Let me begin by saying, I love some of the ideas I learn about on Twitter! During remote teaching in the spring, or shall I say, "emergency remote teaching," I felt my students needed an activity that would involve some type of group collaboration. As I scrolled through Twitter, I came across an idea for... Continue Reading →
Computer skills for middle & high school students: What competencies should they be taught?
I teach computer skills classes to 7th and 9th graders. In my first teaching job in Harlem, I had one of the few rooms with A/C and Internet. Computer labs were still popular in 2003/4 and throughout most of my teaching career. The use of computer labs has lessened as 1:1 Chromebooks, iPads and other... Continue Reading →
