Use Flipgrid in the classroom
Flipgrid is an app for video discussions. Pose questions, and let students respond with video instead of text. You can have one free grid with unlimited topics to use in your K-12 classroom.
Category: techintegration
Mind Mapping Improves Learning
What is Mind Mapping? Mind Mapping lets you visually organize information using spatial organization and a hierarchical structure of main branches and sub-branches, which is a useful strategy for constructing… Read more »
Save all Your Photos in One Place
As a teacher, you probably take lots of photos of your students in the classroom. You may even have students or assistants act as photographers. It’s useful to save all… Read more »
What’s New in Google Classroom – August 2017
Google Classroom is Google’s learning management system, which was introduced in 2014. Throughout each school year, and over the summer, Google releases new features and updates to Classroom. If you… Read more »
Teach Digital Citizenship from the Start of the School Year
Digital Citizenship Digital Citizenship refers to the appropriate behaviors for positive engagement with digital tools and in digital spaces. We can view digital citizenship as an extension of citizenship in… Read more »
15 Resources for Free Summer PD for Teachers
By the time summer comes around, most teachers are ready for the break. It’s important to take time to rest and rejuvenate, whether that means spending time alone or with… Read more »
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 »
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 »
Facilitating Student Support for Technology Integration
It can be really hard not to take control of a student’s mouse/keyboard/computer/iPad and solve problems for them. I have to constantly remind myself that learning isn’t about having students… Read more »