That’s Pinteresting! How Educators Use Pinterest Effectively By Reese Jones
image courtesy of pinterest.com via Mithya Srinivasan According to ABC News, Pinterest is currently among the top social websites that are highly utilized in the classroom. To cope up with the...
View ArticleEek! 50+ Halloween Activities, Resources & Apps
“People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them.” – Jim Butcher This upcoming week, people will be celebrating Halloween, All Saints Day,...
View ArticleMotivated to Write: 30+ Resources
From the Cool Sites Series “The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.” ~ Vladimir Nabakov This...
View ArticleResearch on the Go with Mobile Devices #GAETC13
From the Cool Sites Series and Mobile Learning Series “Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” – Gustave Flaubert This week I am in beautiful...
View ArticleSharing Stories: Powerful Lessons in Digital Storytelling
From the Cool Sites Series “It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” – Patrick Rothfuss, The...
View Article12 Online Tools For Effective Teacher to Student and Parent Communication
Guest post by Reese Jones & Shelly Sanchez Terrell Having a clear and positive communication with the students and their parents are a vital necessity among educators. According to School Family,...
View ArticleBe There & Listen #30GoalsEdu
Goal 24: Be There and Listen of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators “I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.”...
View ArticleMaintain Your Digital Footprint
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category This is my 4th year actively participating in social networks and using web tools. Although, I...
View ArticleCelebrating December Holidays Digitally
Part of the Cool Sites series and Mobile Learning category “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”~ Mary Anne Radmacher Tis the season to be jolly, especially with...
View ArticleWhat’s the Best Tool for the Task?
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the...
View Article10 Ways Teachers Can Use BigMarker
Guest post from BigMarker, a free online tool for online teaching Education is constantly changing. Technological innovations will increasingly allow us to break down the walls of the classroom to...
View ArticleHelp Them Brainstorm! 50+ Tips & Resources
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” – Charles...
View Article15+ Resources to Inspire Writing with Digital Prompts
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category “The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written...
View ArticleTeach Students About Creative Commons: 15+ Resources
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your...
View Article20 Ways to Bring Your Textbook to Life!
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. ~...
View ArticleAre Your Students Digitally Literate? 10 Resources
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. ~...
View Article20+ Tips and Resources to Engage Learners with Comics
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. ~ Nicholas...
View ArticleAre Your Students Digitally Safe? 15+ Resources
Included in the Digital Tips Advent Calendar and part of the Effective Technology Integration category “We all need someone who inspires us to do better than we know how.” ~ Anonymous Technology has...
View ArticleColorful Learning with 20+ Web Tools & Apps
Included in the Effective Technology Integration category Drawing and coloring are great ways to get students to brainstorm about a topic, organize a group project, or contribute scenes to a digital...
View ArticleInspire Learners to be Kind: 50+ Resources
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. – Bob Kerrey This week is Kindness Week. People worldwide are spreading kindness through random acts...
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