Maria Galanis and Andrea Trudeau are friends who have worked together for a long while. Maria started out as a tech coordinator and eventually moved her way up to being an instructional coach. Andrea worked for many years as a teacher in different subjects, then returned to school to become a librarian. “We started our journey last spring, and it w…

Eddie Gonzalez is passionate about getting students to create using Virtual Reality (VR), rather than just consume VR. He’s currently a teacher, teaching primarily 6th-grade students language arts and history. He’s also taught various other grades and subjects. The one common thread in each of his classes is that Eddie always includes VR in his tea…

Sally Eaves shares her industry insights into the impact Virtual Reality is having in Education.Di Corey Engstrom

Looking to the Future with Jaime Donally“We are failing our kids.”Jaime Donally, a woman hard at work in east Texas, has been struck with how limited a view many kids have of the world they live in. She recently asked her students what they were planning on doing during their summer holiday.“Probably go to Walmart.”Many of our children stay in thei…

Eric Hawkinson: Making Bridges in the ClassroomAn Arizonian living in Japan, Eric Hawkinson has taught in all sorts of classrooms to all different types of students. Currently, he’s working at a public university in Japan as a teacher while also tinkering with all sorts of technology related projects.One of Eric’s biggest projects right now is his …

Have you ever wished you could instantly share a moment with the world as it happens? Periscope makes this a reality and can add a creative twist to student presentations. Tracy Brady is a teacher at Hastings High School in Hastings-On-Hudson, NY. She describes herself as a French and Spanish teacher - passionate about technology and changing the w…

Hard at work for his Heroes and Heroines.Dean Fusto is a busy man. He’s not only the President of Brandon Hall Global Boarding Day School in Atlanta, but he’s also the founder of Teach, Learn, and Lead Global Edu-library.For those of you who aren’t familiar with Dean’s site, Edu-library grew from his passion for teaching and sharing knowledge. His …

“Kids don’t want to hear about it, they want to do it.”Natasha Wilkerson studied aerospace engineering in Texas and worked in that field for several years, but through it all her passion has always been education.Read more and find all the resources at www.teachertechtrials.comDi Corey Engstrom

“There is an engagement crisis in school.”Scott Hebert, a new teacher, in a new school, in a new community, realized there was a problem with the way students were struggling to pay attention in class. He went from being a fourth grade phys ed teacher to being a eighth grade sciences and technologies teacher. The differences in the classrooms were …

Rachelle Poth has over 20 years of teaching experience. Currently she teaches foreign language just outside of Pittsburgh at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, PA. Rachel also teaches STEAM, an emerging technology course to a class of eighth graders. While the STEAM course is definitely modern in design and topic, Rachelle has found to…

A group of educators turned the tables and placed interest before the subject matter. They called it “inquiry-based learning.” Why? Students learn best when they have interest in the subject matter.School of ChoiceDavid Truss is an educator based in Vancouver, Canada. He is currently working two posts – Vice Principal of Coquitlam Open Learning, an…