Tales From the Field
For the third year in a row, we are happy to serve as a host site for Wake Ed Partnership's SummerSTEM program. We think we've planned the best year yet (although, we had a lot of fun hosting SummerSTEM 2015 and 2016--check out WNCN's story). As in years past, this summer
As an elementary school teacher, I strive to develop engaging lessons. I am also concerned about differentiation, matching curriculum to standards, assessments, and ... the list goes on. Creating Quick Response (QR) codes has made planning and implementing resources a breeze. A QR code connects users to a link such
The 2015 Blended and Online Learning Symposium Call for Proposals included this twist from iNACOL: “... priority will be given to sessions that provide an interactive format for attendees to engage in deeper learning on best practices, draw in participant experiences, and promote meaningful dialogue.” Our session proposal on professional
The thing I love most about conferences is the opportunity to think. I am able to break out of the box a bit, collaborate with folks from around the world, listen to some great ideas, and generate a few of my own. SXSWedu fosters these opportunities. It is one of
Editor's Note: The Savannah-Chatham County (Savannah, GA) school system is in the second year of a 1-to-1 laptop initiative that has shown some terrific results . Along the way, Instructional Technology/Media Manager Wendy Marshall learned a few things that would be applicable to any school system considering this type of
Though the 2015 conference is still many months away, South by Southwest Edu has already opened up voting for the proposals! This conference focuses on teaching and learning with innovative technologies and practices. At SAS Curriculum Pathways, we want to be a part of the excitement, and we need your
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®) is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in advancing excellence in learning and teaching through the innovative and effective uses of technology in PK–12 and teacher education. Their annual Conference and Expo is the premier educational technology for professionals worldwide.
As a pre-service teacher, one of the most exciting, challenging, exhausting, and rewarding experiences is student teaching. During my student teaching semester, I was placed in a Common Core Math 1 class at a high school in Wake County, North Carolina. I found that as a CCM 1 teacher, understanding the mathematical content is
As educators, we all need to grow. While not in the classroom anymore, I want to keep in touch with new teaching approaches and the needs of students and teachers. For me, two new ways of doing that are by using social media and attending my first Edcamp. On Saturday,
March has been busy, as our 2013 SAS Curriculum Pathways Master Teachers have wrapped up their capstone projects! Middle school teachers Julie Stern and Katie Hutchison presented a session at the North Carolina Middle School Conference in Greensboro, while Stacie Jordan presented at the Mid-America Association for Computers in Education spring
I was lucky enough to attend the annual Texas Computer Education Association Convention in early February, also my first visit to Austin. At the annual Educator Awards and Scholarships Reception, sponsored by SAS, TCEA President Kari Murphy honored nominees and winners, including Classroom Teacher of the Year and Instructional Technology Specialist of the Year. Each finalist had embraced
Editor's Note: Julie Stern is a 6th-grade English language arts teacher at East Cary Middle School in Cary, NC. She is currently working towards certification as a Curriculum Pathways® Master Teacher. In this guest post, Julie describes how her students and colleagues have responded to new digital resources. As teachers,
High-quality learning resources cannot be developed in a vacuum. From our beginnings over 15 years ago, SAS Curriculum Pathways has been informed and influenced by our interaction with educators. We spend countless days each year working with and listening to teachers around the country. And our curriculum specialists attend and
A few years back we were in Orlando for the Blended and Online Learning Symposium. In addition to our conference sessions, we had the opportunity to introduce new users to Curriculum Pathways in our booth. Again and again we heard the same refrain, "You can’t really be free!" Actually we get that
Every summer we try to attend the Pitt County Tech Fest, a great event for teachers in Eastern North Carolina. Two years ago I noticed that one session was filled to overflowing, with participants literally standing in the hallway straining to hear the presenter. The topic? Flipping the middle school
South by Southwest Edu—a major national educational conference that focuses on teaching and learning using innovative technologies and practices—is fast approaching. Here at SAS Curriculum Pathways, we are looking at how to be a part of the excitement. Representatives from the SAS Curriculum Pathways team will be attending in March 2014 to
Spend time with educators and a few simple truths emerge: There is never enough time, resources are constrained, requirements grow more complex, and so on, and so on. If you travel to enough education-related conferences, the refrains become all too predictable. Yet at these same conferences, you learn about people
