Written Publications

Pre-release of my 1st solo book


Author

Author: Things I Wish [...] Knew December 2021

Author: Your World Language Classroom: Strategies for In-Person and Digital Instruction, September 2021

Author: True Story Lessons That One Kid Taught Us , December 2020

Author: Chart A New Course: Guide to Teaching the Essential Skills for Tomorrow's World, March 2020

Author: Unconventional Ways to Thrive in EDU, Published December 2019

Author: The Future is Now: Looking Back to Move Ahead, Published July 2019 bit.ly/Pothbooks

Author: In Other Words, Quotes that Push Our Thinking, April 2019

Contributing Author: Education Write Now Volume III August 2019


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Contributing Author: EduMatch Snapshot 16, Chapter 3 Blended Learning: How and Why it Works

Contributing Author: EduMatch Snapshot in Education, Project Based Learning Chapter

Contributing Author: Gamify Literacy, chapter 6, Scavenger Hunts March 2017

Contributing Author: Enhancing Social Presence in Online Learning Environments for Education, IGI Global Chapter 5 "Social Presence in Online Learning" April 2018

Published online: 09 Apr 2019

Download citation https://doi.org/10.1080/21532974.2019.1577068

JDLTE President's Message, June 2019 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21532974.2019.1592412

Defined Learning:Blogger


CLASSROOM TOOLS AND ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER FUTURE-READY SKILLS

Versatile Tools for Blended Learning

Getting Started with Blended Learning

Creating Collaborative Learning Spaces

Tools for Encouraging Classroom Collaboration

Tools for Amplifying Student voice and creativity

Project-Based Learning: Building Student Passions and Growth MindsetsEmpowering Learners to Leaders

KEEPING UP THE MOMENTUM: 5 WAYS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR

Leveraging Technology to Enhance the learning experience


2020

7 Ways Tech Supports Collaborative Learning January 11, 2020 (with Tom Vander Ark)


2019

Assistive Technology: Finding the Right Resources for All Students March 27, 2019

What if Students Designed Their Education? February 18, 2019

The Importance of Being a Mentor and Having a Mentor February 3, 2019

Teaching Students About AI, January 6, 2019


2018

Looking Back: Versatile Tools that Made a Difference, December 28, 2018

Going Global with Virtual Field Trips, November 8, 2018

Innovation: Creating and Learning in AR, VR - May 23, 2018

Working with Special Needs Students: What Do All Teachers Need to Know? April 23, 2018

Promoting Family Engagement: 5 Ways to Foster Meaningful Connection April 5, 2018

Personalized Learning Experiences: Why? And How? March 20, 2018 & Personalized Learning

Blended & Personalized Learning Rachelle Dene Poth -

Why We All Need Mentors and How to Make it Happen - February 27, 2018

Preparing Students for Future Work: What is the Gig Economy? - February 5, 2018

Artificial Intelligence: Implications for the Future of Education - January 8, 2018

12 Digital Tools to Try in 2018 - January 1, 2018

2017

Practical Ways to bring SEL into the Classroom - December 30, 2017

Why Students Should Learn to Code and How to Get Started - December 15, 2017

Globally Connecting Learners through Project-Based Learning - November 15, 2017

Engaging Students: Movement Through Games and Music - November 5, 2017

Becoming a more connected educator, May 29, 2017

3 Ways to Implement Blended Learning In The Classroom April 14, 2017

Starting Out with Project Based Learning, March 19, 2017

5 Lessons for Teachers from FETC, February 1, 2017

10 EdTech Tools for Encouraging Classroom Collaboration,January 22, 2017

Imagine Easy:

Project Based Learning in the Classroom, Published October 27, 2015, 3 Tools to Help Differentiate Homework, Published February 8, 2016

Student Successes: Becoming an independent blogger - May 23, 2018

A better way to track growth and promote reflection - April 18, 2018

Teacher and Peer Feedback through Kidblog - March 9, 2018

Student passions: Exploration and reflection through blogging - February 15, 2018

App Smash in the new year - December 20, 2017

Relevant Topics to Keep Students Writing over the Holiday - December 7, 2017

Using Kidblog for Parent Communication- October 12, 2017

How Kidblog supports and meets the ISTE Standards for Students - August 30, 2017

7 Tips to Get The Most Out of Blogging This Year - August 11, 2017

Sharing Kidblog at Professional Development Events and Conferences - July 11, 2017

