If you need to start teaching online unexpectedly, check out these two videos on using your LMS class website and other free digital tools.
Three AI teacher assistants, a curated collection of math activities, a website-building curriculum, a site for helping students change the world, and more.
Worksheets are a normal and expected part of any teacher's instruction. However, they are arguably not very engaging and one of the least valuable teaching tools available. In this blog post, I share 15 alternative ideas for more engaging and authentic teaching tools that you can use instead of worksheets. Check out the list here, and leave a comment if you have another idea to provide!
Are any of these ineffective teaching methods still part of your practice? Time to reconsider.
In this post, you will find 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! Formative assessment is such an essential part of the learning process and student success, and many digital tools can help support this process.This list has a wide variety of features and options to help you solidify your formative assessment strategies! Many of the tools below are great for both formative and summative assessments.
ESL Vocabulary Workshop - Teach terms and more with different games and activities that will keep students engaged and invested in learning!
Read about how ChatGPT can help streamline your teacher life!
I’ll be honest with you – I was a student who REALLY struggled with math in school. I couldn’t see how it applied to every-day life or other learning subjects. I know that if my teachers had provided me with this tool growing up, it would have been a GAME-CHANGER. I created this math tool
Happy …JULY?! Is that right? Is the summer really flying by that quickly?! ? As it normally does, our summer vacation is racing toward the finish line, but I’m finding myself more energized and rejuvenated for the new school year than I was at this time last summer. Thank GOODNESS! I really think the combination ... Read More about 5 AI Tools To Try
This post shares tips and strategies for teaching different learning styles to meet the needs of all learners.
These are the top 10 most popular posts from Teach for the Heart. Teachers, you've got to check these out!
The authors of The Coach Approach provide insight into their favorite technology tools for instructional coaches and best practices for school coaching.
If you teach online, download this Free Online Teaching Guide pdf. It includes the equipment you need, best tools and free video lessons.
I wanted to share these Free Resources for Teachers & Schools Shifting Online. With so many schools closing right now, many districts are moving their in-person instruction to online instruction. Finding high-quality classroom resources is important in order to help teachers continue their classroom activities online. Classroom teachers everywhere are learning how to teach their
Discover how artificial intelligence teaching tools can revolutionize your daily workflow, enhance lesson planning and communication.
With one simple Chrome Extension, you can easily turn any website into an interactive virtual lesson- in minutes! It is like a miracle, and I am hooked.
The 5 Best Methods & Specific Tips on HOW to Incorporate Each in Your Own Classroom Being a teacher is a tough business. It can be hard to navigate the classroom and know if your teaching methods are
HyperDocs make room for more interactive, personalized, and student-directed learning. Let's look at how they work.
Find out how ChatGPT technology can assist teachers and save time in the classroom!
Your new favorite teaching strategy: This pared-down version of learning stations keeps the movement, interactivity and variety while minimizing the prep work.
Come learn about my FAVORITE technology tools for digital communication and collaboration with elementary students. Use these tools with Chromebooks, laptops, computers and some can even be used with iPads. Global learning is making its way into the classroom and we need to make sure our students are prepared so they can make the most of these authentic learning experiences!
Hi Teachers! If you’ve been following my blog, you may have seen recent posts about this new resource line, Interactive VocAppulary™! This resource is essentially an interactive vocabulary activity where students design apps for each vocabulary word for their themed Smartphone! What is unique about Interactive VocAPPulary™ is that it combines the use of
Every Day is a new day. Important things to note January Jan. 9 - 31 F& P Benchmarking Jan. 16 No School - MLK, Jr. Holiday Jan. 17 2nd...
Ready to take collaboration to the next level? Check out these 20 collaborative tools that are NOT Google!
Three AI teacher assistants, a curated collection of math activities, a website-building curriculum, a site for helping students change the world, and more.
A messaging platform that translates for you, a daily curation of current events, the one that writes essays for you, and more.
Unlike the traditional rubric, which serves mainly to evaluate, the HyperRubric pushes students to keep moving forward.
Classroomscreen.com: A Web Tool Teachers and Students will LOVE. Easy way to turn your browser into an interactive board. Digital stoplight, timer, calendar, random name picker, drawing tools, work symbols, text area, QR generator and more are all tools included in this free web tool.
Maybe you've always wanted to try PBL, but you just haven't gotten around to it yet. Here's a set of beginner-level resources to get you started.
Teachers are humans. They are not infallible. They make mistakes. Even the best teachers. And they learn from their mistakes and become better educators. So before I share the mistakes that I think many teachers make, I want to preface by saying that teaching is one of the toughest jobs on the planet. I have
Learn from great teachers what is going right with remote teaching. Here are 5 remote teaching tips to help you and your students be successful!
Nothing cements long-term learning as powerfully as retrieval practice. Learn how to incorporate it into your classroom.
While AI is an important technological development, you can also have some fun with it. So, here are some fun AI tools you should check out.
Learn the simple, quick strategies cognitive scientists say can boost student learning in any classroom.
Physical movement makes learning stick better, and today we're exploring six ways you can add more movement to your classroom.
Even if you've been teaching a while, you might still experience moments when all of your classroom management tools stop working. This one cheap, quick strategy, using a simple blank notebook, can help you regain control in under a minute.
Google Forms can be an effective teaching tool and save the teacher tons of time. Learn how to use Google Forms in the classroom.
I've rounded up 8 tech tools and ideas for using them. Some of these tools are new and some have been around but with new features. Tools are a mix of apps and sites - some are device specific. Thank you to the presenters and EXPO booths at ISTE 2019 for sharing these tools and features. I've tried to give credit to where I learned each idea when applicable. Wakelet Wakelet is a curation tool. Users can pull in links, images, text, and video into one space for easy distribution and sharing. Wakelet is very simple to use. There is
Make learning more manageable.
5 must-haves for a functional virtual teaching workspace: the essentials you need to help you teach remotely. Extra screen, planner, and more.
Give your teaching a boost with some new instructional strategies. Our videos are quick and clear and pretty easy on the eyes. Try one.
Learn the simple, quick strategies cognitive scientists say can boost student learning in any classroom.
Are any of these ineffective teaching methods still part of your practice? Time to reconsider.
Cooperative learning can be a powerful learning strategy, but only if it works well. These small changes can make group work more effective in your classroom.
A digital curation project is a fast way to engage critical thinking in any content area. Here's how it works.
Google Slides is my absolute FAVORITE G Suite tool! It is really the most versatile tool in the Google toolbox. So today, I'm giving you 12 Google Slides Resources That Will Make Your Day! Yes, I'm going to say it. Google Slides is like a Swiss Army Knife for your classroom. It is so much more than a presentation tool. Google Slides can help you transform your classroom assignments, give students room to stretch their creative legs, engage them in new ways, and make the learning more DYNAMIC!
I’ll be honest with you – I was a student who REALLY struggled with math in school. I couldn’t see how it applied to every-day life or other learning subjects. I know that if my teachers had provided me with this tool growing up, it would have been a GAME-CHANGER. I created this math tool
