Make Your Own Music and Music Videos with Ditty Educational songs and music videos are a time-tested way to engage students in learning. From School House Rock to Flocabulary, students love learning from songs. Ditty is a free app for iOS and Android that is designed to let you make your own music and music… Read more
5 Awesome Tech Gadgets for Teaching and Learning One of last year’s most popular posts was 5 Awesome Tech Gadgets for Teachers and Students. This year I’m sharing another five educational gadgets that have really caught my attention. Ozobot The Ozobot bit is a tiny robot with gigantic possibilities for learning. Students start out drawing… Read more
A+ Spelling Test A+ Spelling Test is a great app to make studying spelling lists more engaging and effective. Note: It’s only available on iOS at this time. You can add your own spelling lists in minutes by typing words and recording yourself saying them. Setting up your lists is quick and easy. Students can… Read more
Use Video Clips to Identify Bias, Propaganda, Rhetorical Devices, and More ClipChoose ClipChoose is a quick and easy way to share and compare YouTube videos on one page and poll students about those videos. Teachers can ask any question they would like and students answer by viewing the videos and selecting the video that best answers… Read more
Design Thinking #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup Five handpicked articles and posts from my virtual PLN about Design Thinking in the Classroom – inspiring innovation in education.
Make Image Backgrounds Transparent with Background Burner The ability to remove the background from an image, and make it transparent, is a handy skill when creating content. I recently saw some nicely designed web page buttons, but the impact of all the hard work put into making that button was diminished by it being surrounded by a background that… Read more
How to Copy Folders & Subfolders in Google Drive Copy Folder Copy Folder is the easiest way I know to copy folders and subfolders in Google Drive. Copy Folder is an application for Google drive that copies EVERYTHING within a folder. It copies folders, subfolders, all files within the selected folder(s). If you have set… Read more
Spice Up Your Lessons with More Than 30,000 Free Fonts Are Your Fonts Sucking the Life out of Your Lessons? You’ve come up with an engaging and innovative new lesson and typed up the directions. But if your assignment’s directions are presented with the same level of excitement as a medical form, you’ve already lost… Read more
DMV or Starbucks – 21st Century Learning Spaces #TeachDifferent Reading Roundup Five handpicked articles and posts from my virtual PLN about 21st Century Learning Spaces – inspiring innovation in education. .@NFLaFave asked yesterday “DMV or @Starbucks?” well I know my answer #dcsdtransforms #dcsddtc16 pic.twitter.com/mWbJgVsj0b — Jill N. Knight (@jk_coffee) September 25, 2016
Trading Card Creator – Increase Engagement & Demonstrate Understanding Trading Card Creator Asking students to create trading cards is a great way to increase engagement or allow students to demonstrate an understanding of nearly any topic. Trading Card Creator has done all of the work for teachers by providing an online platform and app (iOS,… Read more
