Earlier this calendar year, I access EDpuzzle for the first time since Christmas break, and what did I find? New updates! Teachers can now award partial points for student responses! Hooray!! Here's how it works: When grading student responses to assessment questions, you can now mark the entire question wrong like this, ...or, award partial points like this, ...or ... Read More about Fabulous Updates to EDpuzzle!
Rocketbook Wave Notebook – WOW!!
A few months ago, I received an AWESOME package in the mail ... my Rocketbook Wave! Seriously, it's like something out of an awesome, futuristic show. Friends, George Jetson would be jealous of this notebook! I first learned about the Rocketbook Wave at the ST4T Conference in Clearwater, Florida last summer - what a fun conference to present at and attend!! I immediately put it on my list of ... Read More about Rocketbook Wave Notebook – WOW!!
An Awesome Day of Learning at METC17!
Wow, friends! METC has delivered yet again! I love love LOVE learning new strategies, ideas, and tools for my classroom and METC17 definitely provided a wonderful opportunity to do just that! And networking ... OH, THE NETWORKING! I love meeting innovative and inspiring teachers and leaders in education. Did I mention I got to meet Dave Burgess?! In case you're not from Missouri ... :) ... Read More about An Awesome Day of Learning at METC17!
Review Game – QR Codes and Google Forms
I'm always looking for fun ways to review course content with my students! Today, we reviewed vocabulary from last semester using Quizlet Live which is always super fun. Read more about how we use Quizlet Live here. Today, I was thinking about a different review game to try and I thought, why not smash together two of my favorite EdTech tools ...QR Codes and Google Forms! Creating the QR ... Read More about Review Game – QR Codes and Google Forms
Getting Started with Nearpod
Nearpod is one of my absolute FAVORITE tools to use in my 1:1 classroom. In my dual credit social studies classes, I run more of a blended than flipped classroom in that I lecture 2-3 days per week and allow the remaining class time to be used for completing work. I try to mimic a college schedule as much as I can, and since I see my students every day, this plan works pretty well. One of the ... Read More about Getting Started with Nearpod