Hello! I hope your "summer off" is "off" to a great start! Hopefully, you've noticed my love for Padlet. It's pretty great :) I've recently started my free trial of Padlet Backpack - Padlet's premium tool for schools. Check it out! I've written before about the endless possibilities of Padlet in the classroom. The collaboration space created by Padlet is simply fantastic and is a HUGE benefit ... Read More about Padlet Backpack – Great Premium Tool for Schools!
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Teaching with Technology’s Favorite Twitter “Things”
Welcome to another addition of Teaching with Technology's favorite things! Today, I focus on my favorite Twitter hashtags and "tweeachers" to follow for ideas, inspiration, and professional development. It's time to grow your PLN! Let's get to it! #hashtags ... or as my mom calls them, pound signs :) Just in case you're unfamiliar with Twitter and hashtags ... think of these as search tags on ... Read More about Teaching with Technology’s Favorite Twitter “Things”
Teaching with Technology: A Few of My Favorite Things
While you were reading the title of this post, you heard Julie Andrews singing that iconic Sound of Music song, didn't you? Don't lie :) As the school year winds down, I decided to share a few of my favorite things - from EdTech tools, Twitter hashtags, and everything in between. Welcome to the Teaching with Technology favorite things post ... part one of many, I'm sure :) Just in case you're ... Read More about Teaching with Technology: A Few of My Favorite Things
A Teacher’s Summer: What I REALLY Do
You're a teacher. You have summers off. How many times have we heard this? So many outside the world of education, my loving husband and father included, sincerely believe that teachers truly "have summers off." Oh, friends. When will the rest of the workforce truly realize that we don't have summers off? Maybe, we just need to clarify what time "off" means in the mind of a teacher. As ... Read More about A Teacher’s Summer: What I REALLY Do
Gamification: How I Make My Badges
When I began my gamification experiment this year, I asked the students in my classes a simple question: would you rather have digital or physical badges? I was ABSOLUTELY surprised when my students overwhelmingly demanded physical badges. Even after I said that these badges would be simply be printed on card stock, they were adamant! I originally thought that these students, who are digital ... Read More about Gamification: How I Make My Badges
