Simple Formative Assessment with Plickers
Simple Formative Assessment www.Plickers.com Formative assessment has become easier with the introduction of so many engaging formative apps and websites. I remember my enthusiasm years...
Assessment
Give Your Students a Voice with Flipgird — Guest Post by Nicole LaFave
Give Your Students a Voice with Flipgrid We’ve all had them: that one student who just won’t contribute to class discussions (I’ve even taught...
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April 3, 2016Class Dojo – An Observational Assessment Tool
Class Dojo – An Observational Assessment Tool www.ClassDojo.com Class Dojo allows teachers to award and deduct points for students based on observations of certain...
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March 20, 2016An Engaging Review Game for Formative Assessment – Quizizz
Quizizz www.Quizizz.com Quizizz is an engaging review game that students love. It has a lot of similarities to the incredibly popular Kahoot, but also offers...
Communication
Become a Parent-Teacher Communication Rockstar
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....
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April 10, 2016Create a YouTube Channel for your Class! — Guest Post by Nicole LaFave
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...
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June 23, 2015Using Technology for Clear and Creative Teacher-to-Parent Communication
Resources from Nicole Schnibben’s Presentation at SC Midlands Summit 2016 SC Education and Business Summit 2015, SC Midlands Summit 2015 & Fort Mill Schools 21st Century...
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October 29, 2014Schedule Conferences, Manage Volunteers, and Organize Wish-Lists with Ease
SignUpGenius www.SignUpGenius.com I recently learned about a great tech tool for teachers while signing up for my daughter’s parent/teacher conference. SignUpGenius allowed me to see...
Content Creation
Free Stock Music for Student Projects
Free Stock Music for Student Projects FreeStockMusic.com Teaching Students About Copyright Beyond good digital citizenship, teaching about copyright is becoming increasingly important as students become producers...
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August 18, 2016The Easiest Online Poster Maker – PosterGen
The Easiest Online Poster Maker PosterGen PosterGen.com/poster-generators Short on time, but looking for a visual way for students to express ideas? Checkout PosterGen. Many...
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August 5, 2016Word Cloud Generator – Works in Any Browser – WordItOut
Word Clouds in Any Browser – WordItOut www.WordItOut.com If your favorite word cloud generator no longer seems to work, give WordItOut a try. I...
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July 25, 2016Make Awesome Photo Quotes with Quotes Cover
Make Awesome Photo Quotes with Quotes Cover QuotesCover.com It seems that photo quotes just keep gaining in popularity. In an age where practically everything...
Flipped Classroom & Blended Learning
Don’t Flip Out About Flipping Your Classroom – 2016
Don’t Flip Out About Flipping Your Classroom Links and Resources from my sessions at Upstate Technology Conference 2016 Remove Lecture 6 Ways to Create...
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June 7, 2016How (and Why) to Remove Lecture From Your Classroom
How (and Why) to Remove Lecture From Your Classroom Links, resources, and tutorials from my workshops and presentations. Why Remove Lecture From Your...
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April 1, 2016Creating Interactive Lessons for the Flipped Classroom – NSTA 2016
Creating Interactive Lessons for the Flipped Classroom NSTA Nashville National Conference 2016 Links, Tutorials, and Resources from my session. Create Instructional Videos PowerPoint Tutorial...
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August 6, 2015Flipped Classroom Resources for All Content Areas
Links and resources from my workshops and conferences. Introduction to the Flipped Classroom Creating Videos for the Flipped Classroom The graphic below is intended...
General
iOS 10 Features Teachers Need to Know About – Guest Post by Bill Pratt
iOS 10 Features Teachers Need to Know About Guest Post by Bill Pratt As students update to iOS 10, a few major changes might make...
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June 15, 2016Properly Capitalize Titles Automatically
Properly Capitalize Titles Automatically TitleCap TitleCapitalization.com If you (or your students) are among the many people who forget which words to capitalize in a...
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June 9, 201650 Free Tech Tools for the 21st Century Classroom – Summer 2016
50 Free Tech Tools for the 21st Century Classroom – Summer 2016 Links and resources from my workshops, presentations, and conferences. Communication & Formative...
