Teachers and Their ClassroomsWhat’s the first word that pops into your head when you read the following terms? One-room schoolhouse, matronly teacher, chalk, blackboard, quill, inkwell. For me, that term is: OLD SCHOOL.What other terms could we add to that “old school” list? Teacher-centered environment? Rote memorization? Fact regurgitation? Are these aspects of a 21st century classroom? I hope ... Read More about Our Classrooms: Past, Present, and Future
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Looking for a FANTASTIC Note-Taking and Organization Tool?!
Looking for an additional note taking tool for your students to use? Check out Springpad!Springpad, much like Evernote, allows users to create notebooks and notes. UNLIKE Evernote, Springpad users can add a variety of sources including:BooksVideosLinksFilesPhotosRecipes...this would be cool for a FACS class!Television ShowsMovies...and more!Simply search for the desired source, and Springpad finds ... Read More about Looking for a FANTASTIC Note-Taking and Organization Tool?!
Neat Journaling Tool!
Waaay back in the day, when I was in elementary school, I vividly remember journaling. My teacher would pose a prompt, or give us a "free writing day," we would respond to the prompt in our spiral bound notebook journal. I LOVED reading the comments that my teacher included whenever he would grade our journals!There are many tools teachers could use to "techify" this activity, with Google Docs ... Read More about Neat Journaling Tool!
I’ve Flipped for Flippity!
Are you a Google school? Do your students use flash cards or similar study tools? Do they have access to the Internet? If you answered yes to any of these questions, or even if you answered no, this is an AMAZING tool for your classroom! Check out Flippity!Flippity is a great web tool that allows users to create flashcards (and other study tools) through a Google Sheet template. It is so easy to ... Read More about I’ve Flipped for Flippity!
Do They “Geddit?”
Looking for a different student response system to try in your Chromebook classroom? Check out Geddit!Just yesterday, I was thinking of a way that I could "techify" an idea a tool a teacher friend uses in her classroom. She has four folders in her room, and at the end of the class period, her students drop a piece of paper in one of those folders to indicate how comfortable they feel with the new ... Read More about Do They “Geddit?”
