As I sit at my kitchen table, writing to you the night before yet another snow day, I feel like I need to gush about an amazing tool. Remind! I haven't written about Remind for quite some time, and that's because I honestly haven't needed to use it that much. When I need to communicate with my students, I typically just send them an email. If we are at school, most of my students have a ... Read More about Why I Use Remind to Connect with My Students
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Creating and Using Groups in Schoology
As teachers in the 21st century, you know that sharing resources and ideas with fellow educators is extremely important. That's probably why you stumbled upon my blog :) Thanks for that, by the way! You also realize, however, that teachers are extraordinarily overwhelmed during the school day with our vitally important, yet daunting task of educating the future. This is kind of a big ... Read More about Creating and Using Groups in Schoology
Pictionary in a Technology Based Classroom
I have missed A LOT of time in my classroom in the last two weeks. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend METC for three days...which was awesome. Then, my youngest daughter was sick and needed her mommy. Next, a round of winter weather slammed our area and we had a weeklong snow-cation. As happy as I was to have the break, my students desperately needed some review. The unit we are ... Read More about Pictionary in a Technology Based Classroom
Share Resources with Your Students with Start Me
I'm still sifting through the wonderful resources I learned about at METC this year. Such an awesome conference! In Glenn Wiebe's session about Social Studies tech, I learned about Start Me, a great tool to use to create a class "landing page" or a place to share resources with your students. Not only does Start Me allow users to create a, for lack of a better phrase, "starting" page for ... Read More about Share Resources with Your Students with Start Me
Awesome Supplemental Government Videos!
Finally! A Crash Course US Government and Politics channel! I am so excited!! I briefly introduced a video from this channel to my students last week as a background video for one of our Kahoot review games (if you haven't checked out Kahoot, seriously do that!). While this channel is new and not full of videos just yet, I think Crash Course US Government and Politics will be an ... Read More about Awesome Supplemental Government Videos!