Happy January to all! Here at EdTech Heroes we love all things edtech. But we especially love edtech if we can use it for some sort of competition. So this year, for the 1st time ever...we are having a good ole "March Madness Throw Down"! The rules are simple. You get 60-90 seconds to show off a piece of technology that helps you in your daily life or your life at work. You will be randomly selected to go up against another person and their "throw down" as well. After the vid

As a teacher, parent, member of your community, and even a citizen of this country, ask yourself this question: What type of students do you want our schools producing? Chances are, that in your head right now, you are sorting through adjectives like prepared, creative, and confident. As a beginning teacher, I thought as long as I taught the material in my book and a certain percentage of my students were passing standardized tests, I was preparing my students for the real