This week is typically a time when most teachers are on vacation. It’s a good time to relax, spend time with family, and do all of the things that you haven’t had time to do since the 2016-17 school year started. That’s why this week’s tip of the week is to take time to play….
Conducting formative assessments is a key component in gauging our students’ understanding of the topics that we teach. Gathering the results of those assessments, analyzing the results, and giving students feedback quickly can help us improve our lesson plans for future class meetings. Quick Key is a tool that can help us create, analyze, and…
If your goals for 2017 include improving your ed tech skills, consider joining me for one or more of the online learning opportunities that I am offering in January. Wednesday Webinars On January 4th I’ll help you get going with Google Forms & Sheets. In Google Forms & Sheets for Beginners you will everything you need…
Online whiteboards that let students communicate in realtime either by voice or text can be powerful tools to create a mathematics tutorial, create a diagram, or to brainstorm ideas for a project. The following three whiteboard tools can all be used by students for free. NoteBookCast is a free whiteboard tool that will work in…
Over the last few years I’ve been fortunate to teach more than 1,000 teachers through the webinars I’ve offered through PracticalEdTech.com, many of those teachers have participated in multiple courses with me. That’s the highest compliment I can receive. When I’ve asked those people why they return for multiple courses or stand-alone webinars, they usually…
Maintaining a classroom, library, or school blog should be a central part of your communication strategy. Your blog is the place that you should direct people back to for in-depth information about your classroom, library, or school. Social media and text messaging can help you direct people to your blog for those in-depth and complete explanations…
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