Since learning about escape rooms last January, I have been completely fascinated with the concept. In fact, one could say I’m a junkie as I’m always looking for a new room that will allow me to put my problem solving skills to the test. To date, I’ve experienced about ten different rooms, including one in […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below to access two super cool and very useful resources that can be utilized to engage students in the classroom with maker projects and vocabulary activities. » Instructables From science experiments to merit badges, this web site offers instructions for 100,000+ DIY […]

Last week or new TechEd Teacher and I had the awesome opportunity to step up our making game while attending the 3rd annual Pittsburgh Fab Institute hosted by the Elizabeth Forward School District. This four day hands-on event allowed us to become more familiar with some of the latest and greatest digital fabrication tools and […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below to access two super cool and very useful apps that can be utilized to engage students in a classroom and/or makerspace setting! » Zotebook An iPad app that recognizes rough sketches and transforms them into precise drawings for laser cutters or 3D […]

Welcome to the weekly edition of The Edtech Smackdown—a collection of digital resources containing a few of my most favorite activities, tools and articles curated from various social media spaces throughout the past week. Check out some super cool edtech gems right here, right now and get ready to use these ideas to support learning […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below to access two super cool and very useful photo apps can be integrated into classroom activities during the upcoming school year! » Bubbli An iOS app that allows users to create and share impressive photospheres, or 360-degree images of places in […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below to access two super cool and very useful tools can be utilized to engage students in the classroom! » GoNoodle Create deeper learning via this collection of videos, games and other activities geared toward interjecting movement into any subject, any topic, […]

Earlier in the week I wrote a post about Operation Recycle, a brand-new Breakout EDU game I recently designed for our school’s sixth grade environmental field trip—one that was based on the importance of recycling. The Concept: With 50 minutes on the clock, teams of students were “locked” in Mr. T’s laboratory, a room filled with […]

Welcome to the weekly edition of The Edtech Smackdown—a collection of digital resources containing a few of my most favorite activities, tools and articles curated from various social media spaces throughout the past week. Check out some super cool edtech gems right here, right now and get ready to use these ideas to support learning […]

What do you get when you combine cans, bottles and other recyclable materials with locks, ransom notes, equations, a card sort, maps, puzzles, ingenious treasure boxes and more? Operation Recycle: My super cool breakout game designed for our school’s sixth grade environmental field trip! Stay tuned for more details about my brand-new escape room experience […]