I came across a camp website called The Welcome Project that is based out of Somerville, Massachusettes that helps immigrants advocate for themselves and the government around them. They have summer programs that bring together the youth of these families and in one of these summer programs students were asked to make a digital story […]

In these upcoming weeks I am going to read at least one chapter per week from “New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning” written by Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel. Every week I will write about my insights, curiosities, and any other related discoveries to the content in that particular chapter. This week I start […]

I created this photo collage for a Visual Assignment and added it to my flickr account. It depicts my favorite vacation destinations (that I have been to personally). Let me start with why I decided to create this collage. Not only am I officially on summer vacation from my job as a high school math […]

Daily Create is a website that provides a space for daily creativity and responses. I will be posting my responses periodically for the next few months! Today’s Assignment: A random act of kindness, that is. Come up with a random act of kindness, do it and tell us the story. All in one day. We […]

It amazes me how much social media impacts our world today! The following video is an example of the impact of sites like Facebook in our world today. I watched this video and it inspired my blog response below. Please watch! This is a perfect example of a POSITIVE use for social media. Being a […]

I am terrified about privacy in our world of social media. Being a high school teacher I like to keep my social life and my professional life separate. However that is very difficult to do when my students can search my name in Facebook, find my page, and see all my profile pictures without friending […]

5 pages that I currently follow on Twitter for my PLN: -Google For Education @GoogleForEdu -Vice @VICE -EdTech Higher Ed @EdTech_HigherEd -eLearning Guild @elearningGuild -EdTech K-12 Magazine @EdTech_K12 I am currently starting a community on Google Communities called “eLearning in Mathematics” created specifically for math educators who want to incorporate more online learning and technology into […]

It seems every company has a Facebook Fan Page now a days. I am an avid user of Fan Pages because I can look through my news feed and quickly see recents updates and become informed of events and other important news for any page that I am involved with. I love signing on to […]

MOOCs have been a huge topic in the world of education recently, especially in the higher education realm. MOOC stands for “Massive Open Online Course”. With the ease of access to internet and technology MOOCs have become more and more common and utilized more by schools who struggle meeting the student teacher ratio needed. There […]

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The link shown is an article about the new Colorado State test PARCC from the view of a 16 years old AP student. I found this article very interesting since my school is proctoring the PARCC test both this week and next week. Click the screenshot for t...

This week the tv show modern family shot their entire episode using mobile apps. It showed the mother character on a laptop while she is waiting for a flight calling her family using facetime, checking the gps location of an iphone on icloud… very cool episode for those like me who are interested in that […]