Paper Airplanes in the Classroom

Paper Airplanes in the Classroom

Yup, most students’ dreams of flying paper airplanes in the classroom came true. My students researched, folded, and flew them in my classroom all last week. Some flew them in another teacher’s classroom and at the lunch tables, against my direction to keep their...

Conference Tips: Get the Most of Your Time Away

This blog first appeared on TomTalksAbout.com on 2/9/2018 Conference season, we like sharing the knowledge and love of conferences. We have talked about this on a podcast before (episode 34), but with some awesome conferences coming up, we need to talk about it again....

Music Cues with Mr. Vaudrey

SGVCUE’s first Coffee Break of 2018 featured Matt Vaudrey (@mrvaudrey) and the use of music cues in the classroom. The main drive of using music cues is to transfer the locus of control from the teacher to the students. The bonus is that teachers are able to use less...

Unplugged Coding

In 1980, Seymour Papert, described his vision for computer integration in schools: The child programs the computer and, in doing so, [the child] both acquires a sense of mastery over a piece of the most modern and powerful technology and establishes an intimate...

FallCUE

FallCUE at American Canyon High School is one of my favorite events in the year, aside from our own SGVCUE Innovation Celebration. First of all, ACHS is a beautiful, techy, well-equipped campus. Second, this event gathers some of the best people in edtech around the...