Want to know what I did all weekend? I spent an obnoxious amount of time playing GeoGuessr – and I’m seriously addicted. Created by Anton Wallén, this game plops you down somewhere in the world, and it is your task to figure out exactly where that might be! Below is a screenshot of the basic setup …
I stumbled across this fantastic chart by the fine folks at TeachThought and Edudemic and had to share! Unlike my charts on aligning Twitter and Pinterest with Bloom’s taxonomy, this chart focuses on teacher actions rather than student actions. Like my charts, however, it is broken down into three main ways teachers can use iPads: consume, …
Recently, the Digital Public Library of America opened its online doors to the public with a website featuring artifacts and resources from collections across the nation. Although still in beta-testing, the collection already features a hefty amount of audio recordings, texts, images and video sources that would be great for any classroom. Artifacts can be …
This week, I want to share Screen Time with you, which offers teachers and parents a way to control the amount of time students spend on a device. It’s relatively easy to use: just set up a passcode, choose a time limit and hand it to your student. When the time runs out, the phone … Continue reading »
Linda Ghent, Alan Grant and George Lesica, three Economics professors from the University of Illinois, created Economics of Seinfeld to encourage educators and learners to utilize pop culture when learning key economic principles. I myself am a big proponent of using pop culture to help students understand concepts that might otherwise not relate to their … Continue reading »
If you haven’t ever used Google Forms before, it is a fantastic way to gather data, manage surveys and assess students online. Recently, the fine folks at Google added another feature to make this platform more robust: embedded images. You can now insert images from your computer or online into your forms with ease! Check … Continue reading »
I’ve posted a couple of articles in the past about QR codes in the classroom, and I’ve found that they can be an engaging, hands-on way to disseminate information to students. Today, I want to share a new QR tool that will allow you to use these codes in the classroom in a new way. … Continue reading »
I wanted to share with you a work-in-progress, but exciting website: BardBytes. BardBytes, aptly summarized by its title, is an effort to bridge the gap between the Elizabethan Era and the 21st century classroom by providing educators with modern Shakespearean resources. Resources are categorized into history, tragedy, comedy and poetry, and then by individual plays. … Continue reading »
So recently, I’ve embarked on the endeavor to become certified to teach technology in the great state of Texas. Unfortunately, this process involves passing a test that focus on either largely irrelevant and obsolete information (like the technology to the left) or information that is so obvious it should be a crime to ask about … Continue reading »
I recently came across a fantastic infographic by Tony Vincent that features tons of ways you can utilize your iPad as a teacher. By breaking down the infographic into verbs like show, manage, assess and interact, Vincent is categorizing how the iPad can be used rather than what the iPad can do. I think this is a very … Continue reading »
