Our weekly tech tip will be on the website “EdPuzzle”. EdPuzzle is an easy way to engage your students with videos, incorporate intervention and enrichment, and flip your classroom. Simply pick a video, add your comments and questions, and track your student’s understanding. In my classroom, I use EdPuzzle for: Flipping the Classroom – Students… Read More Weekly EdTech Tip: EdPuzzle
To Give a Second Chance or Not Give a Second Chance, That is the Question It’s very natural for any teacher, who has been teaching for an extended period of time, to look back at the beginning of their teaching career and think, “Is that really how I used to do things?” I’ve been in… Read More Second Chances: Allowing Students the Opportunity to Improve
As I have participated in a variety of educational Twitter chats this week, I have noticed one common idea among all of the educators. For educators, this idea could be terrifying or unnerving. It could be intimidating and potentially frustrating. However, it also has the ability to create and implement educational strategies that are highly effective… Read More Take a Leap, Jump Out of Your Comfort Zone
PBL Beginnings At the end of the last school year, our principal purchased the “PBL Starter Kit” for each teacher. Although my case study for my master’s degree program was on PBL, I found that there were many great ideas within this book that I could easily implement throughout the school year. In fact,… Read More Out of My PBL Comfort Zone: The Stock Market Game
The Why Over the last two weeks, I have heard multiple times about the benefits of being actively involved on Twitter as an educator. I’ve heard this before but, for some reason, it had a greater impact upon than in the past. Perhaps it is the number ofd times that I have heard about it… Read More Down the Twitter Rabbit Hole
Day 2 of the High Desert GAFE Summit is coming to a close. My brain is tired, yet bursting with new ideas. It’s hard to narrow the focus to the things that I want to try out within the next week, month, or year. However, I know I have to narrow it so that I… Read More High Desert GAFE Summit (Day 2) – Four Things to Blog about Later
This weekend, our school district is hosting a Google Apps for Education Summit and…It is amazing! It is my second time attending the GAFE Summit and I am always amazed by how much great information can be gained from a two day period. Since I don’t have time to get into depth on any of… Read More High Desert GAFE Summit (Day 1) – Four Things to Blog About Later
There are many “buzzwords” in education today and blended learning is at the top of the list. Blended learning is an instructional strategy that combines face-to- face instruction with online learning. What does this mean? What does this look like in the classroom setting? Is it even possible to combine face-to- face instruction with online learning with… Read More Blended Learning: Creating an Individualized Learning Experience for Students
Screencastify is a video screen capture extension for Chrome. It is able to record all screen activity within a tab or desktop, including audio. It also has the ability to use your webcam to record videos via the webcam on your computer. I have been using Screencastify throughout the last couple of years for two… Read More Screencastify
Recently, I read some interesting articles about offices that were creating post-it murals to cover their walls. Click HERE or HERE to see the offices. As I looked at these offices, I knew that there was a math project within these decorations. Several math concepts came to mind, such as measurement, scale, and converting between… Read More Post-It Project (Fractions, Decimals, Percent, Scale, & More!)
