App Spotlight: Padlet
Overview Padlet is a digital canvas where you can create, create, and collaborate. It’s one of the most popular tools with my colleagues, and I’ve used it for years, since… Read more »
Category: Links
Safety and Security on Facebook
Facebook is still the most popular social network for teens. My (unscientific) research done by talking to teens about their use of Facebook reveals that they still use Facebook in… Read more »
Link Highlight – Ask Dr Universe
Washington State University has a great site called Ask Dr. Universe. The website invites students to submit a question, or look though questions asked by other children. Questions are categorized… Read more »
Newsela Adds New Library Feature
Newsela is an old favorite. Many of my colleagues use it with their students, so that the students can access news stories at their reading level. Now Newsela has added… Read more »
IT Integration Walls
An IT Integration wall is a great way to support student use of technology for learning in the classroom. There are many different approaches that you can take. One approach… Read more »
Transforming Education
The ideas in this video resonate with me. What revolutionizes learning in your classroom? Please share in the comments.
App Spotlight
The list of currently free apps is updated each week. Highlights this week include Purple Frog to teach social skills including caring, DoReMi 1-2-3: Music for kids which focuses on music, Mathzilla for elementary Maths. Cookie Next Door which encourages creativity… Read more »
The World Wide Web
We take the web for granted sometimes. Yes, it’s a great tool that can provide the power to transform societies. However, there are people all over the world who do… Read more »
Bits, Bytes and Nibbles?
It’s the time of the school year for quizzes and tests. Do you know anything about how computers store information? Let’s start with bits. A bit is a binary digit,… Read more »
Kony 2012
Injustice exists in the world. Many of us feel the desire to do something about it, at the very least raise awareness. In this era of online sharing and the… Read more »