 2013. I didn’t share my video like many others before me have, nor did I even tell that many people I applied. The only ones who knew I applied were my […]

I have often heard of Project 365, where you collect one photo a day into an album. By the end of the year, you have a beautiful visual story of your year in review. I have tried a few times, but was unsuccessful. […]

Here we are, the very end of Course 4! I am going to cut to the chase and spell out two options I came up with for my Course 5 project. From where I am standing now, I cannot tell which will work out better or […]

Being a kindergarten teacher, we have a lot to manage in the classroom. I have mentioned before that everything we teach is basically new to them. Lining up, waiting your turn to speak, raising your hand, how to […]

When I was growing up, we watched shows like The Jetsons, and marveled at how the future would be. We were just kids, so why would’t we believe what the cartoons told us? I think entertainment’s projection of the […]

When I first learned of reverse instruction, or the flipped classroom model, I thought, well, that isn’t really relevant to my age group. I frequently wonder if many teachers hear the old “but we teach […]

Whenever I’ve been asked how I think technology integration should look, my answer made sense to me. But I didn’t realize that it was actually sort of contradictory. To clarify – my typical answer here is that I […]

Just came across a story on NPR All Things Considered about the Flipped Classroom approach. You can also listen to the story here:

In international schools, I often hear the phrase “every teacher is an English teacher.” With the numbers of students who can call English their second, third or fourth language, this is certainly true. In these […]

Hi everyone. I’m looking to the greater community to find kindergarten or ECE classes that have Twitter accounts. My class has just gotten the process of tweeting a morning message and now we’re ready to share […]