Epic! Tool for Reading and Literacy
Epic is an online library for children 12 years old and younger. It is free for use by teachers, and cost $4.99 per month for home use. Tools available Search… Read more »
Category: Education
Use Tinycards to Memorize Content
Tinycards is a flashcard app that lets you learn anything. It is an extension of Duolingo’s service. It lets you follow Duolingo (to learn German, French, Spanish or Portugese), as well as… Read more »
7 Ways for Girls to be Brave with Technology
This research study presents the observations that women leave engineering because of group dynamics and negative experiences working in teams. I also heard Caroline Paul on Tim Ferris’ podcast around the same time that I… Read more »
Using Video in the Classroom
I watched this video from Common Sense Media about improving the use of video in the classroom. Notice that it’s part of a playlist, and you may want to watch… Read more »
How to Use My Simple Show
My Simple Show seems like a great new website for creating a video. The platform guides users through four steps: Draft– upload a PowerPoint file from your computer (max. 20… Read more »
Making Technology Integration Awesome
It’s a challenge to make effective, transformative use of technology in the classroom. This year, I’ve been working with a small group of teacher representatives from various grades to curate/create a list… Read more »
VoiceThread for Publishing and Collaboration
Voicethread is a great tool for collaboration and sharing. You can combine images, documents and video in a slideshow format. Then other users can add voice, text, audio file or… Read more »
Flippity.net Google Spreadsheets Addon
The Flippity.net add-on lets you automate many tasks from Google Spreadsheet. In the video below, I show how to create a script for randomly selecting a student in your class…. Read more »
Technology Coach as Leader
In a recent meeting of curriculum and grade level team leaders, we reflected on how well we work with each other, and with our various teams. During the conversation, it… Read more »
Three in One Office and Classroom Space
When I started working at ISP in August 2013, my office was in a small room in the elementary school, between the PK3 classroom and the elementary staff room. I… Read more »