Nitsche Notes

Blogging Communities in the Classroom: Creating Engaging Learning Experiences presented by Konrad Gonglowski at NECC2008 Engaging students ...

What happens when you put about 150 educators who love technology in one room and ask them to share their coolest Web2.0 tool? Check out the...

Do you do Social Networking with students? Are you considering social networking with students? The second session of EduBlogger Con 2008 ...

Edublogger Con has begun! A room full of talented, passionate, knowledgeable, and open to sharing and questioning their practices to learn f...

How many emails do you receive in a day that you just glance at the subject and quickly hit the delete button? You know the tell-tale mark ...

Recently my RSS reader has been feeling rather lonely. Two recent conferences, EduCon and PETE&C were rich opportunities for connectin...

I was out to dinner with my husband tonight and sought out his opinion about the need for 21st century skills in his business world. Not exa...

So, I have been listening to and interacting with fascinating and talented educators for the past three days at EduCon2.0 in Philadelphia. ...

Do you have students who wonder... When will I ever use this in my life? Will I really use math outside of school? Do I really use it my ...

Scott Meech blogged about his disappointment that he would not be presenting at ICE this February and questioned whether he needed to sell ...

I too wonder what is the hook to help educators, administrators, and parents understand our changing world and the impact it is having on sc...

It's been a short and frenzied two weeks since parent conferences and the following early morning's decision to host a parent math n...

The K20 Online Conference has just barely closed but not ended. Many, I for one, have not yet had time to listen, view, and digest all of ...

What does it take to bring about change? Education, understanding, involvement? Any conversation about technology use in education seems t...

Ok, so I read Doug Johnson's latest blog entry which eloquently sums up our challenge in bringing educators into the fold. He offers s...

So, how do you keep up with the constantly, relentless onslaught of new ideas, new tools, and morphing information? I am, on a daily basis,...

DAY 1... Scanning the sea of freshly trimmed hair, new sneakers, and backbacks nestled on small shoulders, a feeling of anticipation, of ne...

My spirit lifts its wings to catch the gentle breeze as the last day of summer's freedom come to an end. September...A new beginning. Fr...

Did you have a good summer? Did you get away? What did you do? I had so many good intentions to accomplish so much. Where did the summer go?...

The continuing blossoming of virtual worlds and self created avatars begs my attention and exploration for educational experiences. It was j...