As my summer winds down and I begin to prepare myself for another school year, I’ve started to reflect on the past year . . . what worked, what didn’t, what I want to try again, etc. I especially considered

I’m very excited to become an Osmo Certified Ambassador. I’m looking forward to sharing how awesome Osmo is with my fellow teachers and students alike. Stay tuned for how we use Osmo in my second grade English immersion classroom .

More exciting news . . . I was awarded another grant! The American Immigration Council awarded me their Community Education Grant based on the Family Artifact Research Project I planned. In this inquiry-based project, students will discover how culture has contributed to

It took a while, but we finally got our iPad minis (and cases)! My students have enjoyed using them during math, and other times of the day, too. Here are some pictures of them using the iPads (we now have 7)

Symbaloo is a neat resource that my school introduced us to last year. We use it to create bookmarks for students to find activities and information online. For instance, one Symbaloo I’ve used with students is for math and contains

Since I’ve gotten into the meat of this program at Liberty University, I’ve heard so much about the use of social media in education. At first I couldn’t imagine how or why anyone would use a social networking site like

The first reviewed app that I choose was the PowerSchool Mobile app (Pearson School Systems, 2015). I have downloaded the teacher version of this app in the past, but did not find it very efficient for my use because I

Looking at the infographic at the beginning of the 2015 Horizon Report K-12 edition, I noticed a lot of the same issues highlighted that I have discussed in other classes and with my colleagues at school (Johnson, Adams Becker, Estrada,