Welcome to the show that never ends!

mark.samberg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:58:51 +0000

Every teacher has been there. It's 3:00. We finally get all of our kids out the door. Then, just as you are ready to breathe your sigh of relief, the announcement: "All teachers...blah, blah, blah...mandatory meeting...blah, blah, blah...now. Thank you ". You think to yourself "What could they POSSIBLY want now?" So, you collect your things, take the opportunity to grab the three crackers you had intended to eat for lunch, and haul yourself over to the meeting. You aren't really listening, because you are ready to go home, but from what you can pick up as you fade in and out of a teaching-induced daze, your principal is complaining about test scores, and the lack of technology integration in the schools. "You need to be using technology!" You hear that over and over again. Then, you go home and crash immediately, sleeping all the way through until tomorrow.

You would love to be teaching with technology, but don't have the time (or the energy) to find the resources, plan the lessons, learn the tools, or anything else. When you try, you seem to just get more and more frustrated.

Well, we're here to help. There are two of us who maintain this blog. We're are both teachers, we know this scenario all too well. This blog is designed for two purposes. First, it's designed for teachers. We will have cool sites to use in the classroom, tips and tricks to make your life a little easier, engaging lesson ideas, and tips for teaching with technology. Second, it's designed for technology specialists in schools. For them, we will have staff development ideas, network setups to help make schools function more effectively, and yet more tips and tricks.

We will try to update this site daily. Join us!

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Welcome to the show that never ends!