What is Calendly and How Can It Be Used by Teachers? Tips & Tricks By Erik Ofgang published 25 July 22 Calendly is a scheduling platform that offers a free version that can help educators and those they meet with save time.
How to Discuss Eco-Anxiety with Students By Ray Bendici published 25 July 22 Many students are experiencing eco-anxiety as they witness the effects of climate change
What is Knight Lab Projects and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 22 July 22 Knight Lab Projects offers ways to tell digital stories in new and innovative forms.
7 Ways to Sound Out-of-Touch at Your School District By Lisa Nielsen published 20 July 22 School district leaders must use updated language and engage in modern personnel practices to continue operating effectively
What is Pixton and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 20 July 22 Pixton is an easy to use comic book creator tool designed for use by students.
What is Imagine Forest and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 18 July 22 Imagine Forest is a story writing platform that's easy to use and full of helpful activities and challenges.
What is Plotagon and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 14 July 22 Plotagon is a video story creation tool that makes bringing narratives to life easier than ever.
Minecraft: Education Edition Lesson Plan By Stephanie Smith Budhai, Ph.D. published 13 July 22 This lesson plan is designed to provide educators with an avenue for Minecraft: Education Edition integration into their instruction
Managing Teacher Email By Erik Ofgang published 13 July 22 Managing teacher email more efficiently: advice from online teaching professionals and an etiquette expert
What is Newsela and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 12 July 22 Newsela is a news reading platform that's built for students to work on literacy skills.
What is Microsoft Sway and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 11 July 22 Microsoft Sway is a presentation tool that works really well for teaching.
Studying Slavery’s Legacy in Education By Erik Ofgang published 11 July 22 The Universities Studying Slavery consortium has brought together nearly 100 colleges and universities in the U.S. and internationally, along with a handful of private K-12 schools.
What is Swift Playgrounds and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 8 July 22 Swift Playgrounds is the Apple specific coding platform for learning and building.
New Teacher Starter Kit By Ray Bendici published 7 July 22 This new teacher starter kit offers tips, advice, and edtech resources for educators beginning their careers
7 Things to Know About Being An Online Teacher By Erik Ofgang published 7 July 22 Online teachers should be open to learning new technology and be excited to provide individualized feedback to students.
What is Ready Maker and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 5 July 22 Ready Maker is a simple game design tool that helps teach coding basics and more.
Teacher Burnout: Recognizing and Reducing It By Erik Ofgang published 30 June 22 Signs of teacher burnout include emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a feeling of no longer being effective at your job. It’s important to listen to these feelings and make changes.
What is Planboard and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 30 June 22 Planboard makes lesson planning, grading and tracking straight forward with lots of useful features.
What is Common Curriculum and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks By Luke Edwards published 28 June 22 Common Curriculum is a digital lesson planning tool with lots of useful features for teachers.
Teacher Who Inspired Stranger Things Creators: Using the Arts to Educate By Erik Ofgang published 27 June 22 Strangers Things’ creators, the Duffer brothers, credit Hope Hynes Love with fostering and encouraging their early creativity. Love shares strategies for inspiring and educating students through the arts.
