I've been engaging in some constructive play and exploring the use of the new custom icons and slides available at ThingLink EDU.
My first slideshow is an interactive Professional Development Calendar. I believe the calendar will be able...
Create Images with Buncee
I love to create with images and multimedia so today I am excited to discover Bunce. Here is the official description of Buncee.
"Buncee gives teachers and students a whole new way of creating interactive lessons, project, and presentations, by...
2 Ways to Track Santa in 2013
This year Google has brought us a multimedia rich Santa Tracker which will use street-view technology to help us follow Santa's big journey on Tuesday evening.
Now there is an alternative to tracking Santa through the NORAD cameras. Which...
Elf Yourself this Season
If you want a few genuine laughs this season, why not take a few minutes to put those camera photos to use and Elf Yourself? Choose your music and create an elf dance with the ones you love.
You can use your your laptop to easily share...
Class Badges to Promote Digital Literacy
Badge - I Teach Above the Line
Class Badges is a free online tool designed to help teachers use digital badges as rewards for accomplishing learning goals. The badges can be a useful tool for teachers to keep track of individual student accomplishments...
73+ Ways to Use ThingLink by Donna Baumbach
Are you looking for ways to use ThingLink? Are you wondering if you should sign up for the Free Educator Premium Upgrade before December 31st?
Please view this extraordinary collaborative slideshow created by my talented friend, Donna Baumbach and...
Grab Your Free ThingLink EDU Upgrade
It's no secret that ThingLink EDU is one of my favorite and most frequently used tools. I love ThingLink because it provides users with the ability to turn any image into a multimedia rich interactive graphic. Add video, images, audio,...
The Hour of Code - Join the Movement
We live in a computer powered world. Coding is the language our computers speak.
Computer science is a top-paying college degree. Jobs in this market are growing at 2 x's the national average, yet the number of students pursuing computer science...
Webinar Resources: SAMR Through the Lens of the Common Core
I had a lot of fun presenting a webinar today for Infinitec. Here is a link to the slideshow for review!
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4 Tools to Connect Students to Real World Math
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SAMR Through the Lens of the Common Core
One of my goals is to weave digital tools into the Common Core to design flexible, student driven learning experiences that are Above the Line as defined by the SAMR model. While this might sound like a mouthful of EdTech, I assure you that combining...
mQlicker – Create Interactive Presentations
mQlicker is an audience response system that that allows users to turn a PowerPoint into an interactive slideshow to engage audiences and collect useful feedback. mQlicker is free, flexible and definitely worth checking out for use in a variety of...
Instructional Shifts to Support the Common Core
Are you looking for ways to effectively implement and manage the Common Core aligned classroom?
The CCSS identify a spiraling set of skills necessary to prepare students for success. The standards are designed to teach students how to...
ThingLink: Design Engaging Learning Experiences
Nov. 12th @4:00 PM CST
As an instructional technology facilitator my goal is to weave together digital tools to design engaging, interactive learning experiences that support all learners and encourage higher order thinking. Of course, in order...
SAMR - Flexible Toolkit Slideshow
I enjoyed presenting the Infinitec webinar today and truly appreciate all the attendees! Here is a link to the interactive slideshow with resources.
The final webinar in this series will be held on December 3rd at 4:00 PM CST. SAMR Through the Lens...
SAMR: Design a Flexible Toolkit for Success
SAMR: Design a Flexible Toolkit
I just finished putting the finishing touches on the presentation for a webinar I'm hosting on Tuesday of this week, SAMR: Design a Flexible Toolkit for Successful Tech Integration. This free webinar is sponsored...
Google Docs for Learning Glog on Edudemic
Read on Edudemic
I was excited to see my Google Docs Glog featured in a post by Jeff Dunn on Edudemic last month. This morning it has been getting some attention on Facebook and Twitter, so I thought it would be a good idea to direct the readers of...
Search by Reading Level Without Twurdy
For the past few years I have been introducing students, teachers and parents to a toolkit of resources assembled to help students use search engines that match their learning styles. One of the most popular tools in my toolkit has been Twurdy, a...
Common Core Connections: Halloween Writing
The Common Core Standards identify six instructional shifts necessary for effective implementation of the ELA/Literacy strand. These instructional shifts provide a framework to help us understand the big picture before diving into the specific individual...
Using Avatars to Teach Digital Citizenship on GettingSmart Today
In honor of Digital Citizenship Week, October 21st - 25th, I've revised one of my favorite interactive learning experiences.
