About Me

Hi, I'm Ben!

I’m a teacher, technology integrator, digital learning champion, writer, photographer, poet, and enthusiastic consumer of banana-flavored things.

Welcome to Learn•Teach•Tech.

I've spent 20+ years in Minneapolis classrooms and higher education chasing one idea: technology works best when it disappears into great teaching. Not technology for technology's sake, but technology so well integrated into learning that students stop noticing the tools and start noticing what they're capable of.

I've taught AVID, led district-wide technology integration across 60+ schools in Minneapolis Public Schools, coached teachers, designed curriculum, and currently work as a Reading Intervention teacher at Northeast Middle School while teaching Technology in Education at the college level. I think about teaching constantly.

This blog is where I think out loud.

But not always about teaching.

Sometimes I wander. I take photos. I write poetry. I dabble in hobbies I may or may not stick with. And I seek out banana-flavored everything with a dedication that some might call concerning; I call it passionate.

That's what the Side Quests are for.

What you'll find here:

• Reflections on edtech, AI in education, and learning theory

• Honest writing about the messy, meaningful work of teaching

• Nature photography from around the Twin Cities and beyond

• Poetry — some of it about nature, some of it about everything else

• Banana candy reviews, ranked and opinionated

This is a teacher's notebook. Slightly unhinged. Glad you're here!