FAQs About the Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp

This summer for the second year in a row I will be hosting the Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp at Sunday River Resort  in beautiful Newry, Ma...

Come Relax and Learn at the Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp

Last summer I hosted the first Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp at Sunday River Resort and Conference Center in beautiful Newry, Maine. The re...

Professional Development with Discovery Education, Steve Dembo, Dean Shareski, and Kathy Schrock

Sponsored post: Discovery Education and Wilkes University are long-term supporters of Free Technology for Teachers. I've worked with Dis...

Sanderling - Your Field Journal of Professional Development

Sanderling is a new community and Android app developed by An Estuary . Sanderling is part social network and part blogging tool. On Sander...

Spend Four Weeks in Washington D.C. As A C-SPAN Fellow

Just as in past summers, in 2014 C-SPAN will bring a select group of middle school and high school social studies teachers to Washington, D....

Exploring Flipboard Magazines On the Web

Since June Flipboard has made it possible for people to collaboratively create digital magazines on their iPads, Android tablets, and in t...

The Difficulty With "Best" and "Must Use" in Professional Development

We've all been in a professional development workshop in which we had to learn to use a specific method instructional method or a specif...

Join Me in Sunny Arizona for 3 Days of Learning Fun

For the second year in a row, Pearson Online Learning Exchange has invited me to speak at their Authentic Learning Workshop in Scottsdale, ...

Collaboratively Create an iPad or Android Magazine

Last month Flipboard made it possible for anyone to create digital magazines about their favorite topics. You can do this with the Flipboar...

The Old Reader - A Google Reader Alternative That Looks A Lot Like Google Reader

Ever since Google announced that Reader will be shut-down on July 1 I have been recommending Feedly and Flipboard as alternatives. Both of...

Save $50 on Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp Registration

The warm and sunny weather here in Maine over the last week has me thinking about summer more and more. I'm looking forward to a lot of ...

I love a good keynote...but...

I love to listen to a good keynote presentation. Dan Meyer's Math Class Needs a Makeover is still one of the best I've seen in ter...

My Spring and Summer PD Schedule

As the school year winds down a lot of teachers, teacher-librarians, and school administrators turn their attention to summer professional d...

Come Relax and Learn With Me This Summer

Come to the beautiful Sunday River resort in Maine to spend two days learning with me, Richard Byrne. The Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp on ...

By Popular Request - Another Section of How To Use Google Drive in School

When I first decided to offer some webinars on my own I was a bit nervous about how they would be received. After all, it was the first time...

Practical Ed Tech Webinars

Earlier this month I launched my new site, PracticalEdTech.com , which is devoted to offering PD webinars for teachers. The first two webina...

Teacher2Teacher - My Favorite Annual PD Event

This is a post primarily for folks in western Canada and Montana, but it is open to anyone who is interested.  For the fourth consecutive ye...

Tips for a Successful Google Apps Training Session

This evening I wrapped-up the final section of my Google Drive and the Common Core webinar series. (I'll be offering it again in March)...

By Popular Demand - A 3rd Offering of Google Drive and the Common Core

Earlier this week the January session of my new webinar series Google Drive and the Common Core sold out. I've had a bunch of people as...

Professional Learning in the Digital Age - A Review

Last spring my Google Teacher Academy buddy Dr. Kristen Swanson sent me an email asking if she could interview me for a book that she was w...