Seesaw the Learning Journal is a Student-Driven Digital Portfolio system where the children are in control of adding items to their folder. The folders are moderated by the teacher and can be linked to a parent account. Once an item…
Category: Education
Posts in this category deal with general education musings of mine.
Design Thinking Module by Nearpod
Over the past year, Nearpod has been working continuously on building a project-based design thinking curriculum for high school students. Following multiple iterations, they are releasing a special Nearpod module on design thinking. They teamed up with students and the…
SMART kapp: the board that ‘captures’ to an app
Imagine a dry erase board which synced to your phone, tablet, or laptop… That possibility is now a reality. This post is long over due, so I can’t say ‘introducing’ because it has already been introduced in the market, but…
EdCamp Philly 2015 or ‘How I Met Some of the Greatest Twitter Educators in Person, Finally!
This past weekend was the 6th annual EdCamp Philly! I attended, making this my fifth in Philadelphia. I had a blast! I was able to meet, in person, some educators who I follow and/or follow me on Twitter. Quick shout-out…
Podcasts
Its taken me awhile to start listening to podcasts. Mainly out of ignorance and using the excuse, lack of time. But a colleague started to listen to them and recommended a couple to listen/subscribe to. Podcasts are like a radio…
Being Inspired
– Backstory – I recently read a post by Erin Flanagan where she offered a variety of strategies on how to utilize your iPad images. I was inspired to beg, borrow, steal, tweak, etc. After reaching out on Twitter and asking if…
Creating a Twitter Chat
Twitter chats can be a great way to gain many tried & true ideas in a short amount of time. Hashtags make it quite easy to follow a conversation online. In the past, I have participated in some established chats:…
Take a Road Trip using a Green Screen
After some students completed a Social Studies unit on the Northeast Region of the United States, the classroom teacher and I wanted them to pick five locations to “visit”. Using a few apps: Comic Life, Green Screen, LayerPic HD, and…
The Animation Chefs Shared a Cool App, I Just Had to Try!
I came across a tweet, on St. Patrick’s Day, which I couldn’t resist. (Thank you Animation Chefs!) I read the post, which spoke about an app, iStopMotion, which was on my radar of apps to ‘play’ with; mainly to determine if…
Teacher + Integration Specialist + ThingLink = Awesome Project
I work with some of the best educators ever! I especially love collaborating with a third grade teacher who likes to find new ways of integrating technology into her students’ learning. Last year, we had a project where the students…