Category : Teaching & Learning
Classroom Management iOS Apps
Teachers may have access to a single iPad but may not have an iPad for each student in a classroom. Even with one device in the...
Add Some Fun With a Roll of the Dice
Have you ever been stuck for an idea that can bring a lesson to life? Are you looking for ways to incorporate more digital tools...
Loopy HD: Incorporating Loops in the Vocal Music Classrom
You may have seen the segment from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon where Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel create an “impromptu” version of “The...
Creativity Skill: Connecting Online
Creativity is enhanced when we are exposed to new ideas and fresh perspectives. One way to get ourselves and our students to see things differently...
Connecting- Online PLNs/Communities
We are now halfway through Connected Educator Month. Today’s post is about connecting online and building your PLN. Soon after I left the classroom to...
Learning with iPad Apps to Help Teachers Learn on the iPad
As educators, we often focus more on how devices such as iPads can be used in the hands of students to facilitate learning. If we’re...
Blogging in the Classroom
As I mentioned in our first Connected Educator post, my life as a connected educator began with blogging in the classroom. I’m not sure what...
Creativity Skill: Brainstorming and Planning
The ability to brainstorm and plan collaboratively is a skill that helps develop creativity through the social nature of learning. Having the digital tools to...
Google Earth Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
Jon Carl (FJ Reitz HS) shows how he uses Google Earth Virtual Tours with his students to help them gain a better understanding of the...
Creativity, a River Bend Writing Project
Creativity involves understanding the “rules,” which are the foundation for art but also knowing, intrinsically, when it is appropriate to break said “rules.” Creativity is...