Last year, I shared my first annual EdTech Classroom’s Year in Review, featuring my top 5 edtech tools of 2020. Check out last year’s list here. Since then, 2021 has … Continue Reading EdTech Classroom’s Year in Review: Top 5 EdTech Tools of 2021
Google Sheets is a web-based spreadsheet tool that is free to use with a Google account, much like Google Docs and Slides. Unlike these other tools, Google Sheets seems to … Continue Reading How to Use Google Sheets as a Teacher or Educator
Design Thinking is a five-step problem-solving approach that consists of: (1) empathizing, (2) defining, (3) ideating, (4) prototyping, and (5) testing. In the 5th grade classroom, Design Thinking can be … Continue Reading Design Thinking in the 5th Grade Classroom
Design Thinking is a five-step problem-solving approach that consists of: (1) empathizing, (2) defining, (3) ideating, (4) prototyping, and (5) testing. In the 4th grade classroom, Design Thinking can be … Continue Reading Design Thinking in the 4th Grade Classroom
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Did you know that October is Dyslexia Awareness Month? To celebrate neurodiversity this month – and everyday! – I’m sharing resources from Jeannette Washington, M.Ed., experienced educator working at the … Continue Reading Digital Accessibility and Dyslexia Advocacy, featuring Jeannette Washington M.Ed.
In 2015, the UN launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future” by 2030. These 17 goals address the global challenges … Continue Reading Using Systems Thinking to Tackle the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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With design thinking, students have agency in the classroom. Students identify problems, brainstorm creative ideas, and build authentic and meaningful solutions. When implemented with proper support, technology is a tool … Continue Reading EdTech Tools for Design Thinking
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To learn more about the design thinking process and how to implement this strategy in your elementary classroom, check out one of my other blog posts here. Design thinking is … Continue Reading Design Thinking Project Ideas for Elementary Classrooms and Back to School
Maddie (01:19): Brittany Gaffney is currently an instructional technology specialist from upstate New York, about four hours Northwest of New York city. She lives there with her husband, two Australian … Continue Reading Episode 56: Back-to-School with EdTech: Tips and Tricks from Brittany Gaffney, Instructional Technology Specialist
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