On Wednesday I published a post about how to create your own mobile apps for classroom use. If you read that post and wondered why teachers would ever want to take on the task of making their own apps or having students do it, here...
One of last week's most popular posts was about the news of Google adding new font customization options to Google Forms. Like all updates to Google Workspace tools, the new font customization options were immediately available to some users and not others. It took about...
A community-run playground in the Outer HebridesA community-run playground in the Outer HebridesDeveloping School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, affordance, children, Eoropie, Lewis, nature, playgroundRead More...
Good evening from Maine where the sun is setting on the month of June. Despite some crummy weather to start the month, we're ending with a great stretch of warm and sunny weather that is perfect playing outside. I hope that you had a great...
The Tour de France begins tomorrow. Watching the race every morning for three weeks is one of the things I look forward to every summer. I also find that it provides some neat opportunities for science, health, and physical education lessons. Here are some of...
When I conduct workshops on Google Maps and Google Earth I always point out that the uses for those tools extend beyond the realm of geography and history. One example of using Google Maps and Earth outside of the typical geography setting is using Google Maps and Earth...
I am obsessed with systems, pretty organizers, and having a clean living space. I am a self-proclaimed Type-A perfectionist, an oldest daughter, and an Enneagram 2. Cleaning and organizing are built into my DNA. I have been this way as long as I can remember, and I...
If you're attending the ISTE conference in person this week or you're following updates from it on social media, you probably heard a thing or two about Flipgrid hosting a big event they called Flipfest. I didn't go because I wasn't at ISTE and even...
Summer is here in the northern hemisphere and for many of us it's a time to work on things that we'd like to use in our classrooms when school resumes in the fall. One of those things could be developing a mobile app specifically for...
