iPads at Burley

Our blog has been a little quiet for a while (okay.. a LONG while..), which I attribute to an abundance of activity, not a lack thereof! A w...

Regardless of the subject, good teaching is good teaching.  One new piece of tech does not change all that we know about instruction.  As we...

Flipboard has revolutionized the way my students look at, share, and respond to nonfiction.  Flipboard is an app that takes multip...

Curious about technology in the classroom, but don't know where to start?   Here are few tech tools that are easy to use and have a hi...

Yay! I love you, Croak.it! You’re amazing! I heard about Croak.it a few months ago on #1stchat (a weekly conversation about 1st grade on...

Last weekend my student visited NYC and got stuck as Hurricane Sandy rolled in.  Luckily, his family was able to take shelter at a friend’s ...

Image created on the iPad using Snapseed, PS Express, and Keynote. Last year I tried my hand at having my class make book trailers.  Th...

Even though it’s October it still feels very much like the beginning of the year.  One of  the first thoughts that many teachers have about...

You have probably heard people describe the iPad as "transformative" in the classroom. However, it's important to define wha...

Currently, each student in my class hosts a blog on Kidblogs.org .  Kidblogs is a safe and easy blogging site for students.  There are var...