App Spotlight: Padlet
Overview Padlet is a digital canvas where you can create, create, and collaborate. It’s one of the most popular tools with my colleagues, and I’ve used it for years, since… Read more »
Category: Education
Searching Effectively with Google Search
Searching We don’t need to memorize facts as we can search and find them online. We need to know how to access information that we want or need, how to… Read more »
Using IT Integration Walls in the Classroom
IT Integration Walls An IT Integration wall is a great way to support student use of technology for learning in the classroom. You can take many different approaches to creating… Read more »
Social Media, Apps and your Tween
Technology has been a wonderful addition to our world, with many great benefits. Those benefits have come bundled with dangers. In this series, I’ve outlined the benefits and dangers of several… Read more »
Social Media Highlight: Skype
Skype Overview Skype is a free messaging, and video and voice calling app that lets you send images, video, text, audio, or documents. Communication from Skype to Skype users is free; SMS and calls… Read more »
Social Media Highlight – Whatsapp
WhatsApp Overview WhatsApp was launched in 2010. It is an ad-free, encrypted, free messaging, and video and voice calling app that lets you send images, video, text, audio, or documents (up… Read more »
Emergence of the Technology Coach
I’m a technology coach. Well, I’m not sure what my official title is. When I started at my school almost four years ago, my official title was Digital Learning Facilitator,… Read more »
Read & Write Extension for Accessibility in the Classroom
Overview Read & Write is a family of tools to improve accessibility of digital resources to all students. As part of this suite, there is a free Chrome extension for teachers. Otherwise, the… Read more »
Better Search with Google
Google is the most common search engine in the world. It’s likely that you used Google the last time that you wanted to look up something. How good are your search… Read more »
Newsela in the Classroom
Overview Welcome Back, Teachers. from Newsela on Vimeo. Newsela is primarily an online news site that provides access to high-quality news articles, each of which is written at five different… Read more »