Building Foreign Language Vocabulary through Blogging, May 11, 2017

Storytelling with Kidblog, March 9, 2017

Don’t Let the Learning Stop: How to keep students engaged over extended breaks, December 20, 2016

How to Use Blogging with Project Based Learning, December 15, 2016

From New Bloggers to Published Authors, October 21, 2016

Getting Started: Tips for launching a successful class blog July 27, 2016

Assessing Student Growth Over Time, May 27, 2016

Retelling the Story: What Comes Next? April 14, 2016

Promote Student Expression​ through Storytelling March 17, 2016

Learn About Your Students: Building Teacher-Student Relationships Through Blogging, Published February 18, 2016

Foreign Language Blogging: The Way to Express Yourself Freely, Published January 26, 2016

Piktochart: Educator Study and Interview produced by 90 Seconds Cloud Video

Flip the Script: Using Infographics in a Flipped Classroom,

Blog #BackToSchool: How I Teach a Language Class With infographic Visuals, published August 13, 2015 Documentary available through YouTube

Flipping the Script: How to use an infographic to Flip your Classroom, Published September 7, 2016

PlayPosit: Interactive Lessons Teacher Story - Using PlayPosit to Get Students Involved, Published September 5, 2016

Quizlet:

Teacher to Teacher: Does technology in the classroom help? Ask the students, January 23, 2017

Teacher to Teacher: Keeping Students Engaged End-of-Year, April 26, 2016


StoryboardThat:

Storyboard That: Encouraging Creativity and Innovative Designs, Students Share Their Stories


TeachThought:

8 Things I Learned My First Year Of Teaching With Project-Based Learning, April 4, 2017

5 EdTech Tools That Have Recently Caught My Eye, February 12, 2017

12 Tools That Made The Biggest Difference In My Teaching January 5, 2017

5 Ways To Communicate With Your Students Outside The Classroom, December 14, 2016

Technology Can Make The Learning Process More Transparent , November 13, 2016

Finding Out What Students Are Thinking: Tools To Get Them Talking , October 27, 2016

4 Simple Ideas To Use Technology To Engage Students, September 26, 2016

Discussion Tools,

What are the benefits of blogging? Published January 12, 2016;

The First Step In EdTech Integration? Connecting With Students, Published January 23, 2016; Putting all your Teaching into one place with an LMS , Published February 12, 2016;

What is Blendspace? Published March 25, 2016;

3 Fun Examples Of Technology-Based Assessment Published April 25, 2016;

The Year Is Almost Over. Don’t Miss The Opportunities Published May 11, 2016;

Using Technology To Help Students Lead Their Own Learning Published June 4, 2016;

Thinking About Improving Homework Published June 20, 2016;

A New Challenge For My Classroom: Creating Interactive Video Lessons​ Published June 27, 2016; 1st Period Or 6th: Teaching The Same Lesson Differently, Published July 27, 2016

Let Your Students Help You Use Technology In New Ways, Published August 5, 2016

Four Simple Ideas to use Technology to Engage Students, Published September 26, 2016

TheEduCal – Conference Calendar and Blog for takeaways

Highlights from Pete&C 2017, March 15, 2017

The Future is Now! What a Week at #​FETC, February 20, 2017

ISTE Takeaways Part I: It’s about the relationships, Published August 14, 2016

Summer Spark: The Summer Spark Experience, Published June 27, 2016

ISTE Takeways Part II: Published August 29, 2016

Visme – Regular Blogger, How a teacher and Students use Visme in the Classroom, May, 2015

Social Media Use in the Classroom, Published July 22, 2015.

How to Engage Learners With Innovative Presentation Technology October 9, 2015

Creating Engaging Presentations published in October 26, 2015,

How Visme Helped Me Create Memorable Presentations in Less Time, Published December 18, 2015.

How to use Visual Storytelling in the Classroom, Published January 29, 2016. ​

How to Use Multimedia Presentations in the Classroom, March 18, 2016

How to Use Narrated Presentations With Voice Overs in the Classroom, August 5, 2016 (completed with student contributions to blog)


Other writing

Chapter 3 on Blended learning in the Edumatch book Snapshot in Education 2016.

