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Well, It’s a Friday and I am sitting here blogging while I am also at a. College and Career Fair at a local high school. My normal Fridays are spent working from home, catching up on grading, attending Zoom meetings, and planning out the next week of teaching. Today I get to spend it talkingContinue reading “Here we go again…”

If you ask educators how they are doing right now, most won’t say they are overwhelmed by teaching itself. They’ll say they’re overwhelmed by everything surrounding it. The emails.The learning platforms.The grading systems.The messages at all hours.The pressure to respond quickly, stay visible, and always be available. Teaching has never been an easy profession, butContinue reading “Why Educators Are Exhausted in an Always-On World”

What do those 4 words have to do with each other? I have said it multiple times on the podcast, I say it all the time in class when I teach, it’s my mantra when I am delivering PD or coaching someone on how to integrate technology. You have to have a purpose. AI isContinue reading “Purpose, Path, Vision, AI”

How excited are you for AI month with Perfect Chaos? In all honesty, I couldn’t think of a better topic to relaunch with than AI. when I think of something that has created chaos in education lately, AI definitely comes to mind. The arguments about whether or not to use it in the classroom, theContinue reading “It’s AI Month!!”

Whew. What a semester. I’m not sure how it has been for you, but Spring 2024 around here has been a semester for the books. Lots of crazy busy stuff happened, I had surgery on the first day of class, David got appointed to our state EMS board and a national board, I finished andContinue reading “Wrapping up Spring 2024”

Do you like a good quote? I love them, and think we can learn a ton from them. Quotes made by the people around us, quotes made by our family and friends, quotes made in history, quotes that helped to shape the world, etc. A few years ago, I had a friend that had booksContinue reading “Quotes, Habits, and Apps”

We have hit that time of the year. The one where the odds of getting a snow day anytime soon is pretty slim (at least where we are); Spring Break is close enough to feel like you can grab hold of it but far enough away to feel like we are never going to getContinue reading “What’s your excitement?”

You may find yourself asking, what is happening with Perfect Chaos. Well, we have a little news to share…. That’s right. We are back. While we had somethings that had to take priority, we are now able to focus on the podcast again and make sure that we are getting new content put out thereContinue reading “We’re back, Take 2”

What a year. What a semester. What a month. What a week. What a day. I wish I could get on here and say things like the semester ended and it was the best one ever or things have been going so wonderfully that I didn’t even think to post. Unfortunately, I am not theContinue reading “What a ….”

Recently, Ronda was asked to be a guest on the All Access Podcast hosted by Lipscomb University’s Ayers Institute. You can find this episode at the following: http://podcast.ayersinstitute.org/podcast/episode/9/finding-30-extra-minutes-in-every-school-day