As we race toward the a new school year, I am excited to begin my flipped classroom journey. Excited...and a little apprehensive.Why apprehensive you ask? I'm worried that my students will be reluctant to jump on board the flipped classroom train! Whew...I said it. ;)Since the flipped classroom concept is likely to be completely foreign to my students...as it is to many...I have this feeling that ... Read More about The Flipped Classroom: Selling the Concept to Students
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URL Shortener & QR Code Creator
As I sat at the SEMO EdTech Conference today, I learned an extremely easy way to create QR Codes! Typically, when I create QR Codes for my students, I copy and paste a URL into QR Stuff or a similar program. I then download and/or save the image, or copy and paste the image to a document, presentation, etc. NOW...using the goo.gl Chrome extension, I can simply click the extension on my ... Read More about URL Shortener & QR Code Creator
2 Things I DON’T Like About Google Classroom
Yes, you read the title correctly. After my last post discussed many of the wonderful aspects of Google's Classroom, namely being able to distribute documents to my students without having to run scripts, it may sound strange that there are at least two things I DO NOT like!Before I begin, I must admit that I was almost expecting Classroom to drop down from the heavens in a nice, pretty package ... Read More about 2 Things I DON’T Like About Google Classroom
Classroom by Google is AWESOME!
I finally got my invitation to join Google Classroom! Have you? I never thought it would arrive! Of course, I dove right in...literally I checked my email at 10:30 one evening and couldn't go back to sleep :) My favorite aspect of Google Classroom is the ability to send documents to my students directly without having to make copies of the document or walk through tedious scripting ... Read More about Classroom by Google is AWESOME!
3 Bulletin Boards in my Classroom
Wow! It's been a while since my last post! I'm sure many if not all teachers can understand my crazy hectic week. I'm torn between beginning of the school year excitement and loss of summer devastation! Will I EVER accomplish what I set out to do during my summer vacation? Ok, enough venting :) How do you get excited for the new school year? Is it the opening snap of that new pack of post-it ... Read More about 3 Bulletin Boards in my Classroom