52. What law would you immediately take off the books? #LifeWideLearning16 @bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 21, 2016 E-rate funding has been the driving force of technology purchasing in schools for the last couple decades. It has encouraged more schools to think more strategically about their device purchases as …
51. What law would you put on the book? #LifeWideLearning16 @bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 20, 2016 While you have young kids, their care is pretty much all that matters. Between the time that they are born and when they are first enrolled in elementary school, there are approximately 1500 …
50. What rules do you impose on yourself at work? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 19, 2016 I have tried the pomodoro technique and timeboxing. I have tried Kanban and Wunderlist. I have tried Basecamp and Pivotal Tracker. I tried each of these products and ideas all in an effort to be …
49. What rule for your life do you find yourself constantly revising? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 18, 2016 Doing my job used to mean arriving far before children arrived at school and staying far after for grading and guitar club. After that it meant setting up a half-dozen …
48. What rule did you secretly hope your students would break? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 17, 2016 Accelerated Reader is/was a reading program that allows students to take multiple choice quizzes on books that they have read. If a student does well on such a quiz, they are …
47. As a parent, what rule is non-negotiable? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 16, 2016 I negotiate dessert. Not every night is a “dessert night” and not every action requires a reward. There are some days that we haven’t had dessert for a while and there are others that …
46. As a teacher, what rule is non-negotiable? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 15, 2016 Middle school children are always afraid of being “copied.” They loathe when their brilliant ideas is being taken, without asking, from one of their classmates. If even a whiff of plagiarism can be smelt, …
45. Is true love a thing? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 14, 2016 I have made dozens of mix tapes and cd’s for people that I love. I have written songs for them too. I have planned romantic dinners and I have traveled long distances, all under the guise of …
44. What’s one thing you could do online, and still prefer to keep in the physical world? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 13, 2016 I have never understood Facebook. From the friending and the wall posting, I find the whole thing to be more than just a little bit gross. …
43. What do you do when you get lost? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) February 13, 2016 I do not even attempt to remember directions now. I don’t know street names or recognize how many blocks are between landmarks within my own city. In many cases I don’t care about cardinal …