As schools close for the unforeseeable future, teachers have been tasked with a monumental challenge: teach students remotely.  In a Digital Age, online learning seems like an easy solution, but not everything is always easy as it seems. 

​What if your students aren't trained to use an online learning platform? What if you live in an area where students do not access to technology at home? In the midst of a pandemic, teachers need a quick, easy and realistic solution for their students.
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How can we engage students at home? Keep it simple and engaging! Have your students participate in 31 days of writing prompts! 

When Joe and I received our orders to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, we were immediately concerned about three things: distance from family, the December darkness, and the coldness of winter.  Living in Georgia, winter was not a part of our life. The heaviest coat I owned was a fleece North Face jacket, and I wore sandals nine months out of the year. In 2015, school was canceled for three days due to the largest snowstorm since 1985-less than an inch of snow! Needless to say, our first winter in Fairbanks was a culture shock. We have learned a lot of new things, ten things to be exact!
 

​This past weekend, I attended the Alaska Society of Technology Education (ASTE) conference.  During this conference, I had the honor to listen to the President of the International Society of Technology Education (ISTE), Bill Bass,  speak about leadership.  In this session he emphasized the importance of sharing your story.  He further explained that everyone's story is unique, compelling and interesting.  If we don't share our story, someone will do it for us!