While attending our Fall ICTE conference, my classroom was managed by a well-qualified substitute teacher. Aside from a short phone call on my...
She is so disappointed. She is also a bit of a judgey know-it-all. She is me, in my last year of my teaching degree. Her self-congratulatory...
On our first date, my now-husband asked me, what is one thing I should know about you. I bravely proclaimed: I am a writer. I remember being...
Pick a book (Read 2 pages) I need drink of water Not that book—this book No I have to climb up the chair this way (Read...
I struggle because the world has changed so drastically from when I started teaching nearly 15 years ago. How can I prepare teachers for a career...
My classroom becomes unsafe. My students become unsafe. I become unsafe. We all become...
NOVEMBER SUPPLICATION I step out into the raucous caws from the crows in the neighborhood, piercing over the hum of the...
I. Some of my favorite things to hear “I need a new book.” “Do you have any other books by this author?” “I...
ICTE Award Nomination Forms and Past Winners Nominations for the 2024 awards are OPEN now at these links: Barb Schubert Award Middle...
Teaching sometimes feels like driving through a construction zone. All may look clear according to the map, but an unexpected roadblock – a...
On our first date, my now-husband asked me, what is one thing I should know about you. I bravely proclaimed: I am a writer. I remember being...
Thursday, Oct. 5 Link to the 2023 conference schedule: SCHED Our conference began with a keynote address from Dave Stuart...
On Thursday, August 17th, at 4 pm, Deneen Nelson and Brenna Griffin will facilitate a conversation about Dave Stuart Jr's book These Six Things,...
Nominations are open for 2024 ICTE Awards
April 17, 2024
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Guilty or Not Guilty: The Case for Impromptu Teaching
November 26, 2023
Five Paragraph Death Punch, Revisited
November 17, 2023