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Real Assessment for a Change

Matt Guthrie is, like me, a middle school teacher. Whereas I taught English, Matt has taught both math and science. I am interested in his perspective both as a math teacher and as a teacher whose insight I value.

Thanks Jason for giving me the opportunity to guest post here alongside people who are so [...]

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Social Sig For Me

If you click on the “Social Media Signature Generator” button at the top of the page, it will take you to Social Sig For Me. http://socialsigforme.com is a fun project that I started when I wanted a cool, visual way to show my social networks in my email signature and in blogs. It’s a [...]

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I Write Q!

I rarely discuss commercial applications on this blog, but I am beginning to realize how much need there is in my school. To help the students in my school, I am looking to apply for technology based grants. Thanks to Shannon M Miller for telling me about Qwizdom’s How Do You Q? contest. Below [...]

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Transition

I hope you know how much I appreciate you all taking the time to read this blog.  As you may know, I have a lot of changes going on. My wife is due with our second child soon. In fact, tomorrow is her due date. Next Wednesday is my last day working as a [...]

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World Geography

One of my World Geography teachers came to me recently wanting to do a project. He has 10 days unallocated in his scope and sequence and he wants to do a project with his kids as he doesn’t often get to. It sounds good to me! My requirements are simple: make it enjoyable [...]

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Mission for this Week: 4/05-4/12

While #tmn10 was a great success and totally worth it, all of the work that it required caused some of my other projects to fall by the wayside.  Notably, I had been working on staring a book with the working title, Techniques for Effective Technology Integation. Also, on my spring break, I built a [...]

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Help TeachMeet With Free Badges

Do you want to help advertise TeachMeet Nashville? It’s easy and free, just like TeachMeet. Just pick which widget fits your blog or website, grab the html, and add it to your site. It’s that help. Email TeachMeet tech support if you need help getting it working or if you need another size. Thanks for [...]

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Update: TeachMeet Nashville

Wow. This has been the most whirlwind week in a while. About 1 week ago, I somewhat spontaneously decided to run a TeachMeet conference with only 2 months to plan, organize, market, and raise funds. I should admit, I have no experience with this at all. The only event that I was involved in [...]

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What Really Matters

As teachers, we are often isolated from the real world. Regardless of outside circumstances, we expect students to come in and perform. This is not going to be a long or preachy post. I’m running on little sleep and several things happened in the last 14 hours that woke me up again to the [...]

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