THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN, ARE YOU PREPARED? A couple things to be aware of with our new administration… The department of education is changing. Of even greater importance is that school choice may be huge for all of us.
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by Mr. Vaughn Bernardez., M. Ed Principal, Saint Louis of France Parish School (former Charter School Executive)
Vicar Andrew White from the Iraqi church in Baghdad spoke at the Shabbat service I attended in Jerusalem today. It was an honor to meet such a man of faith and courage who has been a voice for persecuted peoples throughout the Middle East.
It’s not about me, but I used to think it was! I was raised in Indiana where I attended Heritage Christian School. Although I was brought up in a Christian environment as a child and teenager, I didn’t consider faith in God an important part of life as an adult. Religion seemed to work for …
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Our community of innovative educators is growing and I am so thankful for that! As Ms. Keller so admirably pointed out above, we need each other if we are to grow.
This last week we began teacher training and curriculum planning. I will be coordinating with a local Christian Palestinian teacher who will be presenting the Palestinian Authority’s social studies lessons while I’ll be teaching from an American textbook.
How do you motivate unmotivated students? The million dollar question. We use all the technology we can think of in hopes to inspire motivation. We have interactive SmartBoards, iPads, iPods, ChromeBooks, laptops, computer labs, Apple TVs, robust wifi, yet there are still those students who don’t seem to be phased by it. Why are they …
I recently heard someone say, there’s no such thing as a bad blog. I sat and pondered it for a bit and tried to understand it. To me it was like saying, there’s no bad writing. Which, as teachers, let’s be honest, that isn’t true. But sinking down to the heart of that statement …
DO YOU USE SNAPCHAT? If you know any teens you have probably heard of Snapchat. You may have even been convinced to dabble with it yourself and see if it is a real world technology. Nevertheless, there are several prospective educational uses, but let me first give you an overview of the the app.
The acronym PLN is often used interchangeably to describe both personal and professional learning networks to improve teaching strategy. However, there is a difference between the two of them. That difference lies in that a personal learning network is individually chosen by the teacher, where he/she makes online connections with a diverse collection of people …
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The acronym PLN is often used interchangeably to describe both personal and professional learning networks to improve teaching strategy. However, there is a difference between the two of them.
I came across this Pearson’s education technology research study stating that college students across America still prefer laptops over mobile devices. Eighty-seven percent of the 1,211 in this Pearson study preferred laptops, Chromebooks, or Netbooks, etc. (Poll, 2015).
Recently I was asked to part of a survey that was designed to get feedback from technology leaders from all over our state. The survey wanted to know: “What are the burning issues that technology leaders face today that perhaps the State could assist with?”
Often we hear that our education system needs reform. But what does reform mean; what does that reform look like? How should our schools of the future look?
So your district decided to jump on the iPad bandwagon a few years ago, the shininess of the devices has worn off, and now you are trying to figure out how to use them in your classroom.
Inspiration, hope, happiness, opportunity. These are words that can easily describe how many Americans felt after watching the 2016 and final State of the Union Address by President Obama.
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