Yesterday afternoon Google made an announcement that had some teachers on Twitter buzzing. That announcement was that Google Classroom now has add-ons for teachers to use. Those add-ons are supposed to make it easier to access popular tools like EdPuzzle, WeVideo, and Pear Deck from...
Refining Google searches according to domain is one of my favorite ways to get students to look beyond the first couple of pages of their typical Google search queries. Students can specify site or domain in Google's advanced search menu to limit results to those...
Fantastic examples of ideas to bring this aspect of play alive and interesting.Fantastic examples of ideas to bring this aspect of play alive and interesting.Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, bike layouts EYFS, bike layouts school grounds, bikes, ELC bike ideas, ELC...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2022… Liberate!, Michelle S. Pledger (education) Mindspan, Gordon R. Dickson (sci fi) Colony One Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Colony Two Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Colony Three Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Jezero City: Colony Four Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Surface Tension:...
Disclosure: Blackbird is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com.A Around this time every year I get emails that go something like this, “Hi Richard, I have a new job this fall and I’ll be teaching coding for the first time. Do you have any resources you...
As I mentioned last week, my daughters have started to enjoy Elinor Wonders Why on PBS Kids. While they were watching an episode this morning I went on the PBS Kids website to search for some Elinor-themed learning activities. I wasn't disappointed with what I...
Last week's most popular post was Getting Started With Microsoft Flip. To start this week let's look at doing a little more than just a basic selfie video in Microsoft Flip. An additional way to use Microsoft Flip is to create whiteboard style videos. When you...
When natural elements freely mix, the play value can be raised.When natural elements freely mix, the play value can be raised.Developing School Grounds & Outdoor SpacesRead More...
The sun is setting on what turned out to be a great last day of July. I spent the last day of the month hanging out at the lake with my kids and going for a little bike ride. I hope that you ended the...
Good morning from Maine where the sun is shining and it's going to be a great day to play outside. A couple of days ago I went on a bike ride and found a lot of wild Maine blueberries. So just like in Blueberries for...
