Update: With the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are looking at a hybrid learning model with some learning happening in-person and some happening at home. Other schools are offering their students a choice between in-person learning or full-time distance learning, yet teachers are expected to someho
Tuesday Tech Tidbit--9/29/15 - A quick look at great technology to make your life easier by Amy Hertzberg | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, businesses and more
Tuesday Tech Tidbit--1/13/15 - A quick look at great technology to make your life easier by Amy Hertzberg | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, businesses and more
The nominations for the Academy Awards have now been announced. Unlike some years when certain nominees looked like shoo-in’s, it’s a mystery this year what movies and which actors will be honored with Oscar statuettes worth their weight in gold. Maybe the ones that win big will be “War Horse” and George Clooney and Meryl […]
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If you aren’t using Google Forms in your classroom yet, you and your students are missing out on the limitless possibilities Google Forms offers. Here are 10
Explore our comprehensive collection of classroom resources, including classroom posters, engaging activities, classroom management techniques, and more. Enhance your teaching and inspire your students with these valuable insights.
Videos aligned to Next Generation Science standards!
Kinderchat ABC #kinderchat letter sounds letter ID
Seesaw is a fantastic online tool for teachers, parents, and students! This post walks you through how to get started and to use it in your classroom!
iPad resources for engaging educators, students and artists
You'll be the talk of the teacher's lounge with these smart classroom ideas.
By Dana L. Grisham Last year in this blog, I wrote about about TextProject (http://textproject.org) , a not-for-profit organization that supports struggling readers with appropriate texts see the earlier blog on TextProject at https://literacybeat.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/exploring-the-textproject-website-and-text-complexity/. The site changes constantly, as new materials are added. Below is a screenshot of the current homepage. The project is headed…
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Bring your own device (BYOD) and bring your own technology (BYOT) policies are growing in education and the workplace. Teachers are taking advantage of mobile devices for "m-learning," putting those mini computers in kids' backpacks and pockets to use. Here are 10 lesson ideas for BYOD and m-learning in the classroom.
I hope you enjoy these adorable classroom posters that display rules for using tablets and technology in your classroom. I am blessed to have the use of an iPad and Google Nexus tablets in my classroom, so I am excited to display and use these posters in my classroom this fall as we learn how to ta...
The kindergarteners at my school enter with an incredibly wide range of literacy abilities, so we know we need to quickly focus on their reading skills immediately in order that everyone, from the high achievers to the ones still struggling to recognize their letters, will end the year strong. Not always an easy task. Therefore, it becomes a joint effort for all the teachers who work with the Kindergartners, to support the building of their literacy skills.
Building relationships with challenging students can be difficult.
Pre-COVID school shutdown, I was pretty familiar with how to manipulate Google Slides to facilitate distance learning. I had even made a few digital interactive assignments in the past. But what I didn’t know was that there are a lot of teachers who struggled with this. I feel it is definitely my job to give you some direction on how to do this! If you’re reading this and thinking, “I don’t use Google on my campus!” … I’m sorry! I’ve found Google is the most widely used platform at this point, and there are a few things I think you’ll still find valuable (there are similar features on Powerpoint). If you want to download my sample digital activity to follow along and see some of the features, click here! GOOGLE SLIDES VS. POWERPOINT When you start making digital interactive assignments, this might be the first question you have. There are pros and cons to using both programs to create editable Google Slides. The bottom line comes down to this: both allow you to get to the same results, just with different steps. Google Slides is already included in your G-Suite for Education. I personally like Powerpoint because I can use […]