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May 17, 2016The Most Popular Educational Apps for iPad
The Most Popular Educational Apps for iPad Top 25 Educational Apps We’ve created a new resource to make it even easier for you...
Learning Apps Gone Free
Learning Apps Gone Free – July 15, 2016
This Week’s Paid Learning Apps Gone Free Learning Apps Gone Free: Where In The World: a puzzle game for learning cities, countries, and landmarks. Butterfly...
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July 8, 2016
Learning Apps Gone Free – July 8, 2016
This Week’s Paid Learning Apps Gone Free Learning Apps Gone Free: Sky Live: a stargazing app that’s like having an astronomer in your pocket....
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July 1, 2016
Learning Apps Gone Free – July 1, 2016
This Week’s Paid Learning Apps Gone Free Learning Apps Gone Free – apps for making music, creating flowcharts, and challenging your vocabulary skills. All...
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June 24, 2016
Learning Apps Gone Free – June 24, 2016
This Week’s Paid Learning Apps Gone Free Learning Apps Gone Free – make stop-motion animation videos, learn numbers with an interactive app, be a doctor...
Management
The Only File Converter You Need – Convert Files Online with CloudConvert
The Only File Converter You Need Convert Files with CloudConvert CloudConvert.Com Convert Nearly Any Type of File CloudConvert has become my go-to method to...
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July 15, 2016A Lesson Planning Power Tool – TeacherCal
A Lesson Planning Power Tool – TeacherCal EduSync.com/TeacherCal TeacherCal is a feature-filled lesson planning calendar for teachers that integrates beautifully with Google Drive. To...
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May 24, 2016Survey Students & Assign Their Top Preferences – Poll & Match
Survey Students & Assign Their Top Preferences with Poll & Match Poll & Match www.pollandmatch.com Poll and Match is more than an online survey....
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October 6, 2015An Easy Online Meeting Scheduler – Find Times That Work for Everyone
NeedToMeet.com These days, scheduling even simple meetings can be a headache. Finding times that work for everyone can seem like an impossible task. NeedToMeet...
Presentation Resources
Don’t Flip Out About Flipping Your Classroom – 2016
Don’t Flip Out About Flipping Your Classroom Links and Resources from my sessions at Upstate Technology Conference 2016 Remove Lecture 6 Ways to Create...
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June 9, 2016
50 Free Tech Tools for the 21st Century Classroom – Summer 2016
50 Free Tech Tools for the 21st Century Classroom – Summer 2016 Links and resources from my workshops, presentations, and conferences. Communication & Formative...
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June 8, 2016SC Midlands Summit 2016
Resources & Links from my Presentations at SC Midlands Summit 2016 50 Free Tech Tools for the 21st Century Classroom Thursday June 9, 2016 1:05pm...
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June 7, 2016
How (and Why) to Remove Lecture From Your Classroom
How (and Why) to Remove Lecture From Your Classroom Links, resources, and tutorials from my workshops and presentations. Why Remove Lecture From Your...
Reading Roundup #TeachDifferent
Pokemon GO in Education – #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup
Pokemon GO in Education #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup A collection of Pokemon GO articles and posts from my virtual PLN, inspiring innovation in education. Five hand-picked articles...
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August 21, 2016Back to School – #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup
Back to School #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup A collection of Back to School articles and posts from my virtual PLN, inspiring innovation in education. Ten hand-picked articles for...
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June 5, 2016#TeachDifferent Reading Roundup – June 5, 2016
#TeachDifferent – Reading Roundup A collection of articles and posts from my virtual PLN, inspiring innovation in education. Five hand-picked articles for educators. This week’s articles...
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May 29, 2016#TeachDifferent Reading Roundup – May 29, 2016
#TeachDifferent – Reading Roundup A collection of articles and posts from my virtual PLN, inspiring innovation in education. Five hand-picked articles for educators. This roundup features an...
