A Must-Have Tool for Managing Student Feedback
Student Feedback Made Easy Whether used for formative assessment, exit tickets, or just checking in on student well-being, Loop provides teachers with an easy...
Effective Feedback Made Easy Teachers often struggle to find enough time to provide feedback that is personalized, ongoing, and timely. However, these characteristics of...
Student Feedback Made Easy Whether used for formative assessment, exit tickets, or just checking in on student well-being, Loop provides teachers with an easy...
Floop: Giving Students Feedback They Need, When They Need It More than just a quick, convenient way of providing student feedback on paper assignments,...
Everyone Loves Review Games You can never have too many options for review games. Mixing things up keeps things fresh. I’m happy to add...
Technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone.Apple.com One of the first times I heard George Couros speak he said, “Technology is not just...
Text-to-Speech That Actually Works I remember trying voice-to-text software in the late 1990s. In addition to a lack of accuracy, I had to speak...
Text-To-Speech Text-to-Speech isn’t just for students with low-vision. It can also be beneficial to students experiencing a range of literacy difficulties. Read-aloud tools have...
iPad Accessibility Apps – Level The Playing Field The iPad’s built-in accessibility features are amazing for empowering all learners. Here’s a round-up of iPad...
Bitmoji Classroom Bitmoji Classrooms are really catching on as teachers try to have fun and increase engagement by designing their virtual environments. In the...
Communicating with Parents: Let Them Decide I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t always read (or even open) the weekly email newsletters I receive...
Backchannels in the Classroom 7 Alternatives to TodaysMeet Backchannels in the Classroom Backchannels are a great way to facilitate meaningful classroom discussions that all...
Become a Parent-Teacher Communication Rockstar Bloomz.net While teachers recognize the importance of effective parent communication, we never seem to have enough time for it....
Loom Loom is the best choice for teachers and students looking for a free screen recorder. They generously offer many of their paid features...
Turn Your Slides into an Animated GIF While PowerPoint and Keynote users can directly save their presentations as an animated GIF, Google Slides doesn’t...
Copyright Free Video, Images, and Music I’ve shared several great sites that feature copyright-friendly images and music for use in student projects (links at...
No Green Screen, No Problem Record your video anywhere, with any background. Unscreen analyzes your video and automatically removes the background without needing a...
Virtual Waiting Room Slides If you’re hosting virtual meetings or classes, chances are you spend a fair amount of time waiting for people to...
A collection of tutorials for commonly used technology to support parents and caretakers during distance learning (or anytime).
It’s All About Relationships Everyone is likely to start off this school year with some version of online learning. Even those starting out face-to-face...
This collaboration is brought to you by Study.com and is based on my unbiased experience using the site. While we all wait and wonder...
Timeline 3D iPad App The average timeline maker looks like it still belongs on the internet of 1999. Timeline 3D is not your average...
Free Math Apps The Math Learning Center has created 10 free math apps featuring virtual manipulatives and interactive visual models. These open-ended learning tools...
Chwazi Finger Chooser Teachers are always looking for new ways to select or group students. This app makes that task quick, easy, and fun....
Manage Paper Like a Boss – Turn your iPad into a Document Scanner OK, I’ll Say It: I Hate Managing Paper Efficiently dealing with...
Loom Loom is the best choice for teachers and students looking for a free screen recorder. They generously offer many of their paid features...
Video Lessons Edpuzzle has been featured in many of my posts and workshops over the years. With so many teachers turning to video lessons...
Screencast-o-Matic Screencast-o-Matic is the easiest, free way to create instructional videos. Users don’t need to download any software; no accounts are required. Just visit...
Video Lessons for Every Subject From Hemingway to Hemoglobin – Study.com This collaboration is brought to you by Study.com and is based on my...
I was just starting to think about my annual Tech/STEM toys of the year when my friend and mentor, Dr. Marshall Jones, shared his...
Nick’s Picks for Tech Toys So many of my previous picks for educational toys remain among my top choices (now at lower prices), but...
Top Educational Toys Under $50 Here are my top 10 picks for STEM/educational toys under $50 for 2018. I opted for only 10 picks...
The Best STEM Toys Under $25 – 2017 Nick’s Picks for Educational Toys 2017 There are so many great choices for STEM toys under...
Here’s a look back at my top #EdTech picks of 2020: Engaging eLearning Activity Templates, Building Relationships During Remote Learning, Virtual Waiting Room Slide...
We’ve all been there. You can’t access a website and wonder if it’s really down for everyone or just you. Is It Down Right...
EdTech Graveyard Last October I created the EdTech Graveyard to honor EdTech tools that have passed on, and suggest some alternatives. Today, we lay...
Google It Students entering high school this fall were born the year that Google was added to the dictionary as a verb, yet I...
Paid Learning Apps Gone Free July 31, 2017 Learning Apps Gone Free Today’s learning apps gone free feature tools for stargazing, photo editing, and...
