Google Chrome is awesome. Surely, the vast majority of the world knows this fact. It's user-friendly and super fast. It travels well...meaning of course that your extensions, favorites, etc travel with you, even if you're not working at your computer!! Many websites that teachers frequently use run best using Google Chrome. It's just wonderful. I recently conducted a professional ... Read More about A “Techy” Teacher’s Toolbox: Chrome Extensions
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Formative Assessment with Spiral
Teaching in a 1:1 flipped classroom provides an amazing opportunity for formative assessment. Learning what students know and where they need help is vitally important to teachers. Fortunately, many great tools are available for teachers...and many of them are FREE! I stumbled upon Spiral a few months ago, and I'm so glad I did. ... Read More about Formative Assessment with Spiral
Recent Articles
Check out my recent articles from Edutopia, Learn2Earn, and Fractus Learning! How to Choose the Right EdTech Tools for Your Classroom 3 Classroom Tools to Measure Student Learning 4 Essential Tools for the Flipped Classroom How to Expand Your Personal Learning Network with Social Media Ten Teacher Tools to "Techify" Your Classroom Teaching and Lecturing ARE NOT Synonymous Terms! ... Read More about Recent Articles
Padlet Review Activity
It's that time of year, folks. Testing season is upon us. This means the school year is drawing to a close, and summer is in the not-so-distant future! Keep thinking happy thoughts! Standardized testing, and the review that accompanies it, is my least favorite time of the year. I'm sure I'm not alone in this feeling. However, since I began employing the flipped classroom strategy this ... Read More about Padlet Review Activity
Reflective Teaching and Resource Sharing…Why I Blog
I started blogging in January of 2014, and ever since, I've been asked these questions... Why do you do it? I started my EdTech nerd blog for a few reasons. First, I wanted a way to reflect upon my journey as I attempt to become a 21st century educator. As a teacher, I feel reflection is hugely important, and blogging is the platform I chose to use to do it. I also wanted to share the ... Read More about Reflective Teaching and Resource Sharing…Why I Blog