OK, so it’s a new month and that can only mean one thing… It’s time for the latest edition of the Geeky Girl’s Greatest Hits List! So, what’s in it for you? Lots of cool tools, infographics and edtech humor! Just hover over the interactive image below to reveal a flashback of September’s most popular […]

In my life prior to becoming a full-time geeky girl, I was a sixth grade teacher. Throughout those 17 years, my favorite subject to teach was social studies. Within this content area, I loved, loved to share the knowledge (and excitement) I have about the ancient Egyptians. I was—and still am—particularly fascinated with the mummification […]

Looking for a way to provide your students with an opportunity to demonstrate creative expression in the learning process? Then check out the Magazine Cover generator located within the suite of utilities available via Big Huge Labs, a Web 2.0 mashup tool that combines images, media and information from multiple sources into a new creation. […]

Last spring my Tech Club students wrote and produced a video about the importance of recycling in our school and submitted it to a contest sponsored by the Intermunicipal Relations Committee of Blair County. Not only did their work earn top honors in the local competition, but the winning video was automatically entered into the State […]

Hey, edtech peops! Don’t miss your chance to learn how to leverage the power of ThingLink EDU in your classroom by participating in the upcoming ThingLink Interactive Images Slams. This series of webinars aims to provide educators with an opportunity to share, highlight and discuss ThingLink interactive images or video they have created and used with students of […]

Bring back tech-y to a school near you with the Geeky Girl’s greatest hits list from Summer 2014. That’s right! This collection of blog posts includes some super cool edtech tools that are sure to add some engagement to classroom lessons, activities, projects and presentations. From web tools to infographics to app smashing ideas, there’s […]

OK, so what teacher or student living in this century doesn’t need a cool photo or two for a school-related activity? If you’re that person, then you’re going to love, love Pixabay, a site that hosts over 240,000 high quality public domain photos, illustrations and vector graphics free of charge for any purpose (the legal […]

So totally unforgettable summer storms, power outages and digital addictions? Say what? Um, yeah, that’s what I experienced a few weeks ago when I had the awesome app-ortunity to co-facilitate an iPads in Education 2 course with edtech rock stars Jim Gates and Theresa Bartholomew in Lewisburg, PA. Throughout this four-day app-venture, 50+ teachers learned […]

App smashing: The art of merging content from a variety of apps to generate a unique finished product. Sounds pretty cool, right? That’s because this latest edtech craze is an app-solutley amazing way for students to really unleash their creativity… A way for them to not only demonstrate information about a particular topic but an […]

It might be hard to imagine, but Thinglink just powered up it educational value with a new release: ThingLink Video. That means that users not only have the capability of transforming images into a dynamic multimedia sensations—complete with embedded links, images, audio and video—but this new feature now provides users with an interface to create […]