Paid Learning Apps Gone Free June 30, 2017 Learning Apps Gone Free Today’s learning apps gone free: learn about equivalent ratios while mixing potions,...
Paid Learning Apps Gone Free May 11, 2017 Learning Apps Gone Free Today’s learning apps gone free: an incredibly popular storybook app, a fun...
Paid Learning Apps Gone Free March 23, 2017 Learning Apps Gone Free Today’s learning apps gone free: AP U.S. History 5 Steps to a...
Not Your Typical Classroom Economy I heard an NPR interview with Rafe Esquith where he was sharing his strategies for teaching fifth-grade students about...
A Simple Solution to a Common Classroom Problem “Wouldn’t it be cool if students didn’t have to raise their hands and wait when they...
The Seating Chart Tool You’ve Been Looking For Mega Seating Plan www.MegaSeatingPlan.com Mega Seating Plan makes it easy to create a variety of seating...
Lesson Plan Your Way When I first started teaching, I was required to turn in two weeks of lesson plans on a six-point lesson...
Ignite Student Voice with Flipgrid Free Access to Flipgrid Classroom Get FREE access to Flipgrid Classroom through September 30, 2017 with promo code NICKLAFAVE....
50 Free Tech Tools for the 21st Century Classroom Updated for 2018 – Links and resources from my workshops, presentations, and conferences. Teacher Tools...
Creating Interactive Lessons for Blended Learning and the Flipped Classroom Updated for 2017 – Links and resources from my workshops and presentations on Blended...
Don’t Flip Out About Flipping Your Classroom Updated for 2017 – Links and resources from my workshops and presentations on the Flipped Classroom. Remove...
100 Free Halloween STEM Activities I’m a big believer in leveraging student interests for instructional engagement rather than fighting against their excitement (check out...
Fidget Spinners in The Classroom Teachers are always looking for ways to capture student interest, yet many educators are often quick to outlaw the...
Summer Slide – #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup Five handpicked articles from my PLN about the dreaded “summer slide.” See what the research says and get...
Recess – #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup All kids need recess, everyday. Especially those who “misbehave.” It has always baffled me when teachers use a form of...
Even students’ favorite review games like Kahoot, Quizizz, and Gimkit can get a little dull if they are overplayed. That’s why I’m always excited...
Teachers can never have too many review game options. Educandy allows teachers to quickly and easily create interactive learning games. The games are easy...
Everyone Loves Review Games You can never have too many options for review games. Mixing things up keeps things fresh. I’m happy to add...
Flippity – Create Flash Cards, Review Games, Random Name Picker… Flippity.net Flippity is a versatile set of tools that are quick and easy for...
Four Ways to Share Google Docs Sir Links-a-Lot is a must-have Google Chrome extension that provides four quick options to share Google Docs, Sheets,...
Custom QR Code Generator QR codes have become so common in many settings that they tend to blend in. I still remember being surprised...
Gzaas is a simple, but useful, tool every teacher needs on their bookmarks bar. Need to share something quickly or spontaneously with your class?...
Share Bookmarks and Save Time with Sqworl Sqworl.com Simple Visual Bookmarking for Educators Sqworl is a basic bookmarking site. Its simplicity and focus on...
#MathematicalSongs Look what showed up in “Trends for you” on Twitter this morning! I collected a few of my favorite #mathematicalsongs. If your school...
Create a YouTube Channel for your Class! Guest Post by Nicole LaFave In my first year of teaching, I’d spend hours each week gluing...
Twitter in the Classroom: Engage Your Screenagers in 140 Characters or Less ISTE 2014 Twitter in the Classroom Poster – ISTE 2014 (Click to...
Overview: As teachers look for more ways to gain and sustain the attention of learners , many educators complain that they are in constant competition with cell phones, texting, and social media....
Whiteboard.chat I wasn’t going to share another web whiteboard, but I really can’t categorize Whiteboard.chat as just a web whiteboard. It’s a combination of...
Student Feedback Made Easy Whether used for formative assessment, exit tickets, or just checking in on student well-being, Loop provides teachers with an easy...
More Than a Web Whiteboard So much more than a web whiteboard, Whiteboard.fi allows teachers to quickly create a class and view student responses...
Backchannels in the Classroom 7 Alternatives to TodaysMeet Backchannels in the Classroom Backchannels are a great way to facilitate meaningful classroom discussions that all...
Loom Loom is the best choice for teachers and students looking for a free screen recorder. They generously offer many of their paid features...
Engage Your Students Through the Movies and TV Shows They Watch Video clips from popular shows and movies provide a great way to capture...
Use Video Clips to Identify Bias, Propaganda, Rhetorical Devices, and More ClipChoose ClipChoose is a quick and easy way to share and compare YouTube...
Highlight a Video, Add Notes, and Combine Video Clips with Vibby Vibby.com Vibby is a game changer for more effectively using video as an...