If you have read previous posts on here, I tend to get asked questions like, “Would it be possible to…” Well two of my colleagues, Kim Lowden & Jess Verrault, are putting together a pretty cool way to celebrate the holidays…
‘Force a “Comments version” Copy’ Integration Activity…
Google recently announced the ability to make a copy of a Google Doc w/ all the comments &/or suggestions from the original document replicated. (You can read about it here) By the time of this posting, after November 29th 2017, all…
Building Upon an Idea…
I recently read a blog post by Eric Curts at Control Alt Achieve about how to have mathematical notation in a Google Form. The resource he shared is a free web tool, Online LaTeX Equation Editor, which is similar to EquatIO. This tool provides several…
Education, Google, Google Apps Script, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools, ThingLink
Dabbling in a Little Scripting out of Necessity…
This past October was a PD day for my school district. Our afternoon sessions at the middle schools and high schools were designed around an unconference model. I was asked to create the digital board for the middle school and…
A Department Meeting Success!
Ever have a meeting where you feel the group vibe is a… can’t say World Series win, maybe a Pennant Series win? People are leaving inspired with new ideas and come up to verbally share them with you; that’s what…
New School Year; New Challenge
***Update for 2018-19 School Year*** Change occurs all the time, this year, the Community Based Instruction (CBI) program is no longer managing the school’s lost & found, so I had to shut it down (un-publish the site). I was asked…
I Don’t Normally Do This…
I don’t normally recommend products, but I supported a Kickstarter campaign (later moved to Indiegogo) which I have been quite impressed with. Volta, a magnetic charging cable for all devices is, in my humble opinion, amazing. It has become the…
Presented at a Recent Conference… #EdublogsClub
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2 Common Homeschooling Challenges And How To Overcome Them
Imagine that you’re a parent who lives in, say, Indiana, and rather than enrolling your young child in a regular school, you’re thinking of homeschooling your child because you’ve read a number of books about it, spoken to a few…
2 Video Tool Recs… #EdublogsClub
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#TL_BREAKOUT, Breakout EDU, Education, Extensions, Google, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools, ThingLink
I Just Had To Have It… #EdublogsClub
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Education, Extensions, Google, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Soapbox/Rant, Tech Tools
Chrome Extension Recommendation…
A small backstory… there was once a tool for leaving voice comments in Google Docs which I loved. But, tragically, they decided to pull their integration to be a separate service where you would need to go into their dashboard,…
Catch-up Week… #EdublogsClub
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Sign-up for Engaging Summer PD
In less than two months, I’ll be participating in the 4th Annual ThingLink Summer Teacher Challenge. Over the past four summers, I’ve learned various ways to incorporate ThingLink into my instructional approaches, been amazed at what fellow educators around the…
Give It Away Now!… #EdublogsClub
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Become a World Literacy Foundation Youth Ambassador
The World Literacy Foundation is inviting classrooms, peers, and groups to join the 2017 Youth Ambassador Program in a global movement to eradicate illiteracy. This provides a perfect opportunity for students and advocates to lead their wider community to make…
#TL_BREAKOUT, Breakout EDU, Challenges, Education, Google, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools, ThingLink
Digital Breakout Created Utilizing ThingLink’s New App… Teleport 360 Editor
I have been facilitating a Teacher Challenge during the month of March where educators were able to sign up to receive the features of a Premium ThingLink account so they have access to the VR/360° image editor. They could then…
The Pendulum… #EdublogsClub
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Embedding… #EdublogsClub
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Another Piece to Your ThingLink VR/360° BreakoutEDU
I was asked by Suzy Lolley how I created a completion certificate for my ThingLink VR/360° Breakout EDU activity. Once someone has solved all the ‘locks’ in my Google Form and submits it; an add-on for Google Sheets, autoCrat, creates a…
Teaching Economics with Real World Economics in the Technology Age
Education is increasingly transitioning to the reality of an ever-changing technological landscape. It is a challenge for many educators to leverage technology in the classroom in a meaningful and relevant way simply because the students are typically so much further…
#TL_BREAKOUT, Breakout EDU, Challenges, Education, Google, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools, ThingLink, Twitter
Continuing to Build Your ThingLink VR/360° BreakoutEDU
Here is the next phase to March’s ThingLink VR/360° BreakoutEDU Challenge which I am facilitating. I started the challenge by kicking off this idea at a Webinar on the last evening of February; check out this post to read about the…
Apps, Education, iPads, LEGOs, Nearpod, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Stop-motion Animation, Tech Tools, ThingLink
Apple Distinguished Educator Program Submission…
…Or Hoping Third Time is the Charm. This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and educational technology enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it (via social…
Creating an Organized Feedback/Evaluation Workflow
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