Hey, all! Four of my six high school classes are currently working with Padlet in some capacity this week, and both of my online classes are collaborating on a Padlet as well. If you haven't noticed - I LOVE THIS TOOL! Yes, I know they changed their free option last year - I remember the sheer panic that occurred on Twitter - but I've dealt with it and have cleaned up my old/under/unused padlets ... Read More about Turn OFF Desktop Notifications for Padlet
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Visible Learning: Charting Pre & Post-Assessments with Google
Hello, and happy Wednesday! I hope you're enjoying an amazing week and that the weather outside your window is prettier than the dreary, rainy scene I'm experiencing today. It's at this point in the year that I begin to think on rainy days ... "what if it were about 30 degrees cooler ... I wonder how much snow this would amount to ..." #teacherlife :) I took a rare mid-week personal day today to ... Read More about Visible Learning: Charting Pre & Post-Assessments with Google
Essential Smartphone Apps for Teachers
Hello, all! Happy Friday! I hope you've had a fabulous week! I was out of my classroom Tuesday at a PLC conference at a local university and, please tell me you've done this before, I COMPLETELY forgot to send information to my students until we were on our way to the conference. Fortunately, I wasn't driving so I was able to send the daily tasks with my students. My laptop was, of course, dead so ... Read More about Essential Smartphone Apps for Teachers
Cell Phones in the Classroom – My Policy
Happy Friday! The whirlwind of the back-to-school season has almost calmed in the Petty household. We're almost settled into our crazy weekday routine of laying out clothes the night before, setting cell phone reminders, packing backpacks and lunches, ensuring that all dance, soccer, and piano requirements are ready to go, enjoying a nighttime read, and finding some time to rest and recharge as a ... Read More about Cell Phones in the Classroom – My Policy
Looking Ahead – 3 Ideas for Classroom Technology
Hello, all! I hope your summer is off to a great start and, if your school is still in session, or if you're teaching summer school like me, I hope you're having a blast doing what you love! Like many of you, I find myself thinking ahead to the upcoming school year before the current school year even ends, and as ideas were popping into my head during the last few weeks, I frantically told Siri to ... Read More about Looking Ahead – 3 Ideas for Classroom Technology
