In my current role as an Innovative Learning Coordinator, I am responsible for working with teachers at seven different schools. At the beginning of this last school year, after reflecting on the previous year, I wanted to find a strategy for being able to effectively...

Last week, I shared an overview of the Personalized Learning Flow that incorporates the Personalized Learning Framework developed by the South Carolina Department of Education. I shared this flow with Ms. Christal Stevens, fifth grade teacher at Cross Elementary School...

This past year, I had the privilege to work with a fifth grade teacher who was interested in personalizing learning for students in her class. I began by breaking down the Personalized Learning Framework created by the South Carolina Department of Education. I was able...

Today, I arrived back home from an AMAZING week at ISTE in Chicago. Per usual, ISTE was packed with information and resources, but we wanted to bring an "unconference" style, personalized, and learner-driven professional development style experience with a sprinkle of...

As a teacher, I always asked my students about their dreams and aspirations. Teaching in an urban setting, many of my students wanted to be athletes or musical artists because this was what they saw successful people who looked like them doing.

With this in mind, I di...

"Looking back, I don't remember what content I was taught, but I do remember certain educational experiences." 

                                                     -Mister Kelly...

Google Hangouts is an amazing tool that can be used to connect people from all over the globe for a variety of different reasons and to perform a variety of different tasks. Check out these 20 Ways that Google Hangouts can be utilized in the school setting.

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DISCLAIMER: This post isn't about using tech in the classroom, but rather how tech can be used to help you not only in the classroom, but more so in life. 

As the holidays are wrapping up and the new year is right around the corner, many people are trying to find w...