Art. So Much More than Something Hanging on a Wall By Glenn Wiebe We often forget how powerful the arts can be in connecting our kids with social studies content and big ideas.
Innovative Educators Don’t Recommend Screen Time Limits By Lisa Nielsen What recommendations should we be giving parents and youth when it comes to screen time?
Take Breaks and Be Active! An Important Digital Message for All Students By Shelly Terrell One resolution my elementary students and I are setting is to be more healthy with our digital use.
Guidelines for Posting Like A Role Model in Social Media By Lisa Nielsen More and more district and school staff are catching on to the advice of superintendents like Joe Sanfelippo who encourage staff to take every opportunity to say good things about their school.
Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2018 By Laura Fleming It is critical to select products that work best to support your makerspace.
Class Tech Tips: Read Aloud Videos and Teacher Guides from Storyline Online By Monica Burns Each book is brought to life through the narration of a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild and illustrations from the book.
New Grading Experiment: Student Tracking for Enhanced Metacognition By Ramsey Musallam It does me no good as an educator to engage in debates around the efficacy of grading.
Checklist for Inclusive Tweeting By Lisa Nielsen Many Tweeters are unintentionally leaving out 15% of the world’s population who have disabilities by not composing accessible Tweets.
5 Unplugged Holiday Game Recommendations from Innovative Educators By Lisa Nielsen Even innovative educators recognize the value of unplugging a bit during the holidays for family games.
Technology Makes Accessible Possible in Inclusive Classrooms By Lisa Nielsen If you are an innovative educator, than you know that you serve students with varying abilities and learning differences.
Today's Newsletter: Technology Fear Therapy By Carl Hooker 60 Minutes recently posted a “groundbreaking” study about screen time and the adolescent brain.
Today's Newsletter: Hooker Holiday Gift Guide By Carl Hooker Many friends and family ask me for advice on buying tech gadgets
Class Tech Tips: 25 Reasons to Use TED-Ed in Your Classroom By Monica Burns The folks at TED also have a platform for students and teachers. It’s called TED-Ed, and you’ll find lots of short videos, resources and discussion questions for your classroom.
