Learn how students can use custom shapes to create, customize and write about digital friendship pies in Google Slides! This no-prep paperless lesson is the perfect digital activity to assign to elementary students in Google Classroom for Thanksgiving, Pie Day or as a companion to the book Enemy Pie
Free Digital Graphic Organizers and How to Use Them
Digital graphic organizers can be used on all devices and with many free apps, websites, and programs. Get 25 digital graphic organizers FREE and learn how to use them in Seesaw, Google Slides, and Pic Collage! By using graphic organizers digitally, you can save paper and give students many
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN USING DEVICES IN THE CLASSROOM
Whether you have 1:1 devices or a few to share, are just going digital this year or have had access to devices in the classroom for years - here are some questions for you to ask yourself as you set up your digital classroom this year for smooth technology integrating! So cut down on wasted time
CREATE PAPERLESS ALPHABET BOOKS ON THE IPAD
Learn how to make paperless alphabet books on the iPad with this engaging and versatile project on the free iPad app Pic Collage. Classroom ABC books can be made for almost ANY topic and this lesson can be used in ANY elementary grade. Make beginning sounds books, content area ABC books, biography
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE SIGN UPS WITH CLASSTAG
I’m excited to share with you my experience using ClassTag, a comprehensive parent-teacher communication tool and how I used it to schedule parent-teacher conferences in minutes! Scheduling Parent-Teacher conferences has always been a bit touch-and-go. Back in the day, it involved a lot of paper
ERIC CARLE STYLE DIGITAL COLLAGES ON PIC COLLAGE
Use the app Pic Collage to create an Eric Carle inspired digital collage using the web search and clip tools. This digital collage activity makes an engaging companion to an Eric Carle author study, read aloud, or paperless art project in the elementary classroom. This project was inspired by
USING GOODNOTES APP TO REDUCE PAPER
This week I used a workhorse app called GoodNotes which basically allows you to write on any PDF file on your iPad. I say workhorse because with an Apple TV and some type of cloud storage (I used Google Drive but Dropbox would work well too) I can now access and write on any of the documents I have
DIGITAL ASSESSMENTS AND COMMUNICATION IN THE CLASSROOM
Digital assessments and assignments are becoming the norm in many connected classrooms. Teachers love the time-saving aspect and the ability to give students instant feedback. Students benefit from the differentiation and being able to work at their own pace. However, communicating grades and