I think we all need a time of recovery and preparation between school years. And this summer, it’s going to be more essential and critical than ever before. The summer plan I’m suggesting to help you regroup has three parts: Taking a break from thinking about work Reflecting...
Good morning from Maine where it is going to be a gorgeous spring weekend! Last weekend we spent a lot of time outdoors and this weekend we'll spend even more time outside. I hope that wherever you are this weekend that you also get some...
Besides looking at the calendar and my own students' behavior, the other way I know the school year is winding down is the uptick in questions that I get about making slideshows for end-of-year school activities. In fact, just this morning I had two questions...
Spring has finally, fully arrived here in Maine. Our flowers are in full bloom and this weekend we're putting together garden boxes for growing vegetables. Planting flowers and vegetables is a great way to spark kids' curiosity and to develop some hands-on learning experiences. If...
Mult.dev is a new mapping tool that I recently learned about through Maps Mania. Mult.dev does just one thing but does it very well. That thing is create animated maps illustrating the connections and travel distance between two or more places. To create an animated map...
Canva offers nearly two thousand worksheet templates for teachers to copy and modify. All of the templates can be downloaded as PDFs. You could print them and give them to your students to complete. But who wants another thing to have to print and keep...
[Trying something new here…] The 4 Shifts Protocol is taking off in schools around the world. We’ve got tens of thousands of educators already using it for instructional redesign. Schools who are trying to focus on deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich...
Last week I published an animated GIF of how to search by domain to find publicly shared Google Workspaces files. Over the weekend I was asked if I had a video of the process. I didn't have one, so I made this short one to...
One of the ten big topics to be covered in detail during the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp is how to use augmented reality and virtual reality in education. It's important to note that while these topics are similar, there are some distinct differences...