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Webinar: SAMR Through the Lens of 21st Century Skills
SAMR Through the Lens of 21st Century Skills October 15, 2013, 4:00 PM CST
Are you looking for ways to leverage the power of technology to help students develop 21st Century Skills?
This webinar will demonstrate how to use the SAMR model...
2 Games for Learning: Alge-Bingo and Remembus
I'd like to introduce the readers of the blog to 4TheKingdomApps, a father and son team who have developed a couple of apps for learning. Kevin Scritchfield is a veteran high school math teacher and his son Tad is a high school student. They...
6 Tools for Connected Educators on GettingSmart.com
October is Connected Educators month. If you’re reading this post my guess is you are already a connected educator to some degree because you are, at the very least, someone who is opening the door to the ideas of others. It’s quite possible you...
Back to School with Google Docs
Google Docs is truly one of my favorite tools for teaching and learning because of the features it offers to support research, writing and collaboration in the 24/7 classroom. Here are some things to try with Google Docs as you make plans to use...
3 Ways to Encourage Higher Order Thinking with Technology
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Upcoming PD
SAMR Through the Lens of Common Core Standards12/3 @ 4:00 CST, sponsored by MyInfinitec.org
Are you looking for ways to leverage the power of technology to help students develop 21st Century Skills? Researchers have determined that technology...
10 Terrific Tools in My Toolkit
Flexible Learning Paths
The key to successful technology integration is the efficient use of digital tools tools that are appropriate for the task. Technology provides us all with the ability to develop our own toolkit of flexible resources for use...
Wikispaces Classroom - A Flexible Tool for Teaching & Learning
Wikispaces Classroom is a flexible tool that has many useful features for designing and implementing technology powered learning experiences to support all learners. This online learning platform and virtual classroom is free, efficient, and...
The SAMR Ladder on GettingSmart.com
The SAMR Ladder Through the Lens of 21st Century Skills
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Digital Differentiation - QR Codes on the iPad
Managing a classrooms full of students with 1:1 iPads presents the challenge of getting them on the same page, literally. Trying to manage differentiated groups requires a good tool for organizing resources. QR codes are one quick and easy soluti...
Global Virtual Classroom to Extend Classroom Walls
How will you go beyond the walls of your classroom this year?
Global Virtual Classroom provides teachers and students across the globe with amazing opportunities and resources to collaborate, work together, and learn from each other. My longtime...
SAMR - Walking a Wiki Up the Line
For those of you interested in learning more about the SAMR model of tech integration ...
I created a MentorMob playlist designed to share a sample of a wiki project I've walked up and down the SAMR ladder. The playlist displays illustrated examples...
Using SAMR to Teach Above the Line on GettingSmart Today
I have been digging deeper into SAMR to help educators embrace this tech integration model because it is simple, easy to gauge, and something to strive for. I hope you will read my post on GettingSmart.com to see the connections I've made...
Explore - Wagon Wheel Project Toolkit
And now for a mouthful of EdTech...
I have been weaving together digital tools with the Common Core to design flexible student driven learning experiences that start out Above the Line, as defined by SAMR.
Good news! My digital toolkit is filled...
SAMR - Teaching Above the Line
Image created by the amazing Janet Barnstable
For as long as I can remember I have been an advocate for helping teachers understand the stages of technology integration in order to effectively use tech as a tool for learning.
I've...
Wagon Wheel Through the Lens of the Common Core
The wheels are turning slowly, but that's okay. Let's start with vocabulary and the big picture. Here are the lyrics, wordled and connected to the Common Core Shift #6 - Vocabulary. It's a good way to dig deeper into words.
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Collaborative Learning with ThingLink - Wagon Wheel
Yesterday I created an interactive image to demonstrate how easy it is to engage in collaborative leaving with ThingLink. If you explore the live image, you will discover the Padlet online board that is being used to assemble collaborator's thoughts....
Explore, Learn, Contribute & Share
Just having a bit of summer fun today sharing and collaborating about music. Join us!
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Learning Through Music & Collaboration
Time for a bit of summer fun. Please click on the link to contribute ideas to kickoff a project with Padlet. ...
Mastery Connect - An Essential Tool for the CCSS
Without a doubt, the most useful reference tool I use when planning CCSS aligned technology powered learning experiences is Common Core, by Mastery Connect.
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