How much do you know about the favorite stories and fictional characters of elementary students? How about what they want to be they grow up, what they’d like to learn more about or even how technology plays a role in their education? Well, you can get the answers to all of these questions and more […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your classroom! » Textify.it A site that transforms uploaded images into text. » TagMyDoc A great online tool that automatically tags documents and provides […]

As Quincy Jones once remarked, “I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.” That said, Edu-fun Friday is a series devoted to adding some humor to the lives of teachers who visit this blog. After all, there’s nothing better than ending the week […]

Want to uncover the thrilling tales of the downright unusual? Or how about stepping into the mysterious world of the weird future?  If you have these uncontrollable urges, you can satisfy them and more by delving into Pulp-O-Mizer, a fabulous web resource for generating retro pulp magazine covers. Yep, get all early nineteen-hundreds by mimicking […]

Videos are cool, but how about using pictures and eye-catching effects to make them?  Here’s a fun app called GifBoom that turns your ordinary pictures into an automatic slideshow! In this app, you can use up to 30 pictures on your device from images taken directly from the app or your camera roll.  Then pick […]

After spending a fabulous week putzing around Saint Lucia, it’s back to reality. Even though I was disconnected throughout the majority of my adventure, I was fortunate enough to be able feature a few posts by ed-techies Monica Burns and Cathy Yenca. As suspected, the classroom integration ideas they shared were a huge hit! That […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your classroom! » LiveMinutes Really free conferencing! Hangout with friends or colleagues and share videos via a browser, Skype or phone. » ClassDojo A […]

My Algebra students will begin a mini-unit on square-root functions after their exponential functions test on Monday. Here is the “anchoring activity” they will explore when finished with the test. I can’t stress enough how helpful it is to have a tool like ThingLink available for those weird class times when some students are finished, […]

I love using QR codes in my classroom! There are a lot of reasons: » Takes students directly to a website you have chosen » Eliminates frustration of typing in long web addresses (perfect for students in an inclusion class, occupational therapy, etc.) » Saves time! I make QR codes using free QR code generators […]

I didn’t learn about ThingLink until a few months into this school year… and now, I’m hooked! Every unit of study since, I’ve created an interactive ThingLink for students to reference as an anchoring activity, study guide, and “pre-teaching” tool. As my students are currently basking in spring break relaxation, I’ve been preparing this image […]