Class Tech Tips

JULY 19, 2025

This year’s ISTE+ASCD conference was a busy one for me. I had five sessions, which was a little much. I need to be less busy next year… Transforming Learning Environments: Implementing Portrait of a Graduate for 21st-Century Success Lori McEwen and I had a great time during our Turbo Talk. 30 minutes. Great conversations with attendees. Lori and I are wrapping up our study of school districts and the work that they’re doing to get their Portrait of a Graduate down into classroom practice.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 19, 2025

This year’s ISTE+ASCD conference was a busy one for me. I had five sessions, which was a little much. I need to be less busy next year… Transforming Learning Environments: Implementing Portrait of a Graduate for 21st-Century Success Lori McEwen and I had a great time during our Turbo Talk. 30 minutes. Great conversations with attendees. Lori and I are wrapping up our study of school districts and the work that they’re doing to get their Portrait of a Graduate down into classroom practice.

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Beyond the Worksheet

JULY 19, 2025

I’ve been a teacher for a long time. And for just as long, I’ve struggled with my weight. Not because I didn’t care. Not because I wasn’t trying. But because, like a lot of educators, I’ve been stuck in a cycle of giving everything to everyone else and putting myself last. Teaching is physically and emotionally draining. Lunch breaks are short (and rarely healthy).

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Teach Thought

JULY 19, 2025

What Are The Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth? by Terry Heick This post has been updated from a version published in 2013 Good teaching is a major undertaking. Make no mistake–teaching has never been easy. But as we come upon 2014, as a profession teaching is increasingly characterized by its possibility, accountability, and persistent mutation.

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