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Current Publications
EdSurge
EdTech Researcher
2017
- To Ensure Success, First Define the Black Box of Innovation
- Use Design Thinking to Create an Opportunity to Learn
- The Unintended Consequences of Innovation
2016
- 3 Critical Competencies for the Future – Preparing Students to Thrive in 2020
- Finding the Greater Purpose in 1-to-1 Technology Programs
- Project Based Learning as Mindset
- An “Extraordinary” Approach to Bringing Design into Any Classroom
- Digital vs Analog Reading: The Paradox of Paper
- PBL and Design Thinking to Unleash Student Creativity
- Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy
- 5,220 Hours of Teacher Professional Development, 1 Critical Objective
- When Searching Leads to Powerful Learning
- Applying Learning to Teaching and Teaching to Learning
- A Design Thinking Approach to Working with Millennials
- Design Thinking in the Elementary Classroom: the Power of Empathy
- The Key to Transforming Instruction: Learning How to Learn
- iPads, Chromebooks, and the Process of Writing
- Climbing the Pyramid of Bloom’s Taxonomy Through the Writing Process
- Empathy, Strategy, and Edupreneurship: Fostering a Culture of Innovation
- Spirals of Innovation in Schools – From Pockets of Excellence to Sustained Change
- Innovation in Practice: Transforming Classroom Culture in a 1-to-1 Model
- Design Thinking and Project Based Learning to Scaffold Innovation
- Tossing Professional Development: New Ways to Talk About Teacher Learning
- Research to Support Innovation in Schools
- Innovation in Schools: Changing Environment, Behaviors, and Beliefs
- Publishing and Sharing to Motivate Students and Inspire Teachers
- Protect Student Data and Privacy in the Cloud – Come Join the Conversation
- Tagging and Digital Note Taking Make Thinking Visible
2015
- How to Design a Smarter Room for Learning
- The Promise of Digital Equity
- Bridging the Abstract and Concrete to Impact Learning
- The Greatest Ed-Tech Generation Ever
- Assessing Innovation – a Case Study Approach to Teacher Evaluation Systems
- Freedom to Learn: Inspiring Students in Constructivist Math Classrooms
- Gaming in Education Holds Power for Student Learning
- Operationalizing the Information Age, Knowledge Economy, 21st Century
- Beyond the Buzzword of Metacognition
- Reflecting on Tinkering Toward Utopia
- What Drives Student Learning?
- Backchannels and Brain Research: Help or Hindrance?
- Using Design Thinking to Bridge Theory & Practice with Digital Portfolios
- A Call to Action for the First Day of School
- Developing a New Metric for Assessing Learning
- 4 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation
Edutopia
2017
2016
- The Best App for Your Coursework Isn’t a Single App
- Take Note: How to Curate Learning Digitally
- Design Thinking & PBL
2015
- The Year of Agency
- Digital Portfolios: The Art of Reflection
- 5 Ideas to Kick Start Your Summer Learning
- “Fitting In” PBL
- 4 Tips to Transform Your Learning Space
2014
- 21st Century Libraries
- Innovation: Significant Positive Change
- Building Your EdTech Ecosystem
- The 4Ss of Note Taking With Technology
- The First 5s with iPads
- Cardboard Box Tools
- 3 Digital Reading Challenges for Summer
- The Future of Learning
- The Backchannel: Giving Every Student a Voice in the Blended Mobile Classroom
- Tools for Professional Learning: Curate, Share, Connect
- Chrome Smashing: Creating the Inconceivable
- Barbaric Yawp in the 21st Century: Using Tech to Engage Budding Poets
- Teaching the Essential Skills of the Mobile Classroom
2013
- Projects to Engage Middle School Readers
- Building Technology Fluency: Preparing Students to be Digital Learners
- Creating a Custom Reading Experience with Mobile Devices
- Redefining the Writing Process with iPads
- The Flipped Mobile Classroom: Learning “Upside Down”
- Creating a “Least Restrictive Environment” with Mobile Devices
- Apps for Note-Taking with iPads
- The Balance of Screen Time
- Redefining Learning Through Screencasting
- Back to School with iPads: 5 Steps for the First 5 Days
- Didn’t Your Mother Tell You Not to Google?
- iPads: From Pedagogical Crutch to Education Innovation
- Introducing Social Media to Elementary Students
Previous Publications
Free Technology for Teachers
- Digital Note Taking with OneNote
- The Great Debate: Graphic Organizers vs Mindmaps
- Beyond Assessment: 3 Other Uses for Socrative
- Now Take Notes on Drive Videos with VideoNot.es
- Active Reading Strategies Using the DocHub Chrome App
- Use Sketch Toy to Create Quick Animated Images
- Organizing Research with Diigo Outliner
- NEWSELA + Google Docs = Differentiated, Collaborative Reading!
- Get Organized for Back-to-School with Trello
- Linking Projects, Ideas, and Concepts with Popplet
- Three Approaches for Getting Content to Elementary Students’ iPads – No Email, No Problem
- Four Approaches to Getting Content OFF Elementary Students’ iPads – No Email, No Problem, Part 2
Daily Genius
Diversa
- The Value of Digital Reading
- Universal Design for Learning – a Blueprint for Successful Schools
- Small Tech Changes – Big Learning Impact
Edudemic
- 5 Flipped Classroom Issues (And Solutions) For Teachers
- Top 12 Google Chrome Extensions That Enhance Student Learning
- How To Make Summer Reading A Collaborative Learning Experience
- 10 Creative Ways To Use Google Tools To Maximize Learning
- When To Put The Tech Away In Your 1:1 (or Any) Classroom
- 5 Myths About Writing With Mobile Devices
- iPad or Chromebook: 4 Questions To Ask Before Choosing
- How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios
- From Smoke Signals to Tweets: How The Evolution Of Communication Is Changing Your Classroom
- How Education Technology Is Like Betamax
- What Students Can Actually DO With An iPad
- How Students Can Create Their Own e-Textbooks On An iPad
- Whatever Happened To iBooks?!
- 10 Ideas for Creating Literacy Centers With Technology
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