One class that I always thought would be meaningful, impactful, and highly visible to the community would be a Social Impact elective course. This would basically be a student-driven genius hour but focused heavily on the Contribution item in Section B of the 4 Shifts...
At this time of year 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 done and have you grade it. Tools like Seesaw and Spaces are good...
At the start of every new school year I have high hopes for doing a better job of staying organized than I did the previous year. This year is no exception to that rule. One area in which I hope to improve my organization is...
Mote is a great tool for adding audio comments to Google Docs, Google Classroom, and Google Slides. You can also use Mote to add audio to Google Forms and insert audio into Google Slides with just one click. Mote also lets you record audio messages to share...
PhET is a free resource that I've been recommending for many years. It now offers more than 100 math, physics, chemistry, and biology simulations that you can use in your classroom for free. About two years ago PhET started creating new simulation and editing existing...
Good morning from Maine where we've finally had a nice stretch of summer weather, if you ignore yesterday's rain. This week was full of bike rides, a backyard camping trip with my daughters, and general summer fun. I hope that you've had an equally great...
Sometimes it is easier to reply to an email with a video than it is to write out a reply. For example, when a colleague asks me for help with Google Classroom I could write step-by-step directions or I could record a short screencast that...
This week TED-Ed published a new lesson that addresses a topic that just about everyone who owns a cell phone has wondered about at one time or another. That question is "why do phone batteries get worse over time?" Why Your Phone Battery Gets Worse Over...
A couple of years ago one of Kevin Hodgson's blog posts introduced me to the national Write Out project. This is a two week, online event held every October. This year's NWP Write Out begins on October 8th and runs through October 22nd. The idea...
