ClassroomScreen: My new favorite technology tool for my classroom
A huge change in the last few years is that I became department chair, so now I get to pillage and steal great ideas from all of my department members…
Read MoreBuilding Community in the Classroom: Flipgrid
I’ve been thinking a lot about next year. The next school year will look nothing like past years, and most likely school will be some sort of hybrid where I…
Read MorePeardeck: a Tool for Teaching Punctuation Templates
As the year comes to the close, I end my second year of teaching grammar in a unique way. My school, for good or bad, does not teach grammar in…
Read MoreWord Clouds in Teaching Free Words In Night
Years ago, I found a really great resource for teaching Night. One of the activities in it had students make a list of Free Words. Here’s how I explain the…
Read MorePear Deck Update with Google Slides for the Win!
Even though I’ve been in the classroom in person or virtually every year since 1999, I’m back to being new again, hopefully for the last time. This means I have…
Read MoreBack in the classroom and integrating technology
So I had a great week being back in the classroom after taking a year off of teaching to be home with my boys. I enjoyed being director of instructional…
Read MoreDeciding when to unplug when planning lessons
So last night my husband and I were out way too late at the Coldplay concert, and Chris Martin did something that I found extremely interesting during the song “Charlie…
Read MoreChanges for next year!
I am thrilled to share I’ll be back in the classroom next year, so expect more posts where I reflect on and document my use of technology at my new…
Read MoreUpdate from The Techy Teacher
What do you have to look forward to? I plan on featuring some of my favorite new and old apps: PearDeck, Noodletools, Hstry.co., Google Classroom, and Glogster. I plan to share lesson ideas for these programs, and I’ll share tips and advice from some of my favorite lessons. A new feature will also be a parent piece…tips and advice on keeping your child safe. If you haven’t checked out Common Sense Media before, do so! It’s an amazing resource for both educators and parents.
Read MoreInformation Overload: Day 1 of ISTE Convention
Conventions are always information overload. So much information is presented so quickly that it can be hard to write down it, take a picture of the screen, or scan the…
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