Guest Blogger, Randy Evans, is an iLife Instructor and Project Coordinator for Dataseam. Wow, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I wouldn’t have believed it. The teachers left the comfort zone of their classrooms as they were totally immersed into the world of photojournalism. Their journey took them from failure to the…
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” (-Jim Rohn) What motivates YOU, as a teacher, to use technology in your classroom? Maybe your school has recently upgraded its computer lab, or your classroom computers; perhaps you’ve seen studies indicating that technology in the classroom is not only important, but essential…
Several “life mottos” constantly roll around in my head, but this one is my favorite: Life begins at the End of your Comfort Zone. My trainer started repeating it to me 18 months ago. She explained that when things feel easy, when goals are reached, when you stop sweating so much, then its time for…
Guest Blogger Rebecca Roach is Professional Development Associate in the 21st Century Education Enterprise at Morehead State University. What Do You Believe? Could you express your personal creed in 500 words or less? This was the challenge Edward R. Murrow presented to American in the 1950’s during a time when ideology threatened to divide us…
The Jackson City School District as a whole is a model of system-wide success through technology integration. They have taken remarkable steps to produce a more powerful educational environment. The success isn’t localized – it is systemic, all-encompassing. From the Superintendent, to the tiniest Kindergarten student, technology is seamlessly woven into the curriculum of every…
The Library was my favorite place to be as a kid. I love books, love being surrounded by books, and love the smell of books. I struggled with assignments on the Dewey Decimal System, however, and often got in trouble for not shutting the card catalog drawers quietly. I was an average researcher in college,…