Parts of this post originally appeared late last year in an issue of my Practical Ed Tech weekly newsletter. I am often asked for recommendations for simple website builders that teachers and students can use to create small websites. The purpose isn’t to share everything they’ve...
Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a little tradition in my house just like it is in millions of other homes in the United States. For the last few years Macy's has offered some hands-on STEAM lessons related to the parade. Parade 101 features four video...
Lots of impromptu explorations for making the most of wet, rainy day.Lots of impromptu explorations for making the most of wet, rainy day.Early Years Outdoors, 10 ideas, rain, waterRead More...
Good morning from Maine where I'm home after spending most of the week in western Nebraska. It was there that I took the picture featured in this post. It's a little hard to make it out, but there's a bull elk in the picture. It...
Google Earth and Google's My Maps are great tools for students to use to create multimedia maps. But Google isn't the only game in town when it comes to digital map creation tools. In fact, there are some good ones that are freely available to...
Why everyone needs a puppet in their pocket especially on cold winter days.Why everyone needs a puppet in their pocket especially on cold winter days.Art & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, EYFS puppets, KS1 puppets, KS2 puppets, outdoor drama, outdoor drama EYFS, outdoor drama KS1,...
StoryMap JS is a tool that I've been using and recommending for many years. It's a free tool that students can use to create a story map in a manner similar to Google's My Maps or the old Google Tour Builder. The difference between those...
Loom is one of the tools that I regularly recommend when I'm asked to recommend a video tool for creating instructional videos. This week Loom announced two new features that could prove to be quite helpful to teachers and students. The first new feature to note...
Everything comes at a priceEverything comes at a priceMaths Outdoors, KS1 algebraic thinking, KS1 nature maths, outdoor multiplication KS1, outdoor problem solving KS1Read More...
American Thanksgiving is one week away. The traditional Thanksgiving meal is one of my favorite combinations of foods. My mouth is watering just thinking about turkey, potatoes, squash, stuffing and cranberry sauce from a can (I love the "shlop" sound the cranberry sauce makes as it pops...
