A Teaching Blog
Technology makes learning fun and engaging in the classroom, but it can also be overwhelming to manage. I’ll be sharing my top classroom management tips for using technology. You’ll learn easy tech tips to implement, such as ways to set clear classroom expectations, creating student tech experts, managing student logins, and more. You’ll be ready to run a smooth technology-driven… Read More
Since Presidents Day is right around the corner, I complied a list of fun and engaging ideas and resources you can use right away with your class. You WON’T want to miss the exclusive digital resource at the end of this post! Brain Pop Jr. has some fun videos on Washington and Lincoln too! You can check them out here… Read More
So your school has gone 1:1 with technology…now what? I asked myself the same question when we first launched our Chromebooks for 3rd-12th grade in our school district 3 years ago. It was scary and exciting, but I really didn’t know what to expect. I spent a few weeks before our implementation reading tons of articles, and pinning things about 1:1 classrooms…. Read More
Your dose of Google goodness is back! Today’s tutorial will be on how to use Google Docs in the classroom. Let’s get back to the basics and figure out that a Google Doc is. A Google Doc is almost identical to a Word Document. Teachers can assign Docs for students to do classwork or even homework (flipped classroom, anyone?). Google Docs can be used… Read More
Are you wondering why you should start using Google Classroom! I’ll be sharing my top 5 reasons why Google Classroom is my favorite tech resource. We all know that our time is limited at school. We just don’t get enough of it. Planning, analyzing data, grading…there is just not enough time to get it all done. Am I right? But with… Read More
I’m back with another tutorial on Google Forms! If you’re still learning how to use Google Drive and all it’s Googley goodness, check out this getting started post HERE. Let’s dig into what a Google Form is and how you can use them in your classroom. Forms are a quick way to create an online survey. The responses are then… Read More
