A seasoned educator shares her tips for getting the most out of Apple resources.
The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook is the primary output of the Blended Synchronous Learning Project. It includes the summative findings of the Blended Synchronous Learning case studies, a B…
Fodey Fodey is very useful a website that allows you to write your own newspaper story and headline. The site also allows you to change the name of the newspaper as well as the publishing date which makes it a perfect tool for social studies projects. Once the story is completed you can download it to your computer or use a screen capture tool to save the image. While this is a perfect tool for history projects, this website is great for any subject area. ______________________________________________________ Newspaper Generator This newspaper generator by Homemade Gifts Made Easy is very similar to Fodey but it has several features that make it more a powerful tool. First, it allows you to add a picture to your story which helps to make the finished product more interesting to students. Second, there seems to be no limit to how much text you can write. The finished product can be saved as a pdf by right clicking on the image. However, the story you write will be accompanied by several "nonsense" stories that come with the site. ____________________________________________________ Paste to Grid This website (currently in beta) allows you to easily create a photo collage which can be used on a website or as part of a student project. Choose one of the 14 grids and then add pictures and the final product can be saved to your computer as a jpg file. This tool can be used along with the Newspaper Generator above by Homemade Gifts Made Easy to create a nice newspaper project. ___________________________________________________ Brother Creative Center This powerful site by Brother allows you to generate posters, newsletters (mailers), calendars and brochures. Each type of document comes with a collection of dynamic templates which a simple to edit. Projects can be saved for later editing and then be printed or saved to your computer when they are done. This site is a great online alternative to Microsoft Publisher and it is free to use.
Teachers have begun to accept comic books as a tool for teaching literacy through group projects.
With this collection of resources, you can teach your students to code—even if you’re still learning yourself.
Not only shouldthe technology support the standards, but proper integration of technology will ensure productive and effective technology use and integration in the 21st Century Classroom.
Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this second post you will disc…
All free and nonprofit. The flashcards (in PDF form) are available free . The program is free and easy. You can keep a record of each...
Collaboration on Wheels: 21st Century Classroom Furniture at Work
In this month’s blog revisit, I am looking back at a post I wrote originally in 2017 on using social media and mobile devices in the classroom. To be transparent, I am struggling with what I …
It’s all well and good to ask if androids dream of electric sheep, but science fact has evolved to a point where it’s beginning to coincide with science fiction. No, we don’t have autonomous androids struggling with existential crises — yet — but we are getting ever closer to what [...]
In this webinar, Kelly Mendoza, Director of Learning and Engagement for Common Sense Education, will lead us on an exploration of news and media literacy.
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It was a hashtag that broke hearts and illuminated classrooms.
Resources related to building the skills young people need to confront adversity, cope with challenges, and persevere to attain goals.
Despite the hype about STEM skills, research shows interpersonal, problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills will make you more employable in the 21st century.
This is the third part of my posts on the Australian Curriculum’s General Capabilities and Project Based Learning (PBL). The first part is here. The second part is here. What is PBL? Read about it …
Edutopia blogger Vicki Davis, drawing on the lessons of her school's first half-year with a BYOD program, suggests six talking points for any school planning or fine-tuning its own BYOD environment.
Here is to those who have not yet learned about this excellent resource from Google featuring some important tips and tools to stay safe online. You can add this resource to your digital citizenship toolkit we have been talking about a few weeks ago. It is highly imperative that we teach our students and kids…
Graphing is an important skill for children to learn. They must be taught how to construct charts manually, however, when this is not the main focus of a lesson, a tech tool is very useful. They …
One advantage of going to lots of summer ed-tech conferences is learning about great tools to integrate in my classroom. When all of your students are
