Get Rocking with a Google Slides ‘How To’ Project
Are your students ready to start creating and learning with Google Slides®? Are they an expert keyboarder and know all the ins and outs of Google Slides menus? As a teacher, you forget just how much…
Are your students ready to start creating and learning with Google Slides®? Are they an expert keyboarder and know all the ins and outs of Google Slides menus? As a teacher, you forget just how much…
Who else dreads going back to school and setting up a classroom? This year I dreaded it even more because I needed and wanted to make changes to my classroom setup. Why? First off, I…
What exactly is an Interactive Digital Notebook? How is it similar to a regular Interactive Notebook? How is an Interactive Digital Notebook used in the classroom? What are the advantages over the traditional interactive notebooks?…
I’m so excited to share this next part of how I taught these units which focused on the history of our rights. The digital age is here in the form of DIGITAL INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS. What…
Thanks for returning to read PART 2 in my 2 part series of valuable tips for the 1:1 classroom. As I wrote in PART 1 of Valuable Tips for the 1:1 Classroom, I really didn’t…
Since I received my own Chromebook Cart, I’m now looking back and reflecting on what I’ve learned about teaching in a 1:1 classroom. There are so many aspects that no one ever tells you about,…
Google Slides continues to be my “go to” app when designing assignments for my students. I currently have a group of students who are reading The Tale of Despereaux in a book club. As we…
Do you still administer spelling tests? If so, are you tired of grading them! So was I. I found a great solution to not only incorporate spelling and technology in a 1:1 classroom, but…
This Wednesday’s peek into my classroom is a look at a book club I am currently doing with The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. It’s the tale of a mouse who’s in love with a…
This Wednesday’s peek into my classroom is to highlight a very cool website at www.classtools.net. The site has many great tools for teachers to use online, including a Venn Diagram generator. Click on READ MORE…
Once again I give you a view into my classroom to show you what we are working on. This week we are learning to do research (CCSS W.3.7), gather notes (CCSS W.3.8) and practice expository…
Welcome back to the November edition of Teacher Wisdom. This time we focus on student engagement. How do we keep our students interested and focused while also addressing learning standards and content? I have some…
Recently, my district has purchased carts full of Chrome Books. Eventually, each classroom is supposed to have a Chrome Book cart so each child has one to use. As in most cases when new technology…