posts to Read

  • May 2020 = YouTube Inspired Ideas for Class Videos
  • March 2020 = Should Cell Phones be Allowed in Classrooms?
  • February 2020 = How to Reach Digital Equity in Education
  • January 2020 = Top Ten Tech Tips for Teachers
  • December 2019 = Place and Receive Android Calls on Your Windows PC
  • November 2019 = Play and Pause Music and Videos in your Tabs
  • October 2019 = Future of the Classroom
  • September 2019 = A new way to help students turn in their best work
  • Summer 2019 = One to One is a Go
  • May 2019 = What’s the Best Model to Support Technology Integration?
  • April 2019 = Top Multimedia Apps for Chromebooks
  • March 2019 = Devices That Will Invade Your Life in 2019 (and What’s Overhyped)
  • February 2019 = Benefits of Technology & the Right Kind of Screen Time for Children
  • January 2019 = 15 Mindfulness and Relaxation Apps for Kids with Anxiety
  • December 2018 = How Tech is Changing Childhood
  • November 2018 = There’s a key way to get kids to read more books—and enjoy it
  • October 2018 = 7 smart ways to use technology in classrooms
  • September 2018 = The Key to 21st Century Classrooms Isn't Tech. It's Evolved Teaching.
  • May 2018 = Technology in the Classroom: 21 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for Educators
  • April 2018 = Turn your classroom into a personalized learning environment
  • March 2018 = The 10 Most Important Work Skills in 2020
  • February 2018 = These are the top 10 workforce skills students will need by 2020
  • January 2018 = 20 World-Class Presentation Experts Share Their Top Tips
  • December 2017 = eSchool News Copyright Tips
  • November 2017 = Sexting Involving Minors is a Crime
  • October 2017 = 21 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas Every 21st Century Teacher Should Try
  • September 2017 = Delaying the Grade
  • August 2017 = 10 Ways Google Classroom and Wo
  • May 2017 = Customize Your Sticky Notes
  • April 2017 = Sharing the Depth of Knowledge Wheel With Students
  • March 2017 = The Ultimate Guide to the Paperless Classroom
  • February 2017 = 13 Ways to Integrate Technology into Any Lesson
  • January 2017 = 21 Apps for Teachers

4 Practices for Increasing Student Engagement

  • Strategies include:
    • Building relationships
    • Providing students an opportunity to play (and learn)
    • Accepting free range problem based learning assignments
    • Utilizing interest based learning

~AO (Feb 2017)

Incorporating Emojis in Google Documents

Students are now speaking in emojis. I even read a Facebook entry from a colleague which told the story of her daughter's day all in emojis. This proves how fun and popular those little pictures are. But how do you use them? Check out Eric Curts blog on inserting emojis into Google Docs and some ideas on how to incorporate them into the classroom at 5 Emoji Learning Activities with Google Docs.

~KG (Jan 2017)

It's Easy to Incorporate Tech Into Your Classroom

Integrating technology is easier than you think. Check out this article: 12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom to get some ideas. I bet you will say - "I can do that".

~KG (Jan 2017)