Category: Blog

  • Vlog #4 Failure

    In this week’s vlog I talk about failure and how my son, age 13 months, has the best approach to failure that I have ever seen. If only I could instill his spirit in my students and myself, that would be something.

  • Vlog #3 Design Time

  • Vlog #2 School’s back

    A shorter video than last Monday’s video, but as every teacher knows, the first week of school is crazy busy.

  • Vlog #1 Pre-service week

    I decided that I wanted to do a weekly reflection on school and my life this year. So every Monday for the rest of the school year I will post a video to my YouTube Channel that covers what happened during the week. This really is just a fun little project for me to grow…

  • That’s not a computer

    As the semesters switched last week I gained a new group of students and I played an ice breaker game that I use to gauge where they are at on their knowledge of technology. The ice breaker in question I call the “ABC’s of Technology.” The idea is that students write down all of the…

  • The joy of creation

    The joy of creation

    Being a tech ed teacher gives me a slightly different perspective on how students spend their day. When surveying my students via Google Forms I ask them about things that I am doing and what I can do better. Teacher evaluations are one thing, but student evaluations are so valuable to me. One of the…