I believe I was in a Twitter chat a couple of months ago where we discussed the use of iPads and apps in education. Of course the conversation headed towards app smashing; the workflow of merging different apps to use…
Biz World Commerical
Third graders are engaging, at the end of the school year, in an entrepreneur group project called Biz World. They form ‘companies’; select jobs like CEO or VP of Marketing; produce a product; pitch to investors; apply for loans; advertise; and much more. In addition to participating as a Venture Capitalist or Loan Manager, I was also ‘hired’ as Commercial Producer. I worked with students on concepts of product placement, slogans, ‘celebrity’ endorsements, etc. Once students are finished editing their productions, I hope to be able to add some of them on here. Below is the commercial I directed, did voice-over work & produced to play during the school’s morning news show a couple of times prior to the third graders’ sale.
Create Resource Lists through Participate Learning (formerly appoLearning)
UPDATE: Participate Learning (formerly appoLearning.com) has been a resource where selected ‘experts’ (for disclosure purposes, I am one) have reviewed iOS apps, then came Android, and they branched out more and more. Now they have added the ability for anyone to create…
Seesaw App… or How to Connect Home & School
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…
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…
Teacher Appreciation
As part of the SMART Exemplary Educators program, they have an area called Gold Star SEE powered by Influitive. This system is a means to share articles, post challenges/activities; basically a means of engagement within their program. Since this week…
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:…
“That’s Easy for You… You’re a Techie.”
So typically I am not someone who rants, but everyone has to from time to time. Here’s mine. I was facilitating a morning share recently on incorporating iPads into the classroom. One of the teachers sitting in the back said…
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…
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…
#ettiPad eBook Contributions
Earlier this past month, I saw a tweet asking for contributions from teachers using iPads. So I thought I would try submitting a couple ideas. I have never contributed to an eBook before, but I would definitely do it again.…
Student Creativity
I recently was working with a second grade class on creating non-fiction informational presentations. The class was organized into six groups where they chose a topic of interest. Volcanoes, Dinosaurs, Planets, Football, Lizards, and Dolphins were the main ideas. They…