Thank you for submitting your sentences. Elona Harjes had a Dickensian week: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times- it was the end of semester. Gail P also sees an end in sight: I know we haven’t reached the middle of the year yet but I can already feel …
Author: Mathew Needleman
Mathew Needleman, Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator has been pioneering the use of instructional technology for over two decades. He has been a classroom teacher, literacy coach, conference keynoter, and he currently serves as an elementary school principal in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of the independent education studio, Needleworks Pictures.
How to Waste Money on Technology in Schools
Here is a typical district/principal purchase that undermines the case for spending money on technology in schools. This is an anecdote from an actual school that I am not affiliated with but will not name. Elementary principal knows she wants to integrate technology in her school (and also needs for teachers to be able to …
Day in a Sentence
This week I am hosting “Day in a Sentence” from Kevin Hodgson’s excellent blog. This is a no-pressure activity for teachers to reflect upon their week and come up with a single sentence about it. Here are the simple rules: Boil down your week or your day into a single sentence Use the comment feature here …
Do Teachers Own Their Lesson Plans?
A New York Times article reports on teachers selling their lesson plans online and raises ethical questions about the practice. Both the article and the letters to the editor in reaction to it are informative. I have several thoughts about this which I’ll break down in three categories, business, ethics, and practice. First I’ll address …
Steal This Preso (K12Online09) Now Live!
My presentation for this year’s K12Online Conference, Steal This Preso: Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom!, is now live and viewable below. I’ve also included links to my favorite royalty free media sites and additional resources below. The Presentation BlipTV direct link to download video file use this to download to your iPod or …
Please Update Your Feed
Please update the feed address you’re using to subscribe to this blog. You should be subscribed to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CreatingLifelongLearners and not any of the needleworks pictures addresses. Also, please update any links from needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog to creatinglifelonglearners.com Due to problems with my webhost, I’ve moved my site to its own domain at http://www.creatinglifelonglearners.com Needleworkspictures.com blog links will …
Finding Classroom Balance During the Holidays
I write this post at the risk of being nicknamed Scrooge. Let me preface this by saying that in my classroom, I have always bought the kids presents which they unwrap after lunch on the last day of school before the winter break. Every year there is one student who tells me something like the …
K12 Online Conference Starts Today
The K12Online Conference has started today with its opening keynote by Kim Cofino. The K12 Conference is entirely free and online. You don’t need to register to “attend” and once presentations go live they are available forever. You can never “miss” a presentation because you can always go back and see them. Teachers attend the …
The Case for Blogging in the Classroom
My blogging output has certainly suffered as I’ve been finishing up my last semester of graduate school. I’ll be all done December 5th when I take the comprehensive exam to receive a masters degree in Education Policy and a California Administrative Credential. I thought I might combine my blogging and my graduate work by sharing …
K12 Online Conference: Steal This Preso! Trailer
If you’ve never heard of the K12 Online Conference, all you need to know is that it’s a free online conference with presentations from some of the greatest minds in educational technology (they’ve also asked me to present). All presentations are accessible from the web site. You can even see presentations from previous years. You …