Smart Speakers: Why Every Classroom Should Have One.
Smart speakers are all the rage now! With three technology giants offering their own rendition, Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple HomePod anyone on almost any ecosystem can have one …
Why Innovate in the Classroom?
I have been thinking recently about great teachers that are having students do amazing things in their classrooms. These innovative educators take on new challenges and push their students to …
Chrome Can: QR Codes
QR Codes which is short for Quick Response Codes were first invented and used in the automotive manufacturing industry to help keep track of parts and shipment. However, now they …
Chrome Can: Podcasting in the Classroom
What is a podcast? Google defines a podcast as” Traditionally, podcasts have been unidirectional. By this, I mean that the podcast creator would create the podcast and send it out to …
Student Blogging: Importance of Authentic Audience and Student Ownership and Connecting Home with School
I recently had the chance to support all students Grade 1 through Grade 5 on a Library project that was then shared to our school community using Seesaw. I saw …
Chrome Can: Linux
Google has done some amazing work recently with Chrome OS. It has added the ability to run Android apps. This means you can install and run Android apps just like …
Chrome Can: File Conversion
One of the things we will all run into sometime in our lives when working with files on various computers, using different types of software is compatibility issues. Not all computers …
Educational Technology: Leadership, Integration and School Culture
I have been thinking recently about leadership at schools, specifically in the area of educational technology. Often when people ask me what I do for work, I tell them that …
Chrome Can: The best computer choice for most.
In this series, I have mainly written about Chromebooks and their capabilities that many people might not know about. In this post, however, I want to discuss some of the …
Chrome Can: Why the Future is Chromebook
There are so many reasons why Chromebook naysayers say they are not good. Do you remember Scroogled Campaign? Now every computer company is offering a lower end computer, less under …