Gamify Literacy, Chapter 6 on use of games in the foreign language classroom, April 2017

Upcoming chapter on social presence in online learning in a book by IGI Global Corporation


EdTech K-12 Interview , November 29, 2016

TES Teacher of the Day, November 22, 2016

Technology Writing Skills and Experience: Developed a Technology Plan, Acceptable Use Policy, Grants, and Computer Lab Proposal, Various other technology skills and document creation for Duquesne Coursework, as well as personal grants written to help students attend PAECT and PETE&C student technology showcases

Website Creation: Have designed several fully functional websites for Master’s Program including an Academy website and an Interdisciplinary Unit on Pablo Picasso, also created an Asynchronous Lesson for Spanish I students using a Google Site


Interviews

Cool Cat Teacher, 10 Minute Podcast with Vicki Davis, March 2017

Dr. Will Dayemport Show, Blended Learning

Andrew Wheelock, Coffee with a Geek, Technology Integration

All posts are linked and posted on my Word Press: www.rdene915.com

Blogging: Featured guest blogger for several technology companies including Appear.in, Bloomz, Buncee, Celly, Edmodo, Formative, Nearpod, Piktochart, Quizlet, Recap, StoryboardThat, SurveyMonkey and Visme

Appear.in : Using Appear.in in my classroom for scavenger hunts

Buncee: STEAM: Cross-curricular learning with Buncee, April 7, 2017

AMPLIFYING STUDENT VOICE, December 21, 2016

Edumatch Blog

Summer Reflections of Learning, August 11, 2016

Relationships, November 20, 2016


Nearpod: Increasing cultural awareness and student engagement through interactive lessons and virtual field trips, Published August 30, 2016 (This was a work with my students collaborating)

Personal blog post, comparing the features of Nearpod with Pear Deck, March 27, 2017

Recap: Recap: Let’s Get Students Talking Posted on July 20, 2016

Essential questions and project-based learning, December 2016

SurveyMonkey How to Collect High-Quality Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching, February 17, 2015

CoSN: Technology Helps Students Avoid the “Summer Slide” Published on CoSN: The Consortium for School Networking Monday, June 20, 2016

Bloomz

Parent Communication: Better with Bloomz, November 1, 2016


Common Sense Education

Using Digital Tools to Build Communication Skills, Published September 12, 2016

How I Solved My Classroom Management Problems, Published September 15, 2016

Edmodo: Digital Citizenship, October 20, 2016


EdTech Roundup

Students Leading in the Classroom, Teacher for a Day, Editorial Guest Blog Post, Published

September 27, 2016

Start of the new year with technology, October 15, 2016

The Start of the School Year: Focusing on Relationships October 26, 2017


Communication Tools: Ideas for Staying Connected, March 10, 2017

Looking for New Ways to Enhance Classroom Collaboration? Try These Possibilities! March 28, 2017


Edueto: Online Magazine, Regular Contributor

Integrating Technology, Why Should Educators Make the Move? Published August 12, 2015; Integrating Technology: What are the next steps? Published August 26, 2015;

Integrating Technology: Taking another step with Blendspace, Published September 8, 2015; Integrating Technology: Let’s Talk Assessments, Published September 29, 2015;

Integrating Technology: Fast ways to assess your students, Published October 26, 2015

Edutopia: Contributor to Discussion Community:

Tools for Discussion: November 21, 2016

Rethinking Homework: October 10, 2016

Tools for Assessment: August 30, 2016

What did we do in class today? Finding ways to change the answer to the question August 22, 2016

Integrating Technology: Try Creating an Infographic July 25, 2016:

Trying to Keep Students Involved: What Can We Do About Homework? July 14, 2016

Interactive Lessons: Involve the Students and Let Them Create July 4, 2016;

What Students Can Gain from Blogging;

Student Perspectives on Different Ed Tech Tools: Why Their Input Matters;

Keeping Motivated and Trying New Ideas at the End of the Year;

Integrating Technology: Getting Started with the First Steps;

How to Make Instruction Individualized Without Making Yourself Crazy

EdSurge: Crowdsourcing Professional Development: Six Tips from Tech-Savvy Teachers, Published November 5, 2015

EDPuzzle: Interactive Lessons, Student created and student perspectives, WordPress, July 26, 2016

Formative: (Student contribution)

Flipping Roles: Students Move From Edtech Learners To Leaders, November 30, 2016

Empowering Students To Find The Best Resources For Them, May 23, 2016