Product Review: Hapara

Product Review: Hapara

We recently asked a few teachers to share they ways they deal with version control*  issues and document sharing with students. Michelle K., in California, brought this great product to our attention: www.hapara.com. Here’s the official information: Hapara’s Teacher...
Tech Tip: Getting Creative with Electronic Print Options

Tech Tip: Getting Creative with Electronic Print Options

One of the biggest frustrations we hear from teachers, leaders, and other school-supporting professionals is that they WANT to be more electronic, but their environment doesn’t always allow for it: screens need to be down in meetings, walking down the hallways is not...
Google: Going the Extra Mile

Google: Going the Extra Mile

I recently connected with Ann Bevan H., a middle school leader at a great school in Chestnut Hill, MA. She let me in on how her school takes Google usage to a whole new level. What Beaver Country Day School thinks is so cool about technology is the way it is used to...
E-mail–Hate or Love it—It is Here to Stay!

E-mail–Hate or Love it—It is Here to Stay!

E-mail. . . You may have noticed its absence as a topic on our blog. This is not because  e-mail isn’t a big deal — in fact, we have an entire book chapter devoted to it. But I know that once we open the e-mail can of worms, well, there is no going back. And for...

FAQ: Mixing Personal and Professional?

Thirty minutes into any Together Teacher workshop, when we start talking about consolidating the many calendars that come our way as teachers, a hand inevitably shoots up: “Should I put my personal stuff and professional stuff on the same calendar?” This question is...