by brholland | Aug 29, 2013 | All Topics
Last August, while leading a two-day EdTechTeacher iPad workshop with a school about to go 1:1, Tom Daccord (@thomasdaccord) recommended that I wrap up the final day with an activity called The First 5s. This faculty felt a bit overwhelmed about the influx of devices,...
by brholland | Aug 9, 2013 | All Topics
As teachers begin to organize themselves for the upcoming school year, just a suggestion for those looking to track Guided Reading. A few years ago, I encouraged our first grade teachers to use a Google Spreadsheet for tracking Guided Reading rather than a standard...
by brholland | Jul 17, 2013 | All Topics
Since the iPad Summit last fall in Boston, I’ve been working on this concept of iPads And… vs iPads Or… It just feels like there’s this concept struggle between: should it be a paper book or an iBook, a paper drawing or a digital one, blocks or...
by brholland | May 11, 2013 | All Topics
Seems like my own blog is the last stop for things that I’ve written. I have an idea for an original post that may – or may not – first appear here in the coming days, or weeks, but who’s counting?! Anyways, the things I have written…....
by brholland | May 2, 2013 | All Topics
Before we begin… I know. I haven’t written anything in a while. My writing doesn’t tend to start here anymore. However, with this particular post, I’m glad that it can at least end on my own site this time. This piece has been in the works for...