Tag: twitter

  • Microsoft Learn Is A Gamechanger

    Over the summer, Microsoft transitioned into its new Microsoft Learn platform. They’ve updated large sections of their educational classes and certificates with a focus on 21st-century design and post covid protocols for classrooms that are in-person, hybrid, or a complete online design. This past week, I started the focused Learning Path ( a collection of…

  • IFLLEX 2022

    One of my favorite changes this year is the idea of an all-digital presentation process. An interactive Google Doc was created for presenters to post links and be able to connect with attendees. This also made the login process not necessary by having all your links on one doc even if you were posting across…

  • Blogging and Digital Writing in the Classroom

    I was walking with my oldest daughter tonight in Kroger and commented that I had a blog after she mentioned reading a blog in class. Without missing a beat she said, “You have a blog?” I responded, “Yes, I have had a blog since 2008.” Needless to say, I spent most of our time in…

  • ReBlog: Why Educators Should Use Twitter

    Updated October 10, 2023.I can no longer support the use of Twitter. I am keeping this post in my feed as a record of my previous support. See my new posts here. Goodbye Twitter Part 1 and Part 2 Even after all the news about Elon Musk taking over Twitter, I still believe it is…

  • Thank You AstroMegan and ISS

    Thank you to all those involved with the ISS that took questions.

  • Va. Board of Education urges policy on social networks as teaching tools – The Washington Post

    Va. Board of Education urges policy on social networks as teaching tools – The Washington Post. Kimiya Haghighi, 17, had a prose problem. As much as her teachers preached concise writing, her sentences remained long and overwrought — the words poured out, unpunctuated, one after another. Then Aubrey Ludwig, her 11th-grade English teacher at Langley…