Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
Not all students best express their knowledge of a concept through writing or best learn a concept through strictly reading about it. Some students like to demonstrate their learning through pictures, some through demonstration, and others still through writing. All students are more engaged if you tie the learning to a real world problem, something that applies directly to them.
Guest blog post by JJ Janikis Even through times of disruption, the right resource can keep learning going. Over the past 10 weeks, Newsela quickly adapted to provide new resources for teachers to maintain student learning connections. Newsela partners with the best content providers, such as National Geographic and The Associated Press to provide authentic,…
Remove Background Images with Trace I must confess I LOVE Sticker Mule. They don’t just have the best sticker website, they have the best website. If you want to see what really good website design looks like, check out Sticker Mule. So when they emailed me to say they have a new product to remove…
Use a Free Genially Account to Create Interactive Graphics Genially offers free education accounts that allow you and your students to create interesting interactive graphics. Use Genially to provide more instruction on a screenshot or to give information about elements of your curriculum. Start by logging into Genially with your G Suite Google account (or…
Using Remove.bg Guest Post by Marcia Carrillo Remove.bg is an online tool used to remove the background of a picture in seconds. The background is replaced by transparency, which allows you to insert the image into a new background. Being a skeptic, I took several pictures and uploaded them to remove.bg and was completely amazed at…
Get an educator discount on Snagit. I use it every day for screenshots, videos, and easy to make GIF’s.
Teaching Students to Use Social Media A Guest Post by Jennifer Casa-Todd We have a challenge. Student use of social media outside of school is increasing, and yet, because of age restrictions, we are limited in our ability to mentor students under the age of thirteen. So, we have two options. We can just not…
April 2020: Unfortunately it appears this site is no longer available. Nothing lasts forever, especially free tools. Try Google Chrome Canvas. Try Jamboard by Google. Try whiteboard.fi. Web A Skeb Online Drawing App Posted by Erin Whalen Etch A Sketch was a favorite toy beginning in the 1960s. Now there is an online version of…
Make Your Own Stickers A Guest Post by Sonya Schkabla With only a few minutes and some sticker labels, you can create stickers to share with your students featuring your own Bitmoji. Order Labels The first step is to get your labels. I used Avery 22805 sticker paper labels. They are 1.5 inch squares and…
Encouraging Students to Develop 21st Century Skills Posted by Erin Whalen Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D., is an amazing educator with a terrific blog. Her post on the skills students need today is a quick, easy read and asks great questions to help teachers assess themselves. As listed in the graphic above, skills such as grit, curiosity,…
Getting Started with Pear Deck A Guest Post by Stacey Roshan Pear Deck is one of the easiest ways to ensure all students in the classroom are actively engaged and participating in classroom presentations created in Google Slides. The goal of this post is to give an overview of what Pear Deck offers and how to…
Top 5 Exceptional Extensions Guest blog post by Lynn Gershman Our students come to us with all their personality, talents, behaviors, and exceptionalities. Getting to know students is the easily the best part of being an educator. In her seminal work. An Ethic of Caring (1998), Nel Noddings tell us, “We need to give up…
How Much Is That EdTech Product Costing? The other day I spent hours looking up EdTech products that are freemium (or just outright not free) looking up their cost. First, I do not think free is sustainable or a good idea necessarily. High quality products require talented people to create, market, sell, maintain, and provide…
Gimkit for Formative Assessment Gimkit has some features that are similar to Kahoot and Quizizz. The questions for Gimkit can be imported from Quizlet. Gimkit is freemium, like many EdTech products. This means there is a free version but you can pay to upgrade to additional features. Made by Students You want the best reason to check out…
Eric’s Tool Wall I was recently in Eric De La Rosa’s office and noticed his whiteboard tool wall. I tweeted a picture; there was a demand for the entire wall. Eric generously took a new picture to share with all of you. Give him a follow on Twitter: @EricDe_La_Rosa Padlet You may be thinking, Alice my…
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