My husband and I are the self-proclaimed spades champions in our family. At past family gatherings, we are often met with, “Hey, how have you been? Did you bring your deck of cards?” The thing about spades is that you just can’t “throw in your hand”. You have to play your hand. You have to play the cards that you’ve been dealt. As with the current quarantine situation, many … [Read more...]
Global Collaboration in Rural Virginia
The words ‘global collaboration’ seem like a distant attainment for most of us educators. We think that concept is something someone else could do, but certainly not someone like ourselves. But, I’m here to tell you it is not an impossible task. Last week’s news story is proof positive! So, how did a teacher like me, a middle-aged teacher in rural Virginia, wind up … [Read more...]
Brainstorm 2020: Limitless Learning
The FREE virtual Brainstorm 2020: Limitless Learning Conference is full of over 25 different presenters and sessions. The sessions focus on a tool, concept, or project as well as resources to aid each session in yielding a takeaway that you can implement right away. Sessions will begin going live the week of April 27, 2020 with new videos each day of the week culminating on … [Read more...]
Starts Monday, April 27: Brainstorm 2020: Limitless Learning
Brainstorm: Limitless Learning Online Conference A joint online conference between UnisonEDU, SVTC, VSTE, and JMU! The Brainstorm Conference is going virtual this year modeled after amazing online PD like the Ditch Summit, Hive Summit, or Cy Fair Edtech. The sessions will be interview style and/or recorded with a tool, concept, or project featured as well as resources to aid … [Read more...]
Serving All Students in an Online Environment
Addressing the needs of students with disabilities in an online environment can seem like a daunting task for educators, especially in the midst of an emergency, overnight transition to online learning. With the right tools and some small adjustments in practice however, keeping each of your students engaged and progressing is within reach. Disabilities come in many … [Read more...]