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Safe social media practices are important for anyone, but they can be especially important for children and teenagers, who are often victims of cyberbullying. You may not even want your kids to be on social media, but that’s difficult to regulate when they often have access to computers and other devices at school or friends’ houses. Although it’s scary to ...

A challenge I have been having lately is the overlapping of apps. Recently, I was reviewing dictionary apps such as Dictionary.com and the Oxford English Dictionary. As I was comparing these two apps, I was challenged in that they essentially performed the same function and provided similar information. To be frank, a word’s definition, its pronunciation, and part(s) of speech ...

With the move to backwards planning as the lesson-planning model, it includes app-based lessons as well. In my classes, I explain backwards planning as planning with the assessment in mind. I explain that we need to think about what we want our students to be able to do at the end of the lesson using the content we taught. I ...

This post is the first in a new series that will provide multiple examples of app-enhanced lessons. The idea of using iOS, Android, and Windows apps is certainly appealing to educators, and it should be as schools transition to 1:1 instructional models that emphasize blended learning techniques. However, the notion that an app can replace a teacher is farfetched. It ...

Tablet devices have changed the way in which we are able to teach music to our students. With a tablet, students are able to not only study music, but they are also able to create and mix it. Yet, we cannot just simply give a tablet to our students and say “Go.” (I tried this once, and my students just ...