First – STEM doesn’t have to be technology. It doesn’t have to be stand-alone. It doesn’t have to be complicated. We also don’t have to do STEM alone. STEM can essentially be fused into virtually any lesson. The challenge of STEM is to see if we can combine two or more subjects or two orContinue reading “Fusing STEM in Anything”
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Ode to Buster Poindexter
OK, I’m reaching a bit on this headline, but this topic is going to be about the “Hottest” trends in Ed Tech today! Unfortunately, I have had teachers suggest (or imply) that what I teach is simply a FAD that will disappear in a few years, like all of the other failed educational experiments. Hey,Continue reading “Ode to Buster Poindexter”
I’m in Love… with Micro:bit!
I am in love with Micro:bits. To be honest, I heard about these a few years ago, and they looked interesting, but I had very little interest in them for several reasons. One, they were super cheap – and that does not always equate to quality. Two, it was just another “cool tech gadget” inContinue reading “I’m in Love… with Micro:bit!”
Digital Citizenship
Being a middle school teacher, I had the unique opportunity to teach a lesson on Digital Citizenship to a classroom of third graders. My school district has recently began a push to increase our digital citizenship lessons this school year. In January, they exposed the elementary staff to the CommonSense Media website. Previously, this webContinue reading “Digital Citizenship”
Building Up STEAM 