The Power of Yet – a Growth Mindset Reading Roundup Five handpicked articles and posts from my virtual PLN about Growth Mindset – encouraging the power of YET in education. I only recommend products that I personally use or know their value, so you’re in good hands. Purchasing products through the recommended reading links above… Read more
Transform Student Writing into Professionally Illustrated Books Storybird What if, instead of giving students another writing assignment that they are likely to dread, you could tell them that the stories they were about to write were going to be professionally illustrated and published and shared? Storybird provides everything you need to make that happen. From beautiful… Read more
A Chromebook I Can Recommend (Finally!) With so many different Chromebooks on the market, it’s hard to know which one to buy. Few have stood out to me until recently. The Acer R13 Chromebook is in a class of its own. Portable and Long-Lasting In education, two elements to device success are portability and being able… Read more
Student Blogs – Everything You Need to Get Started for Free – Edublogs I’m often asked about my favorite site for student blogs. Over the years, my students have used Google Sites, Weebly, and Wix, just to name a few. Edublogs has always offered some of the best features teachers look for, but most of… Read more
Classical Music for Studying 7 Free Apps Classical music for studying? The research might surprise you. The Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music training actually improves intelligence, has been pretty thoroughly debunked. Much of the research I have found also supports studying in silence. However, classical music has been shown to reduce stress and… Read more
News for Kids – Customize the Reading Level, Assign Articles, and More Newsela Newsela.com Finding news for kids can be time consuming. Finding one article that addresses the wide range of reading levels in most classrooms is nearly impossible. Newsela provides teachers with an easy way to find and assign current event articles. It provides all… Read more
QR Codes in the Classroom Reading Roundup Five hand-picked articles to inspire creative ways to use QR codes in the classroom. You might also like:
A Great QR Code Generator for Teachers QR Stuff QRstuff.com While there are plenty of QR code generators, I have found myself using QR Stuff most often over the last several years. There are many QR code generators to choose from, but few offer the ability to share so many different types of data. QR… Read more
The Fastest, Easiest Way to Make Cartoons Online – ToonyTool ToonyTool provides the easiest way to make single-frame cartoons online. It’s free and doesn’t require users to create an account. If you’re looking for a quick solution for students and don’t need a lot of extra bells and whistles, you won’t find an easier option than ToonTool…. Read more
3 Free Music Sites for Teachers and Students Part of empowering students to create content requires providing them with copyright-friendly sources of media to use in their work. While many sites provide free images for use in student work, it can be difficult to find free music that students can use in their projects. The… Read more
