Flex time: Schools break out of scheduling ruts to improve learning for students, teacherseducationdive.com - Author There’s no such thing as a typical day for Heather Kostelecky. On one day, the pre-calculus and Advanced Placement (AP) statistics teacher at Legacy …
Are Block Schedules the Stress-Buster Students Need?neatoday.org - Tim Walker Kerry Beton, a literacy teacher at Boeckman Middle School in Farmington, Minnesota, says there is more of a “calm” at her school this year.“We have …
Making the Most of a 90-Minute Class | Cult of Pedagogycultofpedagogy.com This is an excerpt from a letter written to a Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper in 2002 by a first-year math teacher, a man who was vehemently …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Ten Guidelines for Implementing Block Scheduling - Educational Leadershipascd.org - Donald G. Hackmann 1. Employ a systems thinking approach. Don't implement a block schedule because it's the latest trend, but because it empowers teachers to rethink …
How to Share Your Google VR Tours With Studentsfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) Over the last few weeks I have received a lot of emails from readers who had made virtual reality tours in Google's VR Tour Creator but then ran into …
Voicepods Has New Editing Features - Turn Text Into Voice Recordingsfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) A few weeks ago I introduced a new tool called Voicepods. Voicepods is a service that will create voice recordings based on the text that you write. …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo How to Make a Timeline Through Google Sheetsfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) Earlier this week I wrote about Flippity's new timeline creation template for use in Google Sheets. The template lets you create a multimedia …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTextbooks Redefining annotation: Ditch That PDF and hyper-annotateditchthattextbook.com - Matt Miller Learning how to read and annotate text is an important skill all our students need to truly understand stories, articles, and *GULP* textbooks. This …
The Getting Started Guide for Touchscreen Chromebooks in the Classroomtommullaney.com - Tom Mullaney Many teachers will be saying that as their school transitions to Chromebooks for students or refreshes old Chromebooks. The new education model …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo How to Generate Random Story Starters In Google Sheetsfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) Flippity offers great Google Sheets templates that can be used for all kinds of things from random name selection to progress tracking to generating …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo This Periodic Table Shows Elements By Country and Date of Discoveryfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) On Tuesday morning I shared a collection of seven good resources to help students learn the Periodic Table of Elements. The next day Open Culture …
71. Google Drawings: More Than Just an App | ELL Strategies | Empowering ELLsempoweringells.com My students think I work for Google. I can be heard saying, “Google Drive your work so you don’t lose it”, “Oh, you can use Google Drive to…”, “Thank …
Two Simple Timeline Creation Tools That Are Frequently Overlookedfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) This morning I answered an email from a reader who was looking for a suggestion for a timeline creation tool. My recommendation was to try Timeline …
Newspaper Templates for Google Docs & Wordfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) This morning I answered an email from a reader who was looking for suggestions on tools that his students can use to collaboratively create a …
18 Sets of Free to Use and Reuse Pictures and Videosfreetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne) The Library of Congress is a great place to find a lot of media that is in the public domain. The only problem with finding material on the LOC's …
21 Tools for Conducting Digital Formative Assessmentsfreetech4teachers.com Conducting simple formative assessments is one way to measure what your students do or do not understand from the lessons that you have taught. There …
On Banning Laptops….Again. (Sigh) | Teaching United States Historyteachingushistory.co - Kevin Gannon I’m hesitant to wade into this issue again, as I’ve done so before and watched my Twitter mentions and email catch fire as a result. But a week or so …
5 FAQs About Whisper for Google Classroomfreetech4teachers.com Whisper is a free Chrome extension that was featured in last week's most popular post of the week. During the week I received a bunch of emails about …
This Chrome Extension Helps You Find Books to Borrowfreetech4teachers.com Library Extension is a free Chrome extension that will show you local library listings for the books that you viewing on Amazon, Google Books, Barnes …
How to Copy Comments in Google Docsfreetech4teachers.com Earlier this month Google added a new option for copying comments in Google Documents. The new option lets you include comment and suggestions when …
Using Icons to Help Organize Google Drive Foldersfreetech4teachers.com Remember what your Google Drive looked like when you first started using it? It was neat, organized, and free of clutter. As you began to use Drive …
Tools and Tips to Help Students With the Writing Processfreetech4teachers.com There are so many tools that will help students with the writing process. Some of these tools help organize research while others help students …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Comparison of Screencasting Toolsfreetech4teachers.com Screencasting is a fast and easy way to capture what is happening on your screen along with your voice or video of you speaking. Teachers can use …
Providing Every Student in Your Class With a Voicefreetech4teachers.com I was the quiet student who always sought out the back row. I never willingly participated in class discussions, not because I didn't have anything …
How to Create a Digital Breakout Gamefreetech4teachers.com Breakout EDU has been a breakout hit in classrooms over the last couple of years. The success of the physical Breakout EDU games has spurred the …
Five More Gmail Extensions to Increase Productivityfreetech4teachers.com Recently, I shared five extensions for Gmail that are designed to help boost productivity. There were too many to pack into one post, so here are …
