A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on my teacher education blog, Ask a Tech Teacher. Here are the most popular posts from my Ask a Tech Teacher blog for November: I got an interesting complaint about my blog. The … Continue reading
A lot of teacher-authors read WordDreams. In this monthly column, I share a popular post from my teacher education blog, Ask a Tech Teacher. A High School Driver’s Ed teacher was taking one of my grad school classes and wondered what websites I suggested to augment his in-person and remote classes. There are some great … Continue reading
They Call Me Mom by Pete Springer 5/5 x Pete Springer’s memoir They Call Me Mom (Outskirts Press 2019) about his first years teaching will delight new teachers and have experienced educators nodding along with him. As a teacher, Pete’s early experiences remind me of the joy inherent in teaching: “This job required about as … Continue reading
Here are the most popular posts from my Ask a Tech Teacher blog for July. This one–if you’re a teacher-author, feel free to contact me about posting an article about your teaching experiences on Ask a Tech Teacher: I get thousands of visitors a day–over 5.5 million since I started. The most common reason why … Continue reading
A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on my teacher education blog, Ask a Tech Teacher. Good efriend Robbie over at Roberta Writes did research on the benefits of children learning to read using an ipad versus a paperback book. … Continue reading
A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on my teacher education blog, Ask a Tech Teacher. Here is the most popular post from my Ask a Tech Teacher blog for February: Thank you so much to Norah Colvin for inviting … Continue reading
This column shares the most popular posts from my Ask a Tech Teacher blog this past month: Here’s a great list of Special Needs websites. Click the link for an updated library: Occupational Therapy–a long list of great apps including stress, social skills building, and more Read&Write–for students with dyslexia or English language learners who … Continue reading
As a Tech Teacher, I’ve been Geek for years but these days, with remote and hybrid teaching, everyone has to get their geek on. I have this poster on my Ask a Tech Teacher blog I share with colleagues on how to do that: More Geek Humor (from Ask a Tech Teacher) Everything I Need … Continue reading
A warm welcome to Sean Clark, Instructional Aide, and first time guest on WordDreams. He’s a Teacher-Author with a wonderful experience tro share, involving his students and November’s NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program: School-age kids these days are bridging huge linguistic and literary gaps almost every day: reading books checked out from the school library, but … Continue reading
On my Ask a Tech Teacher blog, education during the pandemic still dominates teacher’s and parent’s thoughts. If you’re either (besides being a writer and having that day job–I know about those multiple hats!), you’ll enjoy these suggestions for making this work: Corona virus has been difficult not just for teachers and students but for … Continue reading
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