I grade quizzes and tests in just a fraction of the time it used to take me! How? Read my post to find out!
There are so many amazing things we can do with Google Forms. One of my favorite features allows us to differentiate a form for students, meaning we can send students to different questions and pages of information based on how they answer each question.
Have you heard about Seesaw? Are you wondering how to get started? I'm here to help you and your students! Seesaw is a Digital Learning Portfolio for students. I feel funny typing that, because it's truly SO much more, and has the ability to help you flip your classroom, to create a student centered classroom, to break down the walls of your classroom to connect with other classes around the world, to allow your students to connect with each other and their families which gives them an audience, to turn your students into bloggers, and SO. Much. More! First, you'll want to decide on the Settings for your class in Seesaw. Check out this video to get started. If you're ready to get started, first you'll download the Getting Started Challenges for your students here. These Challenges are designed to get you and your students familiar with the upload tools in Seesaw. This is how the students upload their awesome work to their learning journal! Once you're familiar with these, the possibilities for you and your students are truly endless! Next, watch these videos. There's one video for each challenge, and the video will walk you through each challenge in Seesaw. I would suggest running through each Challenge on your own before you show your students, and complete the Challenges yourself. You can even do this along with the videos! This way, when you introduce the challenge to your students, you'll have some background knowledge and a better understanding of how Seesaw works! (Don't worry- these videos are all super short and under five minutes!) Challenge #1 Challenge #2 Challenge #3 Challenge #4 Challenge #5 Challenge #6 (This is if you and your students are using G-Suite apps in your classroom). You might also be interested in learning how to create Folders in Seesaw to keep the Challenges organized! Now you're ready to introduce the Challenges to your students. You can introduce the Challenges one at a time with your students. I've found this works well for younger students- I model, then they try it out. Then I introduce another challenge, model it, they do, etc. until they've gotten through all of them. For older students, they don't tend to need as much scaffolding, so Make sure to check out the other Seesaw Challenges available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! I also post Instagram stories on Seesaw often (that's where all of those videos came from!) so make sure to stop by and say hi there! You can also stop by my YouTube page where I upload the Seesaw videos as well! Do you have questions? Ideas? Please leave a comment! I'd love to hear how you are using Seesaw in your classroom! And if you're not, I'd love to help you get started! Just let me know how!
Bring Images to Life with the free Animate Anything iPad app. Great alternative to Chatterkid and YakIt. Students will love using this app for a variety of technology projects!
Are you obsessed with fonts? Do you hate making classroom materials on your school computer because you can't install all those fabulous fonts you find on Teachers Pay Teachers and other websites? Do you have cute fonts on your home computer, so you make everything at home instead of school? Despair no more! I have a FANTASTIC FONT HACK that makes it possible for you to use all those fabulous fonts on your school PC without having to install them!
Students don't intuitively know how to "read" videos used for instructional purposes. Show them how to apply visual literacy, and incrase learning.
Create presentations or teaching resources for middle school math more quickly and easily using slide masters or theme builder!
Learn how to create your own geometric low-poly art with our collection of tips and tutorials.
"Unleash your students' creativity with a Mini Green Screen in the classroom! Discover budget-friendly materials like green folders, LEGO minifigures, and green straws to create a captivating movie-making experience. With minimal space needed, students can write scripts, perform skits, and act out class stories using these mini toys. Engaging and easy to store, this Mini Green Screen Workspace will inspire imagination and collaboration, making learning a truly entertaining adventure. Grab your supplies and let your students shine in front of the camera!"
In this tutorial we’re going to talk about how to create an illustrated self-portrait in a geometric style. We’ll be using a photograph of ourselves as the base of the illustration, drawing a...
We have been discussing how important it is to be a responsible user of technology - especially when online. I decided to show a video crea...
These game-changing digital tools will help you develop a more efficient assessment system and cut your overall grading time in half. As I’m sure many fellow teachers would agree, developing an effective system of providing meaningful, individualized feedback to each of our students during the wr
Use this hack to hide and reveal hidden text when creating digital activities for students to complete on Google Slides. Learn how and why hidden text on Google Slides can add another layer of engagement to your Google Slides digital interactive notebooks, activities and more! What is Hidden Text? Hidden text refers simply to text that is the same color as a background object or shape on the Google Slide. Since it is the exact same color, students will not be able to read the text without each moving the text or revealing it using this hack! Why hide and
If your district has adopted Google for Education then you might be looking for new and innovative ways to use these tools. I was at a Google Summit this weekend and learned this neat trick for creating stop motion animation. I know my students will love this! You need access to Google Keep and Google […]
Do you want to know how to easily brighten eyes and make them pop using Lightroom? Our tutorial show you how to easily enhance eyes, using our incredibly popular Lightroom Portrait Brushes!
As Requested, Here is a Cheat Sheet for Google Drawings! Google Drawings is very powerful, yet under-utilized tool! This Google Drawings Cheat Sheet will help new and experienced users learn how to use Google Drawings, including menu highlights and special, contextual menus. This one was a challenge to create, and turned out much longer than intended. But I felt there were some tools and features that had to be included. Take a look and explore this very versatile tool for teachers and students! Use it, share it, and increase your knowledge and skills of Google Apps!!!
Texting In The Classroom Texting in the classroom. Usually just hearing that makes you annoyed. It is no secret that our students are saturated in a world of technology. As educators there is imme…
This tutorial walks you through how to set up a student choice board using Google Slides. Teachers can integrate student choice into their curriculums and lesson plans with choice boards for projects, test reviews, or even class activities. Google Slides make it easy to link to websites, webpages,
Once upon a time, in a far away land lived an Evil Queen who wanted revenge on Snow White for ruining her life. So, as evil queens do, she cast a powerful spell that trapped all the fairy tale char…
