Adam Heckler is a twenty-something Cincinnati, Ohio local working in the education technology sector. Most of his time is spent at VARtek Services where he writes for the blog, manages social media, and advises K12 schools on how they can better integrate technology into their environment.
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Posts by Adam Heckler
3 Chromebook Management Tips for Google-fied Districts
As discussed in my last post, I’ve had the fortune to work in a few districts that are in the midst of deploying Google Chromebooks on a large scale. While it’s definitely…
5 Favorite Chromebook Apps for the Classroom
As I talked about in a few of my latest posts, BYOD is getting more and more popular in the education world. Specifically, Chromebooks are making a lot of inroads into schools…
5 Essential Steps for K-12 BYOD Programs
I probably don’t need to say this to anyone who regularly reads Fractus Learning, but BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is sweeping across the K-12 world right now with incredible speed. More…
5 Things You Need to Know About Coursera’s New Teacher PD Section
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rug for the past couple years and not reading the Fractus Learning blog like your mother told you to, you know that MOOCs are a pretty…
How To: Use Wikipedia in the Classroom Responsibly
Despite the fact that it’s currently the year 2013, and that our collective EdTech excitement is growing every single day, there’s still one aspect of modern technology and the Internet that is…
Top 4 Student Resources for Learning to Code Online
Believe it or not, one of the coolest things you can be in this day and age is a computer programmer. Computers are the future, and so it makes sense that those…
Review: Exploring the New Samsung Chromebook for Education
As you may have heard by now, Google’s Chromebooks for education are a big hit in school districts across the U.S. Whether they’re being deployed as part of an ambitious 1:1 program, or…
Three Useful but Little-Known Excel Functions Demystified
Anyone who’s used a computer in the past 20 years has probably also used Microsoft Excel. And anyone who’s used Excel has probably also been completely stumped by some of the more…
Batter Up! Four Awesome Baseball Resources for the Classroom
It’s that time of the year again. The air is starting to smell of hot dogs, freshly cut grass, and leather. Cries of “Play ball!” are being heard all over, and chewing…
Top 5 RSS Replacements for Educators Hooked on Google Reader
If you’re a big Google Reader fan like me, you’ve no doubt already heard the news: Google Reader will be going away forever on July 1st. While it’s true that I’ve never…















