Education and Tech News Today 12.18.2013

In today’s roundup, a series of post- Arapahoe shooting text messages between parent and child are going viral, Mashable’s cool technology 2013,  and the best Wordpress tutorial for Yoast, the SEO superpower.

Today’s news is short because I’m long on grading. I was at school yesterday grading efolios and portfolios long past when other living creatures above 5 feet had gone home.

I love the funny conversations on Twitter that happen like this awesome tweet from Heather Woodland…

Yes, for many of us, it is the storm before the calm. This is how I feel about the end of the semester.

As I count this year’s gifts, you’re among them. Thank you for adding me to your PLN.

;-) Vicki

Mashable’s Best

Wordpress SEO Guidebook

  • WordPress SEO Tutorial • The Definitive Guide • YoastIf you use Wordpress the Yoast SEO plug in is by-far the best. This is the definitive guide to optimizing your SEO for Wordpress and is something appropriate for serious bloggers or school webmasters/ IT to read and understand, especially if you’re using their SEO optimizer for wordpress (which is free and awesome.)

    tags: education news seo blogging

Tragedy in SMS

  • Texts from my son during the Arapahoe shooting | alternatekevThis telling story of a Dad and his son after the Arapahoe Shooting in text messages. I was crying before I got to the end. Those who respond to emergencies at school should read this to know how parents (and kids) feel although most of us could imagine. Heartfelt prayers continue to go out to everyone at Arapahoe including the friend of many of us Karl Fisch.

    tags: education news tragedy sms

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and telling your friends about the work we do here! - Vicki

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