Read this book: Show Your Work I had heard from other friends and educators that Austin Kleon‘s books were must reads. So when I visited the gift shop at the New York Public Library back in December and HAD to buy something (because it’s NYPL, and they give discounts to librarians), I decided to … Read more
Tinkering Fundamentals: Week 3 Tinkering Fundamentals is a massive open online course (MOOC) put on by San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum every summer. I’m going to be chronicling my six weeks with this course here so you can learn along with me. See Week One, and Week Two for more Thoughts on Readings One of the … Read more
Tinkering Fundamentals: Week 2 Tinkering Fundamentals is a massive open online course (MOOC) put on by San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum every summer. I’m going to be chronicling my six weeks with this course here so you can learn along with me. See Week One reflections here Thoughts on Readings This week’s readings focused on … Read more
Tinkering Fundamentals: Week 1 Tinkering Fundamentals is a massive open online course (MOOC) put on by San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum every summer. I’m going to be chronicling my six weeks with this course here so you can learn along with me Last summer, I heard about the Tinkering Fundamentals MOOC from my friend Colleen … Read more
ISTE 2015 I can’t believe it’s already been over two weeks since ISTE 2015 wrapped up! For me, the conference was a whirlwind of connecting with my network of friends in real life, presenting, catching sessions, roaming the vendor hall and trying to be in the moment. It was an amazing experience and I’m still … Read more
How to Survive & Thrive at Conferences In recent years, I’ve had the pleasure of attending a variety of both state and national conferences, including several trips to FETC and a trip to ISTE in Atlanta last year. With these conferences under my belt, I’ve learned a few strategies for managing large conferences. Giant … Read more
I was raised not to brag about my accomplishments. Do good deeds in secret. Don’t broadcast your good grades to the world. Take leadership positions, but always be humble about it. Never put yourself on a pedestal. As a professional adult, I’ve struggled with reconciling my discomfort with self-promotion and the need to advocate for … Read more
Last month, I had the honor of giving a Pecha Kucha talk at the Hillsborough Women in Tech event. A Pecha Kucha is an ignite style talk, with twenty slides that automatically advance every twenty seconds. This was my first time giving this style of talk and it’s a lot more work than the forty-five minute conference … Read more
Way back in January, I attended and presented at the Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando. Since it’s only an hour away, I’ve been attending this conference every year since I started as a media specialist five years ago. Most years I just went to the vendor hall, until last year when I started attending sessions. … Read more
It was an honor and privilege to attend and present at the FETC Exeutive Summit this past week. It was an amazing event focused on Digital Transformation in the Age of Wireless, Wi-Fi and BYOD. The event was mostly attended by IT leaders, superintendents, principals and others in leadership positions in their schools and … Read more