For the second time in two years, the Aevidum Club in our high school sponsored an Activities Fair the day before our holiday break. By donating $1 or a roll of paper towels, students gained admission to the gym which was filled with activities provided by various clubs and organizations—a foul shot competition, corn hole, […]

So, you’ve made it to the holiday break—perhaps completely frazzled and worn out, but yes… You, Have. Made. It! As you use this time to relax and enjoy family, friends and/or whatever else makes you happy in life, here are some ideas to help you recharge the batteries before your return to your respective educational […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some super cool web tools that can be utilized to flip your classroom and engage learners in 2016! » Blubbr Create interactive quizzes based on YouTube videos. Viewers watch a short clip and then answer a multiple choice question about the […]

Among other numbers, Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon has become known for his skits with various music superstars and the band Roots singing popular tunes using instruments you’d find in an elementary school classroom. For some reason, these performances just crack me up. So, after recently viewing his latest rendition with Adele and her smash hit […]

The votes have been tallied, the results announced, and now here’s the shout out… A huge high five to anyone out there in the blogosphere that sent some love to Aubree and me during the 2015 Edublog Awards competition. Your vote(s) helped both of us snag some digital bling for wins in the following catergories: […]

And so here it is… The 12th and final Tech Treasure in this year’s Twelve Digital Days of Christmas (and it’s a super cool one): The NORAD Santa Tracker. In addition to tuning in to St. Nick’s progress on his annual December 24th flight, students can access 23 different holiday games in the arcade, watch movies […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for two really cool and useful edtech resources that can be integrated into your classroom to enhance learning! » Kahoot! A user-friendly tool for developing in-class questionnaires and quizzes designed to promote a game-like atmosphere in the learning environment. Audience members can […]

Last week I shared a new another new resource I recently created and shared via my Twelve Digital Days of Christmas interactive holiday resource, a Christmas Magnetic Poetry template containing 100+ words and discussed ways it could be utilized in the classroom. When students initially access this Google Slides template, it looks something like this: Until they transform […]

Give your brain a workout with another cool activity from the Math Playground—a holiday logic puzzle known as A Blocky Christmas. Here’s how it works: Players must use the keyboard arrows to move the puzzle pieces into place. Hint: The star piece can push and pull all other pieces. Enjoy 16 challenging levels of play! Click here to […]

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 […]