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…
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.
4 Ways to Use StumbleUpon in Education
Yes, we will talk about a new social app, but before you hit the X button, give me a few minutes to elaborate. I’m not sure if you’re an enormous “app” fan, but I’m guessing you do come across a…
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…
GRAB A THINGLINK ACCOUNT FOR YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
ThingLink is becoming a highly used tool in my teaching kit, mainly because of how easy, engaging, and can be used in a variety of ways. ThingLink’s Community Manager, Susan Oxnevad, wanted to share some good news and updates in…
SMART Video Bites
I completely forgot that I had this draft post sitting in my dashboard from the summer, whoops! While, at the SMART Global Summit in Calgary, a challenge was offered to all the educators; create five Video Bites, short tutorials, with…
Learn by Doing in Higher Ed
Back in February, I was asked to join my colleague Stacey Lindes, at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), as a guest speaker for an undergraduate Elementary Mathematics Education class. The topic was ‘How to Integrate the SMART Board’ and instead…
ThingLink Webinars
Lately I have been involved with ThingLink Webinars. This is a great way for educators to hear from other educators how they have been using ThingLink. It’s human nature to be problem solvers and tinkerers, but sometimes we need a…
ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator) Application
An Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) is an innovative individual who integrates Apple technology in teaching and learning. This is my second attempt to be selected for this honor. The first time I applied, I was starting to incorporate iPads into…
100th Day of School
About a week ago we, celebrated the 100th day of school. On the 101st day I ran into a third grade colleague who described a surprise he did for his students. He had head shots of his students for their…