With more and more schools going to a 1:1 environment, more and more teachers are uneasy about how their classroom will change. It comes as no surprise that managing a 1:1 classroom can be different than a classroom with thirty students, packed neatly into rows.Since I found out my school will be getting Chromebooks next year (so excited!), I've been brainstorming how management will change in my ... Read More about EdTech Printables for Your Classroom
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Have you tried EdShelf?
I love Pinterest. Everyone loves Pinterest. It's wonderful and addicting! The recipes, and outfits, and hairstyles, ahhh! You can create a board for everything under the sun, even education.If you love pinning ideas to your education boards on Pinterest, then you will LOVE edshelf. Think of the best education ideas from Pinterest, on steroids.If you love the fact that you can add tools to the GEDB ... Read More about Have you tried EdShelf?
Infographics in Education
Infographics are just awesome. Have you used them in your classroom? With your students?Since my students now have access to GAFE accounts, my colleagues and myself have been researching tirelessly to find new tools and apps to use with our students. I have been waiting (somewhat patiently) for my students to be able to access all of the awesomeness (new word?) that is GAFE.The infographic on this ... Read More about Infographics in Education
QR Quiz Maker=AWESOME!
If you are a QR Code nut like me, you are going to LOVE this tool.This QR Code activity (from classtools.net) is amazing, of course because it deals with QR Codes, but also because it does not require an Internet connection to work!Before your class can begin this activity, they obviously need to download a QR Code reader (many are free) from their device app store.This activity is SO easy to ... Read More about QR Quiz Maker=AWESOME!
Flipping: Shy Students
I read an interesting article recently, from sophia.org titled "Parent Perspective: Can a Flipped Classroom Help Introverts Learn Better?" and it brought back memories from my school days...I was the really smart kid who...didn't want to be called on in classwanted to work individually because, well I just didn't want to work with a groupdid the assignment, read the reading, but would rather not ... Read More about Flipping: Shy Students