Use Wakelet to easily create an interactive meet the teacher page and share with families before school starts! What to Share in a Wakelet Meet the Teacher Collection Share things that students and families may be wondering about you as well as facts about you, the classroom, and the
Use a Wakelet Collection to Organize Seesaw Activities
Learn how to use Wakelet to curate and easily share a collection of Seesaw Activities and ideas for using them! Sharing Seesaw Activities on Wakelet With the new update on Seesaw for adding multiple images onto the canvas, I received a lot of requests to upload my free graphic organizers
Create Breakout Games With Wakelet
As if the Wakelet Wave couldn't get any bigger, did you know you can create breakout games with Wakelet now too? Breakout games and digital escape rooms are a motivating and fun way to get students engaged with their learning. But sometimes creating a break out game can be time consuming.
Space Saving Green Screen Ideas for the Classroom
This is a round up of creative space saving green screen ideas for the classroom! Never tried green screen? Tools from DoInk, iMovie, and WeVideo make it easy. However, not everyone has a green wall or space to dedicate to a green screen "studio" in the classroom. Luckily, as you will see in
8 Tech Tools for Your Classroom You Need to Try Now
I've rounded up 8 tech tools and ideas for using them. Some of these tools are new and some have been around but with new features. Tools are a mix of apps and sites - some are device specific. Thank you to the presenters and EXPO booths at ISTE 2019 for sharing these tools and features.
End of Year Fliphunt Scavenger Hunt on Flipgrid
Learn how to create an engaging scavenger Fliphunt for the end of the year using Flipgrid. Students will love completing tasks and sharing the video results on Flipgrid! What is a Fliphunt on Flipgrid? I first learned about Fliphunts from Kathi Kersznowski A Fliphunt is a scavenger hunt
Using UX Design Principles to Make Your Classroom “User Friendly”
The following is an edited excerpt from my upcoming book, If Your Classroom Were An App, How Would You Make It User Friendly coming out this summer. There are many design philosophies at play when creating an app or piece of software. Regardless of the particular school of thought, it boils
Should You Teach Keyboarding to Elementary Students?
I get a lot of questions about keyboarding and typing in elementary, mainly what programs I recommend and if I even do it at all. Many teachers are required to provide some sort of keyboarding practice - especially now that most standardized tests are online, but before jumping in, I think teachers