Finding ways to engage students is hard enough, but teaching rural students can add extra layers of challenges. And yet, some teachers are enormously successful reaching these students. What are their secrets?

That is the state of education technology in Maine? What is popular? What are the pitfalls to avoid? What do we need? What gets in our way of getting there?

The true power of technology is not in learning to use it, but rather using it to learn. The device (by itself) isn’t the magic, all the ways students can learn with it is! Don’t be a district that puts the device first. Put the learning first.

Educators need to know how to teach technology quickly so they can focus on the learning.

What if your organization or school is planning on starting their own micro-credentials? What design components do you need to plan around? What are the considerations to explore before you get started?

How do I reach unmotivated students? How can I create the conditions for student-self motivation?

New to Mac? Where to get started.

Engaging Tasks are an easy-to-implement, real world learning strategy. An Engaging Task tells a little story (only a paragraph or so!) that gives the students a reason for doing the work.