7 Fantastic Apps and Websites for Reading at Home
Looking for resources to share with families? There are lots of great apps and websites for reading at home during
4 Reasons I’m Excited for Book Creator on Chrome
Have you thought about creating ebooks on Chromebooks? Well I’m super excited to share the news you can now access
KudosWall Online Portfolio for K-12 Students
KudosWall is an online portfolio designed for K-12 students, their parents, and educators to help users keep their accomplishments in one place. Their team designed KudosWall to make it easy to store pictures, videos, presentations, and documents throughout the school year. From certificates and posters…
5 Ways to Honor Student Curiosity with Adobe Spark Creation Tools
If we met at ISTE or ILA this year, you probably heard me use the phrase “tasks before apps.” This
Giving Eyes to the Exit Slip: Spark Post Formative Assessment Strategies
This week I had the chance to share one of my favorite tips for teachers at the ISTE conference in
ABCmouse for Schools: Early Elementary Learning Activities for Students
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…
Reading Horizons Orton-Gillingham Software + Teacher Resources
Searching for resources to support readers? The folks at Reading Horizons have created software and teacher resources to support your reading instruction. Their goal is to make learning how to read simple and enjoyable for beginning and struggling readers through…
TypeTastic School Edition: Keyboarding Practice for Elementary Students
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…
Revision Assistant from Turnitin Lexile Measures
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…
JFK Centennial Leadership Lessons
Today marks the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth. The team at Apple Education has curated an amazing set of
Summer Virtual Field Trips for Teachers
Virtual field trips have become popular in classrooms thanks to the ease of using technology tools to connect students with places around the world. From a Skype with a partner class in another time zone, to transporting a student to Mars with a 360 video and a virtual reality headset, the possibilities are endless….
5 Ways To Use Spark Creation Tools To Empower K-12 Learners
This past weekend I had the chance to share tips, strategies and lesson ideas for educators. They were looking to
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