Review & Study
Quizlet Live – a Live, Multi-Player Classroom Review Game
Quizlet Live Quizlet.com Quizlet has long-been one of my most frequently used study and review tools. The online flashcards and quiz games have been...
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March 20, 2016
An Engaging Review Game for Formative Assessment – Quizizz
Quizizz www.Quizizz.com Quizizz is an engaging review game that students love. It has a lot of similarities to the incredibly popular Kahoot, but also offers...
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May 27, 2015Kahoot – An Engaging Review Game on Any Device
Kahoot www.GetKahoot.com Looking for a way to keep students engaged during review? Check out Kahoot. Enter your own questions or browse the extensive collection...
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May 13, 2015Flashcard Stash – An Easy, Entertaining Vocabulary Review Tool
Flashcard Stash www.flashcardstash.com Flashcard Stash is a great digital flashcard tool that makes vocabulary review less tedious. When you type a new term Flashcard...
Sharing Content
Pearltrees – Organize and Share Digital Resources
Pearltrees www.pearltrees.net Pearltrees has always been much more than a social bookmarking tool — it allows users to collaboratively gather websites, photos, and notes...
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November 19, 2014Turn Long URLs Into Short, Student Friendly, Custom URLs with Bitly
www.bitly.com A link shortener is a handy way to take long, hard to remember URLs and shorten them into something that is much more...
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July 14, 2014SnippQR – Make Unique, Stylish, and Colorful QR Codes
SnippQR http://qr.snipp.com The easiest way to gather resources and information at ISTE was through the scanning of QR Codes. One quick scan with a free...
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July 7, 2014BridgeURL – Share Multiple Links with One URL
BridgeURL http://bridgeurl.com/ BridgeURL is a convenient way to share up to 10 links through one easy to remember URL. Just copy and paste...
Social Media
Create a YouTube Channel for your Class! — Guest Post by Nicole LaFave
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...
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June 30, 2014Twitter in the Classroom: Engage Your Screenagers in 140 Characters or Less – ISTE 2014
Twitter in the Classroom: Engage Your Screenagers in 140 Characters or Less ISTE 2014 Twitter in the Classroom Poster – ISTE 2014 (Click to...
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August 13, 2013Twitter in the Classroom – A White Paper
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....
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July 3, 2013Twitter for Teachers
“Twitter is one of my best professional development tools!” That statement generated the most questions as I spoke with several educators and administrators at...
Student Response Systems
Simple Formative Assessment with Plickers
Simple Formative Assessment www.Plickers.com Formative assessment has become easier with the introduction of so many engaging formative apps and websites. I remember my enthusiasm years...
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November 29, 2015Formative Assessment – Student Response System
Formative GoFormative.com A real-time student response system that allows for formative assessment with quick feedback. It’s free, easy to use, and works on any...
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February 5, 2015Socrative – Bell Ringers, Exit Tickets, and Formative Assessment Made Easy
Socrative www.socrative.com Socrative has become the most common way that I begin and end a class. I can quickly gather feedback, assess understanding, or...
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May 20, 2014Formative Assessment & Student Response System With Any Device – Mentimeter
Mentimeter Mentimeter.com Mentimeter allows you to use any internet enabled device as a student response system. Take formative assessment to the next level with an...
Video Tools
Take Notes That Automatically Synchronize with the Video You Are Watching
VideoNot.es MOOCs, Flipped Lessons, Video Tutorials… Instructional videos are becoming increasingly common, and VideoNot.ES provides an easy way to take better notes while watching...
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September 5, 2014ViewPure – Clean Up YouTube Videos for Classroom Viewing with One Click
Just paste a link for a YouTube video in ViewPure and they will remove all of the ads and comments from the video. Those...
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March 28, 2014KeepVid – an easy way to dowload streaming videos.
KeepVid www.KeepVid.com KeepVid allows you to download streaming videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm, and more. No software downloads required! It’s a simple, free...
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March 7, 2014WeVideo – a powerful, feature-filled online video editor.
WeVideo www.wevideo.com WeVideo offers a full-featured video editor with nothing to download or install. K-12 plans include a “walled-garden” feature that can be used to address safety...