CTE Career Journeys – Marketing
October 6, 2020
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Career Journeys series is aimed to shed light on current career trends as they align to student career clusters.
What can I do on a Chromebook? (for Microsoft Office® courses)
September 1, 2020
Teaching Microsoft Office® on a Chromebook is not ideal, but thousands of teachers are forced to teach this software course on machines that can’t download
Keeping Students Connected, Focused, and Engaged During Remote Learning
August 26, 2020
A friend of mine is an educational administrator for STEM in my district. While an avid tech user himself, he has often questioned technology use
Jimmy Chin and the Tyranny of Passion: A Letter To Your Students
August 25, 2020
Some of you may have seen the person pictured on this page, National Geographic photographer Jimmy Chin, win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Why Teach Office 365?
June 10, 2020
Many of our business and computing teachers have been asked to consider changing what they teach for business applications with many schools adopting Chromebooks and
What the AP® Computer Science Principles Course is all About. Revising the 7 Big Ideas for Practical use in the Lab
May 19, 2020
View an overview of what should be included in the AP® Computer Science Principles Course, some examples of in-class activities and tips and tricks to
3 Hot Topics for Web Design and Development Courses
May 19, 2020
A new edition of RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN WITH HTML5 & CSS, 9e by Jessica Minnick published in February of 2020 and includes up-to-date practices for
Engaging Online Students for Career/College Readiness
May 18, 2020
About the Author: “Learning for a life worth living” is the teaching emphasis of Les Dlabay, Professor of Business, Emeritus, at Lake Forest College in Illinois. He has
Emerging Issues in Digital Citizenship
May 13, 2020
If you google “Digital Citizenship Activities,” you’ll find thousands of videos, examples and suggestions. Use Google Scholar for the same search, and you’ll be practicing
15 Effective Online Learning Activities for Workforce and College Readiness
May 6, 2020
Online learning is new to most of us and may make us feel excited, challenge, worried, stressed, unsure and, really, the full range of emoji
Students Become Real Scientists with Citizen Science Projects
April 10, 2020
Here are two things that are still taking place normally in this extraordinary time of pandemics and social distancing: Kids still need new activities and
Strategies for Quickly Transitioning Courses to Online for K12 Schools
April 3, 2020
During this unprecedented time teachers, parents, and students have been challenged to continue the education process from their homes. This new distance learning challenge is