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K-12 Superintendent, reformed IT guy, educator, 1:1 evangelist, life long learner, father, husband, geek, ex self-propelled field artillery turret mechanic, GCT, CCTO, INFP

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  • 💡 Caught Between Two Worlds, The Rogue Education Technology Wave Is Here

    There was a time when my days revolved around system uptime, network cables, and servers. I architected networks, managed systems, and made sure email never went down. Life was simple. Then I became a classroom teacher, and suddenly, nothing was simple anymore. I started looking to places like Minarets High School that were pushing the boundaries of…

  • Corippo’s Voice In My Head – Rigor

    Rigor came up in a conversation yesterday. Rigor is one of those words I have a hard time getting a solid grip on during a conversation. For some reason, my mental image of rigor in education has always been a bit slippery. My early experiences in education originally led me to frame rigor as meaning “More Harder” (i.e. let’s do…

  • Take Aways From The First Two Weeks – Part 2

    In part one I talked about the need to get students setup with their network accounts in the first days of school.  I conveniently left out Teachers.  We usually have teachers back two days before the “official” start of school with students.  Those days are generally designated as professional development days when new concepts (sometimes…