This year’s Halloween Hack, sponsored by CMS’s PRISM Students saw many a variety of activities. They had a maze for you to guide one of their Dash Robots, you could create with candy and toothpicks, a station was setup with a…
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.
Here’s an Equation: Nearpod + Verso = Engagement
Lately I’ve been working closely with some sixth-grade math teachers. One upcoming lesson is on ‘Combining Like Terms’. After a previous lesson using Nearpod, one of the teachers wondered would it be possible to combine tools… She loves how Nearpod…
Taking it to a Whole New Level: Tweet from Class…
***Update*** TwitShot, a third party web tool which I utilized to make this procedure outlined below work, did not renew their domain. Thus it does not work and I haven’t found another option which exists. Just over a year ago,…
A New Tool (at least for me) to Try!
This year, in addition to being building based (I’m at a middle school) the members of the Teacher Resouce Specialists for Technology (TRST) team and I are also department based. This means I will also be coordinating with the Math…
A Teacher Inquires…
“I want to dip my feet into badging. I want to introduce it very simply with not a whole lot for me to manage on my end. I want to hold the students accountable for earning it, but don’t want…
Add Audio to ThingLinks
A new, highly anticipated and often requested feature has been added to ThingLink Premium and Pro accounts — the ability to add audio (MP3 or M4A) as a hot-spot/image tag. You can read more about it at the ThingLink Education…
It’s Been Awhile…
So, I haven’t posted on here in quite some time. Lots of things have popped up in life that has always pushed this to the back burner. I do need to get back into a habit of posting and sharing…
What Educators Can Learn from Business Intelligence
“Business Intelligence” boils down to the science and tech of operating an enterprise efficiently. Solving problems before they begin, turning chores into automatic sequences and accounting for “background” data to help to paint a more vivid picture overall are just…
Education’s Biggest Cyber Security Threats of 2016
Going to school is one of those portals virtually everyone in the industrialized world will pass through. In the age of the internet and proliferation of personal computer technology, this means billion digital trails throughout millions of educational systems –…
My Opportunity as a Webinar Panelist
On June 2nd, I had the chance to present during a webinar hosted by Susan Oxnevad. I was part of an Edu-awesome group including, Kathy Schrock, Jodie Johnston, Laura Moore, and Christi Collins. Each of us presented a 360°/VR ThingLink…