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Becoming a knitting nerd didn't happen overnight. I've always been interested in learning new things: not just reading on how to do things but I'm equally interested in the why. Here are my favorite resources for getting nerdy with knitting techniques.

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Teachers know all too well how much fun it is to pick out fonts for a lesson you are creating… yet how difficult it is to find one that students can independently read and understand. Special education teachers? We know more of the latter… When the “h” looks so much like an “n” that your […]

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My lurking activities in the Notion community have resulted in the accumulation of incredible inspiration. I thought I’d share some of my favorites right now in regards to dashboard design. Credit, of course, is linked in each caption. Please go show them some love!

You love Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. They’re amazing for cleaning everything around the house. You never know what a Magic Eraser can clean next, amiright? Plus, they’re chemical free, which means they’re safe even for a home full of kids and pets. And here is why you will never buy Magic Erasers again.

Blog post at Marine Corps Nomads : Today, we wrapped up our study of plants. This was not Munchkin's favorite unit, but we got through it. I guess you can't love everything. l[..]

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Hey gang – happy Winter! I am proud to say that I’m a part of an amazing group of designers who spread the joy of stitching! All of them are listed in the above header. We have been pos…

In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth blogging about, I post a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Twenty-Five B…

Digital Citizenship Resources for the Elementary Classroom

Looking for new font pairings for your Squarespace site? Here are over twelve hand-picked pairings, ranging from understated elegance to contemporary modern. Written for entrepreneurs and businesses looking to *zhuzh* up their website for a memorable on-brand presence.

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Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak is a perfect introduction to growth mindset concepts! These elastic brain activities are so fun!

I can't take credit for discovering this app. I found the idea on the brilliant Jen Jones' blog, Hello Literacy, over winter break and I knew that I wanted to implement it in the classroom when we returned. I would click over to her blog to see how she used it (so cute!) but first let me show you how we're using it in our classroom right now. ChatterPix can be found in the App Store on an iPad. There are two versions, with one being for kids, so that is the one I downloaded to use in the classroom. The best thing - it's FREE! ChatterPix is a simple app that lets you take a picture of a person (or any object) and make it talk! The possibilities for the classroom are endless and let me tell you, students LOVE it! We're starting our biography genre right now, so I thought it would be the perfect chance to integrate this app into our unit. Each student in my class is becoming an expert on a famous person in preparation for our Living Museum. Their first task is to find out the most important thing about their person. In other words, what was their big accomplishment...why are they famous. We used ChatterPix to summarize these accomplishments in a fun way! Here's a peek at the final product and then I'll walk you through the steps. When students first open the app, they'll see this screen. They have the option to take a photo or visit the gallery (where all past projects are stored). They will want to choose to take a photo. I told them to find a picture from their book that showed their person's entire face. You also have the option to upload photos from the camera roll though. That's what I did with the Washington photo for this example. I found it online, cropped it, and saved it to my camera roll so I could use it in ChatterPix. The next screen will prompt students to draw a line (with their finger) over the mouth (or where they want a mouth to be on inanimate objects). Look closely at the photo above and you'll see a white dotted line over Washington's mouth. Then, the student will hit the red record button. I found it helpful to have my students write down what they wanted their person to say (in this instance what is most important to remember about them). The recorder will count them down - 3, 2, 1 - before starting. When students are finished talking, they will hit the stop recording button. Then, students will see a green "play" button. This gives them the chance to preview their project. They will eat this up. Seriously, they wanted to watch it over and over and over. Next, students had the option to add frames or text to the picture (as seen with the "George Washington" above). There are several fonts and colors to choose from; however, once you make a selection it is stuck as far as I can tell (so make those choices wisely...I wish the text above had been white to show up a little better). When finished, students can select the "save to ipad" button at the bottom right corner to save their project to the camera roll. When it is finished saving, it will let students know. Students then click the green circle where it says "export complete." After which, they can go back to the home screen to start a new project, or visit the gallery to see saved projects. How cool is that? It literally takes students 5-minutes or less to create one of these little projects so whether you have a class set of iPads or just one iPad, it is a realistic way to put them to use creatively in the classroom. I plan to let all of my students create one, then have them all playing as a slideshow during our Living Museum so parents can see one of the ways we're integrating technology into the classroom. I have so many ideas in my head of ways that I will put this app to use this year, so you'll probably be seeing more about it here on my blog! How would you use ChatterPix in your classroom?? Leave a comment to share with others!

Do you love one pot meals as much I do?  Then, you have to make this recipe for One Pot Burrito Bowls.  It's a 30 minute meal made in one pot - now, this is my kind of cooking!

If you caught my first post about my favorite serif fonts for branding, you know I couldn’t possibly have fit all my faves into that post. It’s now time for the second installment of my favorite serif fonts for branding. These fonts are just as good as the first and include some of my recent faves

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One of my new favorite ding fonts is Bergamot Ornaments. (It's free here!) But, every time I use it I get all angsty because I have to guess/remember how to

This infographic, what a high-converting blog page looks like shows you how to turn readers into customers with blog design.

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I've been a website designer for 3 years, and I've tried every popular website platform out there. These are 5 reasons why I love Showit!

When we create our website or blog it is easy to overlook the steps we need to take to make our site legally compliant. It’s easy to think that we don’t need certain legal documents for our site, especially if we have a basic site and don’t even have an email sign up. However, you may be breaking la

I love teaching a life cycles unit in the spring! Here are some of my favorite activities and free web resources for a life cycles unit.

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Blog post at Marine Corps Nomads : Today, we wrapped up our study of plants. This was not Munchkin's favorite unit, but we got through it. I guess you can't love everything. l[..]

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