After the success with our school’s “Waffles_Bot” [via SchoolAI] (you can read about that here), my school’s Instructional Supervisor came to me wondering if AI could assist teachers in a different realm. On a bi-weekly basis there is an interdisciplinary…
Author: Mr. G.
Mr. G. started out as a fourth grade teacher. His love for integrating technology led him to a Master’s in Instructional Technology. He became the Technology Specialist in a K-4 building prior to its reconfiguration into a K-1 building. The following year he was the Instructional Technology Coach, assisting K-1 teachers on how to best use technology for student success. He also started as an adjunct professor for Instructional Technology at Arcadia University. In May 2012, he was accepted into the SMART Exemplary Educators program. Currently he is a teacher resource specialist for technology focusing on iPad & SMART Board integration in NJ. In addition to being a SMART Exemplary Educator he is a Nearpod Author, appoLearning Expert, ThingLink Expert Educator & Symbaloo PD Pro.
March “Tech”ness 2024!
If you haven’t seen my previous post, which talks about how educators have adapted college basketball brackets into fun competitions for children’s literature or technology tools, then make sure you check that out. I have been offering a technology bracket…
Tech-Powered Inspiration: Crafting an AI Bot for Genius Hour Topic Selection
In the Beginning…: The Genesis of an Idea In the ever-evolving landscape of education, finding ways to engage and empower students is a constant challenge. In the pursuit of fostering creativity and self-directed learning, my building administrators brought the concept…
Unleashing Creativity: A Breakout EDU Adventure on International Dot Day
At my elementary school, each year we have a theme. This year’s theme is MINDSET and the way it was kicked off in September at our first whole school meeting was with my building administrators reading a story to students.…
Designing to Play: Collaborative Unit with my Librarian – Creating a 3D Monopoly Game Piece
I recently collaborated with my school’s librarian, Rachel Morling, to develop a 3D design unit where the students created a playable game piece for Monopoly, by Hasbro. She approached me to create an end of year activity for fourth graders…
Elevate Your Phone Protection with Wood Burl Cases from Carved
In a world filled with smartphones, standing out from the crowd has never been more important. And what better way to do that than with a phone case that not only offers top-notch protection but also adds a touch of…
Breakout EDU Contest…
Breakout EDU releases a daily Lock of the Day which is a single lock challenge. Sometimes they put a call out to crowd source, from the community, lock ideas. Their most recent was before Valentine’s Day and my lock submission…
Sharing Inspiration…
In a previous district, when my responsibility was to assist teachers with integrating iPads, I would share out a “Free Friday ‘App’etizer”, or in other words, an app of the week with the why/how it could be used in the…
Mystery Unit Culminating Celebration…
I was approached by one of my fourth grader teachers. She was looking for an activity for her students to celebrate the end of their Mystery Unit in ELA. The students learned vocabulary like: mystery, crime, culprit, evidence, etc. They started to write…
Updating My School’s Breakout EDU Sign-out…
Back in 2017, while in another school district, I was asked to help create a digital way to sign-out a Breakout EDU kit(s). I wrote about that and unfortunately, when I left that district to come to my current district,…