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Make the Ordinary seem Extrodinary
I was watching Helen Papagiannis on TEDxYorkU this past week and was struck by her supposition, ” make the ordinary seem extraordinary”. This really is the key, I believe in education today. Students...
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New Year! New Whiteboard? Here Is Where To Start!
So, if you like many teachers in the country received a new Whiteboard in your classroom this summer you are probably wondering how you can use it. I was in this position a few years ago. The...
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Free Survey Creator “Obsurvey”
This past week as our semester came to a close I began looking to create a survey to see what my students are thinking about the year so far. I have always found these types of surveys to be very...
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Hundreds of Great Ideas and Just One Classroom!
Well it is that time of year again and I can already hear the school bell ringing. Like many teachers I am hitting the web and my classroom resource creating and organizing lessons. As I peruse the web...
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5 Teacher Resource Edtech Tools
With the overwhelming amount edtechtools that can be found on the web, this is the first post in a series to highlight some that I Classroom (Photo credit: James F Clay) have found useful in the...
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5 Edtech Resources for Students
This year I have put together a list for my students of five sites that they might find helpful in their classes. These sites are ones that over the past few years my students have routinely used. I do...
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Teaching Channel “Reading Like a Historian”
Question mark (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This past week our school has been focused on the use of questions in the classroom. As I began looking into the many approaches and types of questions teachers...
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The Battle of the Timelines “Timetoast vs. Xtimeline”
This past week I had my students use one of the following timeline creators,(Timetoast, Xtimeline) to discuss the major events leading up to the Declaration of Independence. Since both of these tools...
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60+ Video editors
Well it is that time of year again for student projects. Every year I am always looking for new and inventive ways for students to show me what they have learned in class. This year I really wanted to...
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14 Ways For Students To Create Timelines
Image via Wikipedia Timelines are a great way to teach history. Students in my classes often use them to create projects on a given time period or event with great success. I have found that for all...
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