The start of a new school year is a great time to reflect on what’s really working for you and what isn’t quite cutting it. When it comes to staying organized, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. It’s all about finding a system that works for you and picking apps or tools that you will actually use. There isn’t a tool that will work perfectly for everyone—you may love…
Have you thought about creating ebooks on Chromebooks? Well I’m super excited to share the news you can now access
If we met at ISTE or ILA this year, you probably heard me use the phrase “tasks before apps.” This
Whew! The ISTE Conference in San Antonio this year was an absolute whirlwind! One of the highlights from my week
This week I had the chance to share one of my favorite tips for teachers at the ISTE conference in
Which tech resources are you using for PreK to 2nd grade? Quality digital resources for young learners can be hard to find, but ABCmouse for Schools has packaged over 8,500 learning activities across subjects for use in the classroom and at home. There have even been a handful of…
I am a huge fan of Kahoot! so I’m super excited to share some news about their new quizzing app and special report. If you’re a regular follower of ClassTechTips.com you know I’m passionate about checking for understanding with technology (aka #FormativeTech). Well Kahoot! is a tool I use all the time when…
A few weeks ago I had a chance to connect with the folks at TypingMaster. They’ve developed a special keyboarding practice platform for elementary school-aged students. TypeTastic School Edition is an ad-free web-browser based tool for students. They focus on presenting keyboarding in a series of games…
Earlier this year I shared Turnitin Revision Assistant a formative writing product for classrooms. If you haven’t heard of Revision Assistant before, it was designed to extend the reach of teachers by giving student writers immediate, actionable and substantive feedback. The folks at Turnitin have now partnered with MetaMetrics to add Lexile measures to…
Nearpod is one of my favorite teaching tools! As a professional development facilitator it has become one of my go-to
This past weekend I had the chance to share tips, strategies and lesson ideas for educators. They were looking to
I am so excited to announce that I’m joining the awesome folks at Book Creator again this summer to offer
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