Today, I stumbled upon a Professional Development gem...Big Deal Media!This amazing resource for teachers provides:Weekly newsletters with great ideas for incorporating technology in your classroom (Web Wednesday)Big Deal eBook and Newsletter This is fantastic! Issues are available for K-12 Technology and ELL. The Technology edition includes grant opportunities, professional development that is ... Read More about Awesome Professional Resource for Teachers!
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Our students love social media, right? Wouldn't it be great if we could incorporate social media in our curriculum?Many school districts have very stringent policies regarding the use of social media. So, in most learning environments, asking students to create a Twitter or Facebook account as an historical figure is probably not feasible. Enter Twister and Fakebook!If you haven't checked out ... Read More about Cool Tools!
Classroom by Google
Have you heard the news?! Google will debut "Classroom" sometime in September of this year!This begs the question...what is Classroom?From Google's brief and surprisingly vague description, Classroom is a Google App and Learning Management System. Teachers who use Classroom can easily organize, share, assign, collect, and grade student work. Classroom will give teachers the option of sharing ... Read More about Classroom by Google
I’ve Flipped for Flippity!
Are you a Google school? Do your students use flash cards or similar study tools? Do they have access to the Internet? If you answered yes to any of these questions, or even if you answered no, this is an AMAZING tool for your classroom! Check out Flippity!Flippity is a great web tool that allows users to create flashcards (and other study tools) through a Google Sheet template. It is so easy to ... Read More about I’ve Flipped for Flippity!
Thank you!
Thank you to all who participated in the Teaching with Technology giveaway! Congratulations to the big winner, Angela! Watch for more giveaways coming soon!Thanks for reading :) ... Read More about Thank you!