Tools to Inspire Collaborative Discussions By Shelly Terrell The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others.
Infographic Tools and Templates to Visualize Data By Shelly Terrell The web tools below will get you started with free templates students can quickly edit.
Timeline Tools to Document and Analyze the Past By Shelly Terrell The free web tools below will get your students started.
Innovative Ideas for Reducing Laptop Loss & Theft By Lisa Nielsen At the Tech & Learning Leadership Summit that took place December 2019, leaders in technology and education shared innovative ideas used to reduce device loss and theft.
Robotics in the Classroom By Sascha Zuger This teacher taught students how to build and program their own game designs in tandem with computational thinking using the Sphero Bolt and littleBits Code Kit. Learn how he used these tech experiences as scaffolding for even more complex CS activities.
Screencast Tools to Demonstrate Student Learning By Shelly Terrell The screen recording web tools and apps below also have cool features like the ability to highlight areas, draw, upload images, add pdfs, and more.
Tools for Designing Awesome Graphics By Shelly Terrell Below I’ve listed free design tools teachers and students can use to create digital graphics and publications.
Lifelong Learning with Social Bookmarking Tools and Apps By Shelly Terrell Social bookmarking helps students visualize and personalize their learning in boards, magazines, or walls!
Student Goal-Setting with Digital Vision Boards By Shelly Terrell Vision boards are collages of inspirational people, quotes, and visuals to inspire an individual to pursue their dreams and passions.
Maker Tools: Building a Classroom Cell Phone Charging Station By Sascha Zuger If you build it, they will charge…or so tech teacher, Kyle Crawford, figured when he offered maker tools and tasked his students to design and build a classroom cell phone charging station.
Tips and Tools to Support Students in Publishing Their Own Digital Storybooks By Shelly Terrell Not only can students create stories about any topic, but they also have the opportunity to be published authors which motivates many to continue reading and writing.
Tools, Apps, and Resources to Create and Send Meaningful Greetings By Shelly Terrell Students can craft messages for their peers, family members, teachers, and school staff or participate in digital greeting exchanges with students in other cities or countries.
Digital Equity: Urban, Suburban, Rural Districts Weigh In at #TLTechLive Leadership Summit By Lisa Nielsen Leaders from urban, suburban, and rural districts were challenged to consider what digital equity looked like and discuss pain points and solutions.
Decorate a Christmas Tree with Google Slides By Eric Curts This is a great way for students to be creative and to work on their writing skills by describing or writing about their holiday traditions, plans, or memories.
S I M P L I F Y I N G: New Class Website Approach By Ramsey Musallam I am going to be transitioning all of my class websites from traditional Google Sites to simple Google Documents.
Tis’ the Season to be Jolly! 25 Days of STEM Goodies By Shelly Terrell Just click on the calendar below and a post will appear with a free activity suggestion, a list of free resources and tools for that activity, and a free template to copy, edit and use as you wish.
Can PDFs Be Made Accessible? By Lisa Nielsen These are the most common accessibility errors to check for:
