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TeachMeet Nashville is going to happen in only 5 days! An immense amount of work from many people is finally going to pay off. Before anything else, I need to thank Melissa Smith (@msmithpds), Nancy Blair (blairteach), and Bess Bedell (@MumtoEve). They have been my anchors and have really come through to . . . → Read More: What’s Going to Happen at TeachMeet?
Recently on Twitter, some followers showed interest in creating a custom social media signature for email. While email may be eventually replaced by more sophisticated tools like Google Wave, email is about the only tech tool that is nearly ubiquitous. Therefore, it behooves us to find a way to stand out. There . . . → Read More: Create A Custom Social Media Signature
At the beginning of January, I was just a library media specialist; I was not a conference planner. Between all that my job entailed, my second job, and being a husband and father, who would have time for such things? The honest answer is one that surprised me greatly: anyone. I say . . . → Read More: How TeachMeetNashville Started and How to Start Your Own
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I have a confession to make: as much professional development as I seek out, I have not read a book about my profession since college (about 3 years). My development as a teacher outside the classroom has come from several areas, including personal reflection on this blog, interacting with other teachers . . . → Read More: The Hidden Curriculum – Part 1 1 of the things that I have learned in my years of teaching (all 3 of them) is that students do better work when they enjoy what they are doing. Students, like all people, enjoy working on those things that interest them. For example, I love programming. I will be perfectly happy . . . → Read More: Connecting to Students’ Interests
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