Envy: The Emotion Kept Secret | Psychology Today

This was a great piece on Envy! The bottom line is, you cannot disguise it as something else. When you set up roadblocks for others, the truth is highly visible. Envy has to do with feeling unhappy about the success of someone else, or about what they have and, at the same time, secretly feeling … Continue reading Envy: The Emotion Kept Secret | Psychology Today

Thinglink: Digital Tagging to Learn Organelles – Teacher Tech Tools: Integration Made Easy!

To save time in class having students draw, color and label cell diagrams, Thinglink is a digital tool that allows students to label and diagram photos! Here are a few examples from some Biology students at Bertie Early College High School. Thanks Mr. Boller for differentiating the lesson! The global piece is where students are … Continue reading Thinglink: Digital Tagging to Learn Organelles – Teacher Tech Tools: Integration Made Easy!

These Kids Spent 8 Hours Coding And Broke A Guinness World Record

Microsoft approached Guinness when it had the idea to host the marathon training session. Guinness World Records set a benchmark of 1,300 students who had to take part, Microsoft representative Katie Fazzolari told The Huffington Post. via These Kids Spent 8 Hours Coding And Broke A Guinness World Record. I read this article and it made me think of … Continue reading These Kids Spent 8 Hours Coding And Broke A Guinness World Record

3 Google Chrome Extensions I Can’t Live Without

Check out a few Google Chrome extensions to make your web life easier! OneTab When web browsing, it's a common thing to have too many tabs open at once. Well The folks at OneTab have the solution all figured out! Simply head over to your chrome store, add the extension and with one click, all … Continue reading 3 Google Chrome Extensions I Can’t Live Without

3 Chrome Extensions I Can’t Live Without

Check out a few extensions for Google Chrome to make your web life easier! OneTab When web browsing, it's a common thing to have too many tabs open at once. Well The folks at OneTab have the solution all figured out! Simply head over to your chrome store, add the extension and with one click, … Continue reading 3 Chrome Extensions I Can’t Live Without

Fundamentals of Bliss: 5 Amazing Ways to Love Yourself

Let me be frank. You must forgive the mother who neglected you, The father who abandoned you, the family friend who molested you, the lover who abused you in any way possible, and the friend who betrayed you, and you've got to do it now! You have to do it because the longer you hold them responsible for your current situation, the longer you put your life on hold. You are living in a personal prison, and it's time to be freed.

Beulah J. Sharpe: the g.o.a.t.

The decision by the executives at Tylon to refuse to sell the old machines to the workers created a need for additional funding. The second blow was one that I hate to even speak about, and it did not make the article (above). Now it is time to tell this part of the story!

Modeling The Power of Blogging

SAMR: From Substitution to Modification/Redefinition Meet Jon. He is a Social Studies teacher at Bertie (pronounced Bert-Tee) Early College High School in Windsor, North Carolina. He's a consistent tech infuser, who was chosen to go with a group of us to the NCTIES conference just last month. He came away with some wonderful notes and … Continue reading Modeling The Power of Blogging

Tackk Makes Blogging Easy!

Earlier this week, we talked about the 3 Keys to Global Instructional Design. Among the keys was blogging for teachers and students. I failed to include what is perhaps the best tool for beginners who are skeptical about using platforms with complicated user interfaces. If you want to create a simple, easy-as-pie web space, then Tackk is the answer to your prayers.

3 Keys to Global Instructional Design

Instructional Design is defined as: The process by which instruction is improved through the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of learning materials. Students across the United States want to know each day at school, "When will we ever use this?" and "Why do we have to know this?" They're both age-old questions, to say … Continue reading 3 Keys to Global Instructional Design