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Fine-tuning Your Virtual Assistant: Alexa Skills for All Content Areas
Amazon’s Alexa can be a big help in a lot of contexts. But have you embraced the use of Alexa in the classroom yet? If you’re new to the idea of virtual teaching assistants, hop on over to this post to...
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Tips and Tricks for MS Word
There are so many different tasks that I do which involve using either Microsoft Word or Google Docs that I have picked up a few tips and tricks over the years to help make using Microsoft Word even...
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The Year of Developing Leaders
You have checked your list twice as you prepare for school getting ready to start again. You have planned with your team and prepared your agenda for the first meeting back. You are ready to motivate...
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Back to School Ideas for Leaders
Ready or not, teachers and students are about to come back to school! Why not be a little creative in welcoming them back? Of course, the assets you have (time for planning, staff talent, etc.) may...
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Setting Your Staff Up for Success
While we all want our staff to succeed, we need to admit that there is a major role that we play in making that possible. By doing (or not doing) specific things as leaders, we can inadvertently hinder...
View ArticleTake Your Google Assistant Nerdiness to the Next Level
Regardless of our background, we all have some technology experience and knowledge. But if you have a lot of experience with technology, then your friends may see you as a nerd. For those that are...
View ArticleThree Tips to Help Content Leaders Become Tech Savvy
Content leaders have many strengths. They not only know the depth of their content, but they understand how it looks when sequenced both horizontally and vertically with their teachers. Pedagogy is a...
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Resources for Cyber Security Awareness Month
As of 2004, Cyber Security Awareness Month has been celebrated in October. This month is sponsored by a division within Homeland Security (the National Cyber Security Division) and the National Cyber...
View ArticleScaffolding Resources for SketchUp Pro
Whether you are new to 3D design software or have made use of various applications for a while, I’m sure you have come across and most likely used SketchUp Pro. SketchUp Pro allows you to design...
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Must-Have Tech Gifts for Android Users
Whether you are an Android lover or just an Android user, you will find this list of gift ideas will make you green with envy. So before you spend a lot of time driving around everywhere or searching...
View ArticleException or Extinction as an Administrator: It Is Yours to Choose
If you are like many educators, you may really enjoy teaching. But at some point, you may want to move up the ladder to work in administration. Having classroom experience can give you a tremendous...
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Using Google Translate in Sheets to Differentiate
Many teachers may have students in their classrooms that have a different home language than English. While this can be an advantage to the student in many ways, it can also provide some challenges....
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Take Reading to the Next Level with Novel Effect
I often think back to when I was teaching elementary school. Even though it was important for my students to do well in all subjects, it seemed that reading was the subject that held the key to all...
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Reading and Writing Tools for Educators
As an educator, you may have several resources in your PLN (Professional or Personal Learning Network) where you collect tools for students. But where do you go for tools to use for your own reading...
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Make Your Chrome Browsing Experience Even Better
There are many things I enjoy about the Chrome browser, including a wide array of extensions I can use, assigning my startup pages so they automatically load when I open the browser, and being able to...
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Open-Ended Apps that Make the Cut
As you get ready for school, we’ve curated a few apps that you can use with your students in a variety of ways. These apps are open-ended so you can use them with many different grade levels and...
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Make Your Chrome Browser Even Stronger
In a previous post, I shared several flags that you can enable in the Chrome browser for additional features that you might find helpful. I have heard from several folks that enjoyed those features,...
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Adding Adventure to Instruction by Using a Fliphunt
Regardless of what you teach, your students will most likely respond well to an adventure of some kind as opposed to worksheets or traditional whole-group learning. So a fliphunt is perfect for your...
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Getting Artsy with Math and Technology
With the promotion of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math), a lot of folks are looking to see how they can add relevant art components. It’s easy to think of how art and science or...
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Investigating Science with Flipgrid
Regardless of what grade you teach, science processing skills are critical for all students to master. Though the focus of the content may change by grade level, these processing skills can continue...
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