Digital organization is tricky! It’s hard to stay organized online. In today’s blog post, I’m sharing 5 different tips for how to organize your Google Drive. TIP #1: Use naming … Continue Reading Teacher Spring Cleaning: How to Organize Your Google Drive
Code.org is a nonprofit that works to increase access to computer science education in schools across the world. More specifically, code.org is dedicated to increasing participation of young women and … Continue Reading EdTech Tool of the Week (5/5/21)
Maddie (03:24): Nishat Firdous Jehan Ali is a dedicated educator with a mission to empower children and families for a strong future. She completed her Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology … Continue Reading Episode 41: Empowered Learners, Global Educators, and Meaningful Learning with Nishat Firdous Jehan Ali
Explain Everything is not just another digital whiteboard app: it is a powerhouse tool for creating stellar multimedia presentations. Both teachers and students can use Explain Everything to create dynamic … Continue Reading EdTech Tool of the Week (4/28/21)
The end of the school year is approaching (can you believe it?), so of course, I’m back with another Morning Meeting blog post, and today I’m sharing my May Morning … Continue Reading May Morning Meeting Ideas for Virtual, In-Person, and Hybrid Teaching (2021)
Google Sites is a structured wiki- and web page-creation tool offered by Google. In other words, it’s Google’s version of a website builder. I love how user-friendly Google Sites is: … Continue Reading EdTech Tool of the Week (4/21/21)
Maddie (00:01:00): In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Mike Rutherford, founder of Growth Over Time Learning, or gotLearning. Mike is an experienced educator who has worked as a teacher, edtech … Continue Reading Episode 39: Collaborative Learning Systems and The Future of EdTech with Mike Rutherford, Founder of gotLearning
Our EdTech Tool of the Week is one I’ve talked about before… and I’m sharing it again because this time of the year is PERFECT for introducing students to this … Continue Reading EdTech Tool of the Week (4/14/21)
In today’s blog post, I’ll be sharing step-by-step directions and strategies for implementing Genius Hour in your elementary classroom. If you teach older grades, I also share more broad strategies … Continue Reading How to Implement Genius Hour in Your Elementary School Classroom
A big focus of mine as a STEM teacher is the idea that technology can be used as a force for good. One way that I implement this idea in … Continue Reading A Student-Centered Project Using the Sustainable Development Goals
Wakelet is “working to change the way people find, organize and share information.” Wakelet helps users organize and find relevant and compelling content from across the web. With Wakelet, you … Continue Reading EdTech Tool of the Week (4/7/21)
Maddie [00:01:00] Hello everyone. And welcome back to another episode of the EdTech Classroom podcast. In one of my very first episodes of this podcast, I interviewed Abby Brody from … Continue Reading Experiential and Place-Based Learning in Higher Education with Ivan Cestero from MYX
Gimkit is an interactive and digital quiz-style learning platform that gamifies learning. Gimkit is similar to Kahoot! and Blooket: it is a digital quiz-style game that allows students to answer … Continue Reading EdTech Tool of the Week (3/31/21)
In today’s blog post, I’m sharing 9 ways to use Google Forms in your classroom. The ideas in this blog post are applicable to most grade levels and subject areas. … Continue Reading 9 Ways to Use Google Forms in Your Classroom
Book Creator is a tool I have loved using with students for years now. Book Creator is a simple, easy-to-use app and tool for making ebooks. With Book Creator, students … Continue Reading EdTech Tool of the Week (3/24/21)
I’m back with another Morning Meeting blog post, and today I’m sharing my April Morning Meeting ideas for virtual, in-person, and hybrid teaching. Morning Meeting is a great time to … Continue Reading April Morning Meeting Ideas for Virtual, In-Person, and Hybrid Teaching (2021)
