This is both a big moment and a small blip, a tongue-tied mixed-feeling overture. It reassures me that I have done something important, but I that can never rest on my laurels. I will never stop being passionate about learning, nor will I cease to use collaborative tools in the classroom. This is who I […]

Throughout this amazing interview (for me) with Mike Seyfang, he kept on bringing up the idea that School 2.0 and a transformation in education could not be taught to others. This goes against a lot of the things that I am trying to do with other teachers, but in the end, it makes a […]

Many edubloggers (only the most recent one I have found) and podcasters have noticed this phenomenon that it is terribly difficult to receive recognition for doing great work outside your most logical sphere of influence: your own school. This tendency leads to less willingness to collaborate with the teachers that are geographically close to you. […]

As it just so happens, even in the flattest of worlds, coincidences are still the stuff of magic. The confluence of events that I am referring to now is that I met up with a student from the Pleasantview Academy (in central Kansas) by simply going to my summer job working with kids on technology […]

When I first learned how to harness the power of the read/write web, it was by aggregating all of the blogs that meant something to me. Whether it was answering the daily challenges of Weblogg-ed, finding meaning in Edublog Insights, or trying to parse through the Borderland, I was enraptured by all of the great […]

When I try to explain to people, even the most highly educated and interested people, what I am doing in my classroom, I get two distinct reactions.
1. This is way too technical for me. It is fine if you want to try it out (and fall flat on your face when parent/administration/other teachers find out […]

This interview with Paige Kuni (Intel’s Worldwide Manager for K-12 Education) will further explain what I mean by Education Transformation. It is taken from the Classrooms of Distinction forum, in which I gathered as many ideas about School 2.0 from the available experts as possible.
The one thing that I was the most surprised with […]

Who am I, and why am I doing this podcast?

I am a teacher and a learner.
I am someone who seeks out knowledge in every avenue available to me.
I am the first one to try something new.
I am passionate about my students and their potential to do great things.
You see, I work tirelessly from all angles […]