by brholland | May 4, 2012 | All Topics
When I started with EdTechTeacher last summer, one of the requests that Tom Daccord made was for me to present at 5-7 regional conferences in the next 10 months. Back in November, I presented virtually at the Global Education Conference. This past March, I...
by brholland | Apr 30, 2012 | All Topics
It’s happened to me a few times now. A participant has walked into one of my EdTechTeacher workshops, clearly miffed at the idea of spending a given period of time learning something that they feel clearly has no significance to their curriculum. However, unlike...
by brholland | Mar 9, 2012 | What I'm Reading
It’s sailing season. We started back on the 28th of February, which can only mean one thing: I’m on the run. I’ve also become sucked into Twitter, Diigo, Facebook, my Google Reader, Pinterest, and a host of other online tools thanks to my colleagues...
by brholland | Feb 12, 2012 | All Topics
I’ve admitted this before. I did not instantly love the iPad. For the first few months, I used my iPad more as a clipboard than any sort of mobile device. However, as the device – and my thinking – evolved, I started to become an advocate for it. One...
by brholland | Jan 10, 2012 | All Topics
My first foray into using technology in the classroom came in 1999. Desperate for a way to help my 9th grade English students understand the content of the dust-ridden, antiquated text book foisted on me by my predecessor, the Director of Technology suggested that I...