2012 Breakout Sessions

Wondering what else we have waiting for you? Here is a peek at the 2012 Breakout Session Schedule. Be sure to mark your calendar for January...

Free Technology Tools that Increase Your Productivity

Because there was such a high demand for "staying organized in a digital world"on our conference survey, Dr. Frank Buck, organizat...

A Movie Not to Be Missed

While attending the NBPTS Conference in DC, the movie trailer to MITCHELL20 was shown. Immediately, the viewer is taken in by the overwhelm...

Listen Up, Montgomery!

Photo by Jo Jakeman The voices of Alabama NBCTs have been heard over the last several months. But, who is listening? Other NBCTs? Is that th...

QR Codes in the Classroom and School Library

Here's another preview for our upcoming conference. When evaluating the data from our conference survey, "quick and easy technology...

A Day in the Life of a Digital Teacher

Our annual conference, which will be held at Spain Park High School on January 28, 2012, will soon be upon us.  After evaluating the onlin...

What Does National Board Certification Mean to You?

I've  seen many distressed people posting about the loss of stipends for being a National Board Certified Teacher. Which makes me wonder...

How has Teaching Changed?

I was recently asked by a mentor, friend, and current doctoral student to tell how teaching has changed over the past decade. This is what I...

How Are You Building Your PLN?

How are you building your PLN (Personal Learning Network)? In a previous post, I wrote Why Should I Tweet on Twitter?  where I explained the...

Some Inspiration

As we are all beginning a new school year, here is some inspiration from an 11 year old fifth grade student from Dallas ISD. It was performe...

Teachers Supporting Teachers

How well I remember the day I received the notice that I was a NBCT. I recall reading my letter over and over, just to make sure that I was ...

Who Speaks for the Teachers?

Julie Ramsay and I have just concluded attending and participating in an extremely busy but very exciting NBPTS conference.  I do believe th...

Reboot! Teaching Transformed

Thursday was the beginning of the 2011 National Board Conference “Reboot! Teaching Transformed,” and so far it has lived up to the theme. Go...

Hill Day 2011

Today, Donna Ross and I represented Alabama NBCTs in DC by visiting 8 of Alabama's legislators (the 9th received a packet of information...

What Does Being an NBCT Mean to You?

In two weeks, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Conference will begin. With school and personal budgets being what they...

Supporting Learning with Technology

As the summer is upon us, most of us are finding ways to grow as educators and better meet the needs of each of our students. Many people se...

Why Should I Tweet on Twitter?

I’m sure everyone has noticed how the little blue Twitter symbol is popping up everywhere from ads to businesses to celebrity endorsements. ...

What is Professional Development?

This is a question that can strike a sense of dread in even the best of educators. One of our goals at the Alabama NBCT Network is to provid...