Pernille Ripp

When I read their rough drafts I had to take a break.

So if you are going to ISTE, I would love to meet you.

Skype and I have been faithful friends for the past 16 years, ever since I moved to America, but our relationship really deepened 5 years ago when I brought it into the classroom.

What started as a summer night’s conversation and a “What if…” moment spoken aloud, has turned into a global event that somehow grows, changes, adapts, yet perseveres year after year.

We are looking for K, 1st, or 2nd grade classes to view some of these performances and rate them using a form posted right below the video.

I get asked a lot about my feelings about Class Dojo and whether or not I use it.

We seem to think that all students want to just be left alone to make and create.

Much like any great educational idea, this idea of personalized learning seems to have become twisted into something it is not.

Yesterday more than 3,000 students did the #studentlife challenge.

Have you signed up to be a part of the #studentlife challenge on February 5th?

I didn’t know Iwasdoing personalized learning when I first changed the way I taught.

If you have been looking to start a blog, a few maybe not so traditional tips from me to you.

Pledge to try something different, doesn’t have to be a big thing; find a way to incorporate a technology tool you already use in a new way, change a project, or try something completely new.

Throughout this project we have been able to successfully marry tech tools with writing, as well as using Skype, Twitter and other interactive tools.

How often does our own lack of knowledge of a tech tool (or anything for that matter) prompt us into saying no, rather than yes?

Voxer is not just for collaborating, it is for connecting, and those connections are changing my life.

One of my biggest “crazy ideas” I knew I wanted to try when I switched from the elementary classroom to the middle school was to continue blogging with students.

I started out the month in San Francisco at the incredible ISF conference.

Over the last 7 years as a teacher, this is how I have changed based on feedback from my students.

My students had done halfway through the quarter reflections and some of them had really missed the mark on their own engagement and work quality.

In honor of Connected Educator month, (which is a strange month anyway because aren’t we always connected?), I think it is time to discuss the downfalls.

This year with a new grade level and a new subject and only 45 minutes, there has not been a dull moment yet.

I always have a great time speaking to the amazing educators, hosts, and just generally nice people that invite me on their shows.