Trauma-Informed Teaching has become more and more of an important topic in our professional development in recent years. In this episode, I visit with Kristin… Continue reading → Episode 027: Trauma-Informed Teaching

After lots of brainstorming about how I might make the Passing Notes blog and podcast better, I decided to make a 2019 goal to provide… Continue reading → Episode 026: Legislative Update 1

While most of us might agree that the current climate of education politics is improving, there is still a ways to go and Superintendent Hofmeister… Continue reading → Episode 025: My Conversation with the Superintendent

This is the eighth and final episode of the Passing Notes Podcast Tech Series and we are focusing on the STEAM world of Makerspace! A… Continue reading → Episode 024: Makerspace

We’ve all half listened to a flight attendant inform us that in the event of a plane’s decompression an oxygen mask will drop down in… Continue reading → Episode 023: Self-Care

This is episode 7 of the Passing Notes Podcast Tech Series. The Tech Series is focused on the different aspects of technology use in the… Continue reading → Episode 022: Technology Access

This is episode 6 of the Passing Notes Podcast Tech Series. The Tech Series is focused on teaching digital citizenship. For episode 6 of the Tech Series we focused on Digital Citizenship. “How do we teach Digital Citizenship in our increasingly digital world,” is a constant and an important question of educators? Digital Citizenship is an…

Elections are upon us! Early Voting begins today (11/1/18) and lasts through Saturday (11/3/18) and the official Election Day is November 6th! If you are interested in voting early – this link will take you to the information you need. Voting is an important right and I hope that all of you exercise that right…

The Passing Notes Podcast is going to take a quick break from the #TechSeries to talk Advocacy while the whole country is gearing up for important midterm elections. This and the next episode is going to focus on what teachers in the state of Oklahoma need to know to prepare themselves to continue to use…

This is episode 5 of the Passing Notes Podcast Tech Series. The Tech Series is focused on the different aspects of technology use in the school. For episode 5 of the Tech Series we focused on flipped classrooms. Flipped classrooms is an innovative way to redesign your classroom. Similar to gamification, flipping your classroom is…