Good evening from Maine where the sun has set on the month of March. The month for me can be summarized by "puppy" and "classes." We got a new dog this month. His name is Rangeley Noodle and he has an Instagram account. This month...
Did you hear? Google has just added "Help me write" to their Google docs. Now students and adults alike will have the ability to start every draft with a writing assistant. Schools or districts can make feeble attempts to block this, but they shouldn't as...
Last week Canva hosted a big event to announce a bunch of new features. One of those features is something that I've thought they should have added years ago, a freehand drawing tool. Canva's freehand drawing tool lets you choose a drawing tool (pencil, pen, highlighter)...
A few weeks ago I ran a workshop in which I changed up the way that I paced the session. What I've almost always done is give a little instruction then time to try and complete a little practice activity. Then I'll hold a little...
Today is the home opener for my beloved Boston Red Sox. Hope springs eternal for a great season. So until at least the first pitch is thrown I'll set aside the pessimistic New Englander in me and get excited because this is the year! On...
A home-made nature-based game of pairs. Simple and effective.A home-made nature-based game of pairs. Simple and effective.Early Years Outdoors, Maths Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, nature memory game, nature pairs, nature-based game, outdoor memory gameRead More...
In 2019, Angela Watson hosted an incredible podcast episode with Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger. I read this book in slow bits as the pandemic unfolded, finishing it in July 2020. It has become a familiar touchstone as...
PhET was one of the resource that I featured in this week's Practical Ed Tech newsletter. Shortly after hitting send on that newsletter I learned about a new simulation that PhET now offers. The latest PhET simulation is about the greenhouse effect. The simulation can be...
Hello History is a new AI app that I wrote about last week. Almost immediately after I published my blog post about Hello History I started to get questions about it. To address a bunch of those questions, I created the short video overview that...
