Since we have been talking about feedback, we wanted to share a fun way to provide some feedback to your students. What is a Bitmoji you ask? Well a Bitmoji is an avatar that you can create to look just like you! You can check them out and create your own...
When your students meet a certain learning goal, what better way to acknowledge that than to issue them a badge? You can create badges in Google Drawings and then upload them to Google Keep, where you can then insert them into Slides or Docs and provide instant...
Please read the following about a new initiative we learned of while attending ISTE this year, the #TeachersAreProfessionals movement. This initiative is focused on provided teachers with $250 of FREE MONEY to use in their classroom ANY WAY THEY CHOOSE. No receipts,...
It All Started with Student Choice In my co-teaching experience with Jennifer Hourani at Geer Park, our class is working its way through a HyperDoc unit in science that meets the NGSS standard of building a model to show the flow of energy in a food chain. Once the...
Getting Your Feet Wet For those who may be unfamiliar, Mahara is our ePortfolio program, and has become very popular among teachers across the district. Mahara is a clean, bright platform used to display videos, pictures, and text. It can fully integrate with Google...
Potato Chips, a Lawn Chair, and the Nudging Neighbor On a beautiful spring day, my husband and I were sitting outside, watching the neighbors walk their dogs, ride their bikes, and generally enjoying the springtime air while getting in a little exercise. As I sat...