So, what makes Tech Treasure #4 one of the best in this series? It includes my second installment of Magnetic Poetry, one focusing on the upcoming Christmas holiday. This brand-new Google Slides activity contains 100+ words and phrases that can be manipulated into a holiday themed poem, story, etc. As with my Thanksgiving Magnetic Poetry […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for five really cool and useful web sites that students can access to reinforce and enrich science, math and literacy skills! » Tree House Weather Kids An interactive site that provides students with basic information and activities related to various weather topics […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for seven really cool and useful apps that students can utilize to demonstrate knowledge and creativity in your classroom and/or to learn math, science, geography, music and more! » Virtuoso Piano Free 3 Teach basic keyboard skills using this iOS app. Additional instruments can be […]

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! » NowComment A web tool that allows users to upload and discuss documents with others in an online environment at no cost. » WriteReader […]

So, you want to increase motivation for reading and writing, improve confidence levels and/or encourage ICT literacy? Well, regardless of the rationale, blogging is a very powerful learning tool that can assist teachers with these goals. Still not convinced that blogging is a meaningful activity? Then check out the nifty sketch note shown below, one that […]

If you’re ready to combine a little bit of holiday fun with Google Drawings, then Shake Up Learning has created and shared a really cool must-try activity for you and your class: A Halloween-themed magnetic poetry template containing nearly 100 words. The students start out with a creepy palette that looks something like this: And […]

Halloween and a full moon occurring during the same week—seriously? Is someone really messin’ with teachers this year or what! Well, this “perfect storm” is upon us so how about trying to preserve what might be left of your sanity by checking out some really spook-tacular collections of Halloween-themed resources that are sure to creep out […]

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest web tools that can be added to your edtech toolbox for the 2015-16 school year! » Classroom Authors Students can become published authors with this free online writing platform. » Riddle A web tool that can […]

Whether you choose to focus on the events that occurred in our country on September 11, 2001 for one class period, or maybe you’re planning to incorporate a special project in honor of the countless American heroes that emerged on that day… Either way, utilize the resources located within the interactive image shown below to connect […]

A headline is a two-second tryout for an audience’s attention—a short snippet that must snag a reader from the distractions of the world and engage them with content. But that’s quite a tall order in our over-stimulated image-based society. So, how does one go about getting others to pause and take a chance on reading […]