Looking for another way to contact your students? Would you like to share websites with your students? Post instructions? Due dates? Important events?Check out Twiducate!This extremely easy to use website is FREE and offers teachers a great way to communicate with their students.My favorite characteristic of this website is the ability to share important links with students. I'm sure I'm not the ... Read More about Twitter + Education = Twiducate
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“Techify” Your Book Review Assignment and Incorporate Common Core!
With the huge emphasis being placed on reading and writing in every classroom through Common Core standards, teachers are looking for ways to integrate ELA skills in new ways.Here's a project idea that involves, reading, writing, speaking, and 21st century technology skills!Create a multimedia presentation (Canva, Piktochart, Google Presentation, Prezi, etc)Students can include brief talking ... Read More about “Techify” Your Book Review Assignment and Incorporate Common Core!
What Works for Your Students? Outline or Mind Mapping?
As a student, I learned best in lecture/note-taking environments. I loved for my teacher to stand up in front of our class for about 75 minutes (block scheduling!) and talk while my classmates and I frantically copied down notes from the lecture in a nice, neat outline form. Ahhh :)However, through my teaching experience, I have realized that not all students learn this way...especially not in our ... Read More about What Works for Your Students? Outline or Mind Mapping?
A Quick Thought About Twitter in the Classroom
More and more students are joining Twitter everyday. Teachers are joining Twitter for professional development purposes...that's why I joined Twitter! Isn't time Twitter is used as an educational tool?Sure, teachers have limited, if any, control over what students post on Twitter. With many web 2.0 tools, such is the case. Does that mean we eliminate tools like Kahoot or Padlet from our ... Read More about A Quick Thought About Twitter in the Classroom
Super Civics Lesson in One Minute with 60 Second Civics!
Are you a Social Studies teacher? Do your students sometimes zone out when you discuss the Constitutional Convention? The branches of government? Checks and balances? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then 60 Second Civics is for you!60 Second Civics is a daily podcast by the great folks at the Center for Civic Education. Each brief podcast discusses an aspect of Civics, ranging from ... Read More about Super Civics Lesson in One Minute with 60 Second Civics!
