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This post is not polished…just a random idea that struck me that I wanted to share. Far too often, I am inspired by an idea, but end up being just too busy to try and see what happens. Sounds familiar? If so, this post is for you.

A few years ago, I gave my first keynote entitled, "Magical Moments," at Michigan State University. Here, I told the story of the magical moment when EduMatch was…

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Reflections on #ISTE17 (Part 2 of ????) s/o to @techclara and @msmagiera

This one is going to be a challenging one for me to write.  However, it’s the one I’m most passionate about.  This is about the need to be vulnerable, and it’s challenging because I feel like a hypocrite.  Hopefully, this post is me not being a hypocrite.  We will see.

I was super-inspired watching my friends on the big stage Tuesday morning.  It was a pleasure to watch Clara Alanizspeak about…

Reflections on #ISTE17 (Part 1 of ???)

Hello, everyone!  Long time no talk.  Or is it?  LOL.  I don’t remember the last time I blogged and didn’t immediately take it down.  For some reason, I have been very turtle-like the past few months, sticking my neck out and immediately retreating back into my protective shell.  I have probably written about five posts about whatever was on my mind at the time, which I’ve published and then…

Hello, everyone!  It’s been a while, I know.  The school year just ended, and even though I’m now 12 months, it’s always a good time to look back.  Here is a late night/early morning random blog post, just taking a look back at my journey in education.  It was inspired by a Voxer group I’m in, where again, I was being random at 2 a.m.

I used to be Assistant Manager of a record store, and remember…

Being an educator in 2017 might look very different than it did twenty, ten, or even five years ago.  The role of social media, for those choosing to embrace it, cannot be understated. I created my first account that was exclusively dedicated to professional learning in April 2013.  In the grand scheme of things, four years is a short time, but in education, specifically ed tech, it is pretty…

#GSuite…a life saver for professors!

I don’t pledge allegiance to any particular tool, although it’s no secret that I do love Google. However, this post has nothing to do with that. I’m writing today because I think that G Suite is the way to go in higher ed, from the grad student point of view. 

Some professors are already doing this, which is awesome! If you haven’t seen these tools, I think it’s worth a look to check out the…

Some days make you and some will break you. Sometimes they are one in the same. Trying to keep my head in this crazy game but it’s not always easy. Believe me. Today is one of those days. 

The world is not black and white, it’s just gray. I wish today was any day but today. I want the sun to go down but will tomorrow be worse? No idea until I do today first. 

Sometimes it takes courage to get out…

A LiveStreaming Smash of Epic Proportions #edtech

One of my friends told me about a webinar service that would allow you to have multiple people in a session, while simultaneously streaming to YouTube and/or Facebook Live.

She, in essence, created a monster lol.

I had to do this, but to my dismay, I found that it would run me $55/month.  I inquired about an educator discount, but was told there wasn’t one.  So, I had the idea late one night to…

My friend Shervette told us in the EduMatch voxer group that it’s #NationalPoetryMonth.  She posted some great poems, and invited us to do the same:

https://twitter.com/AtlTeacher/status/848572759324188673

I’ve been writing poetry and songs for a while, but most of them don’t see the light of day, as I usually write them to process.  I’ll share a couple today…most are still not ready for the…

Random thoughts on a Sunday morning…the interplay of personalization and culture

This post is not intended to be a deep dive, although the topic clearly warrants it. Instead, I’m jotting down some quick thoughts that have been on my mind for a while. I’d love it if you share your perspective in the comments. 

Yesterday, I was in a Voxer group, catching up on what felt like 50 million messages that I’d missed throughout the week. I listened at 4x speed, as I often do, so some…

#BFC530 and #IMMOOC-inspired post: Snow Day Reflections on Choice in #PD

This morning is a snow day.  To my surprise, the forecast got it right for once.  I woke up around 5 AM to the sound of tapping against my window, and got out my phone to check if school was closed.

Hooray!

I have this horrible habit of not being able to go back to sleep once I wake up.  Plus, I had set a calendar reminder for #BFC530 today.  I’ve been trying to get back into Twitter chats, but…

Now what? Five tips for #educators to #resist

Betsy Devos was confirmed today as the new Secretary of Education for the United States.

This is concerning to many educators, as well as members of the general public.  Millions had called their senators in hopes to convince them to vote in the interest of public school students nationwide.  However, many chose to vote instead with their pocket…ahem…party.

Houston, we have a problem.

Public…

So, you want to write a book?

We just did. It had been a dream of mine for a very long time, but I was afraid because I thought it would be difficult. I was wrong. It can be done, relatively simply! Caveat one: We literally just released this book less than a week ago, so I’m still learning a lot. I may have to update this post later as it’s still brand new waters. Caveat two: I started writing this at the gym, so I may come…

As you may already know, we are releasing our first #EduMatch book in a few days. More about that later. The purpose of this post is to thank my fellow collaborators on this project, and many others. I know I have said time and again how excited and grateful I am. I never usually say why. 

Lucy Ricardo and I are kindred spirits. Since I was a kid, I have been coming up with crazy ideas. In first…

The Subtle Art…

I’m currently reading this great book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ****. Since I tend to give way too many, wasting a lot of time worrying about stuff that doesn’t matter nearly as much as I think it does, this book is right on time. Yesterday when I was at an event, I took an introvert break. There was no cell reception, so I cracked open the Kindle app and continued to read where I left off.