One of the most effective ways of reading a story to a group outside.One of the most effective ways of reading a story to a group outside.Early Years Outdoors, Literacy Outdoors, Forest Kindergarten literacy ideas., Forest School literacy ideas, outdoor reading ideas early years, outdoor...
Last summer Microsoft announced a new Teams product that would be rolling to education users over the coming school year. That product is called Search Coach and it appears to now be widely available to all Microsoft Teams education users. As its name implies, Search Coach...
Three years ago Rushton Hurley and I started a series of live Q&A webinars titled Two EdTech Guys Take Questions and Share Cool Stuff. While we've stopped hosting live webinars, we are still answering lots of questions and still sharing cool stuff. Now we're doing...
Earlier this week on Practical Ed Tech I published an article about using the Nominal Group Technique for classroom brainstorming sessions. What follows is an excerpt from that article. Even if you host your NGT brainstorming sessions in person, you’ll want to create a record of...
Yesterday I wrote about Tony Vincent's new page of free Shapegrams. As I mentioned in that post, Tony has always had great ideas for using clever graphics in the classroom. In fact, five years ago Tony Tweeted a slick graphic that convinced me to pay...
When creating a dry-landscape garden, spontaneity and experimentation matter.When creating a dry-landscape garden, spontaneity and experimentation matter.Gardening, RME Outdoors, Social Subjects Outdoors, Buddhism, Japan, mindfulness EYFS, mindfulness ideas KS1, mindfulness KS1, mindfulness KS2, RME outdoors, Zen Garden design children, Zen Garden EYFS, Zen Garden ideas...
I've known Tony Vincent for at least a dozen years. In all that time he's always had awesome graphics on his website and in his presentations. So when he recently reached out to tell me about his new page of free Shapegrams, I knew I...
Earlier today I fielded a question from a reader who was looking for some suggestions for tools he could use to create some online games for his students to play. Specifically, he was looking for some alternatives to the typical suggestions of Kahoot, Quizizz, and...
In my travels and conversations with educators from coast to coast, there is a resounding panic from teachers feeling unprepared and ill-equipped to support disengaged students. The following three scenarios are the most common based on my observations as a teacher coach and literacy specialist: Scenario One:...
