Disclosure: Blackbird is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com. Last week I wrote a lengthy blog post about how Blackbird can be used by anyone to teach coding. That post focused on how you can use Blackbird to teach coding even if you don’t have much or...
Brilliant spiral play feature spotted in a playground. How do you use these discoveries as teaching inspiration?Brilliant spiral play feature spotted in a playground. How do you use these discoveries as teaching inspiration?Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Maths Outdoors, Golden spirals, Macquarie Lake Playground,...
I've never been one to spend much time on classroom decoration (partly because it's not in my nature and partly due to frequently changing classrooms). But I know a lot of teachers who do spend a lot of time and money on classroom decoration. If...
Last week I got an email from the Council for Economic Education. The email listed the ten most popular resources on their site. Two of them stood out to me and one of them led me to an additional resource that wasn't included in the...
A few months ago I published an overview of DisplayNote Broadcast. It's a tool that you can use to broadcast your screen to your students' laptop or tablet screens. Shortly after I published my initial overview DisplayNote Broadcast added a Google Slides and Classroom integration....
Good morning from Maine where we're hoping the heat and humidity will break today. I write that sentence knowing full well that in a month I'll probably be back to wearing flannel shirts and sweaters. Until then we're going to try to enjoy the last...
I've never been one to spend much time on classroom decoration (partly because it's not in my nature and partly due to frequently changing classrooms). But I know a lot of teachers who do spend a lot of time and money on classroom decoration. If...
You can create the best email in the world, but it won’t matter if it doesn’t make it to your subscriber. And that’s why it’s vitally important you work with an email service provider (like FeedBlitz!) who places the highest possible focus and dedication on their...
You can create the best email in the world, but it won’t matter if it doesn’t make it to your subscriber. And that’s why it’s vitally important you work with an email service provider (like FeedBlitz!) who places the highest possible focus and dedication on their...
A couple of days ago I wrote a short post about the changes to Screencastify's free plan. At the end of that post I included some ideas for using Screencastify in your classroom. If you missed that short list, here are the ideas in more...
