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Classroom teacher with a Master's degree in Educational Technology from Northern Arizona University. 2017-2018 LA Country Teacher of the Year. My professional passion is creating more technological engaging environments in education. I attend conferences to keep up with technology and have given ed Tech presentations in Arizona and South Africa. When I am not improving my skills in ed tech, I also like to travel, dance, and ride vintage cycles. I also enjoy pets and have adopted 2 wonderful dogs. Follow me on twitter @Miltology

• Designing Awesome Digital Badges

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on May 13, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve had many people ask me how to create badges and in response here is a guide: 1. Borrow Other’s Badges (No need to invent the wheel!): if author has not explicitly put badge image in public domain or the… Read More ›

• Open Badges from Edmodo to Badgelist.com

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on May 3, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  A few years ago I was at a professional development meeting in my district and we used Edmodo as the platform to answer and ask questions. I got pretty excited earning badges on Edmodo and thought how cool it would… Read More ›

• Technology Theme: Digital Media is a catalyst for change!

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on April 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  As a computer teacher, I really do believe I have the best job ever.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m an optimist and always love what I currently teach. When I taught physical science I felt I had the best subject… Read More ›

• How to Start in Coding: No Fear!

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on April 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I thought I would share more of my journey of coding for those that feel as I did at the beginning. I didn’t have a complete understanding of coding, how do I teach it. I cannot express enough: You do… Read More ›

• Journey in Coding (from nothing to Khan Academy)

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on April 18, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  I have spent the past 3 years teaching coding in my middle school class. I started my journey in coding with absolutely no coding experience. I remember in college I had a friend that took a business class where they… Read More ›

• Actively Learn: Engaging Students in Text

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on April 16, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Actively Learn is the most incredible online program to engage students with text that I have seen. Admittedly I have not looked for other competitor programs before, but Wow, I haven’t seen anything else like it! I really believe it… Read More ›

• TimeLine Creator

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on April 15, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  I found a very simple timeline creator that’s free to use, and has impressive literacy results.  What’s ideal about this creator is that students have to really think in order to have a good timeline. An interesting component is that… Read More ›

• Word Clouds

  By Kari Milton, NBCT on April 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I have been using Tagxedo for the past few years as a sort of getting to know you tool. Students at the beginning of the year create a word cloud to introduce themselves to the class. This becomes handy in… Read More ›