Explore this amazing NASA Photo of the Day that has been annotated with rich media tags to help you learn more about Christmas Pluto.
Happy Holidays and Happy Tagging!
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Design Thinking for Communication
I've created an interactive image to introduce a method for combining the best features of popular apps to embrace visual literacy, powered by an iPad...
ThingLink Live & On Demand: Digital Differentiation
Many years ago I began building a digital toolkit of resources for using technology as a tool for differentiated learning. At that time I was lucky to discover ThingLink as well. My toolkit quickly grew into a powerful model that has remained...
4 Ways to Tell Digital Stories with ThingLink EDU
Every image has a story – and you can help those images come to life and tell deeper stories with ThingLink EDU.
Authors of all ages can use ThingLink to tell engaging digital stories by easily adding an interactive layer to images and videos....
Power the ePortfolio Process with ThingLink EDU
I had an amazing time working with educators today during my iLab session at the EdTech Teacher iPad Summit! To follow up, I'm posting the interactive poster used during the session, followed by the interactive slideshow.
For those...
Creating My Personal ePortfolio of Learning
As I prepare for the EdTech Teacher iPad Summit in Boston next week I've found an incredible opportunity to practice what I will be teaching. I've started a ThingLink ePortfolio to document my own learning throughout the conference. I plan to capture...
Building the Ultimate Word Wall
The Ultimate Word Wall began in June, 2014 as part of the ThingLink Teacher Challenge. The wall has been growing as the activity has continued to be used. Explore these examples and think about creating your own vocabulary ThingLink and adding it...
I'm Shipping Up to Boston
I'm preparing to head to Boston for the EdTech Teacher iPad Summit. I will be sharing the idea of using ThingLink as a seemless portfolio tool to encourage students to become stakeholders in their own learning.
ThingLink - a Terrific...
Transform Teaching & Learning with ThingLink EDU
ThingLink EDU is in full swing with our free PD to help educators transform teaching and learning in classrooms, schools and districts. Join any or all of our sessions live, or view the archive on demand right from your in box. Share the recordings...
Great Ways to Use Google Drive to Power Student Projects
I'm excited to be hosting a Simple K12 webinar featuring one of my more popular interactive resources, Great Ways to Use Google Drive. This webinar will explore resources on the interactive image you see here. We hope you can join me...
Transform Teaching & Learning with ThingLink + Google Docs
Our next webinar is designed to help educators transform teaching and learning with ThingLink with Google Docs. Educators can use a Google Doc to collect information, automate tasks and make the workflow progress smoothly throughout a student...
Embrace the Power of Twitter
When inspirational speaker Ken Shelton, @k_shelton, gave the keynote speech at our school district's first Institute Day this fall, he challenged educators to join Twitter. Many thanks to Ken for inspiring the educators in our school district!
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Free Webinars to Transform Teaching & Learning
Join me for the first in a series of free webinars designed to Transform Teaching and Learning with ThingLink EDU. Explore the interactive image above to learn more about all of the webinars in the series and sign up to participate live...
Great Ways to Use Google Drive to Power Your Classroom
Over the weekend I hosted a webinar for Simple K12 to share Great Ways to Use Google Drive to Power Up Your Classroom. The content included a closer look at some of the resources found on a popular interactive image I've been building and fine tuning...
Google Docs Voice Typing is Here
Google Docs has added Voice Typing to the Google Document! This built in feature allows anyone using Google Docs in the Chrome web browser to dictate text that will be typed.
This built in accessibility feature will be extremely useful...
AppSmashing to Share & Publish Student Work Globally
AppSmashing is a popular method of combining two or more apps to create, publish and share content.
AppSmashing challenges us to discover new possibilities for teaching and learning with an iPad and presents us with greater possibilities...
Google Forms Update: New Look & Feel
If you're a big fan of the Google Form like me, you may have noticed that the icon has changed colors. No longer does the form share the color green with it's counterpart, the Google Sheet, it now has has it's own purple icon.
I noticed this a few...
Join Us for 2 Google Drive Webinars in October
I'm excited to be hosting two Simple K12 webinars in October featuring one of my more popular interactive resources, Great Ways to Use Google Drive. Both webinars will explore resources on the interactive image you see here, but since...
Introducting the Product Deconstruction Challenge
Many people believe that he best way to learn about something is to take it apart. This is certainly a theory that reflects my personal learning style.
Ed Charlwood is an educator whose work proves this theory to be true. I am pleased to be collaborating...
Back to School with ThingLink ePortfolios
As a longtime educator and instructional tech coach, I have embraced ePortfolios as a valuable tool for documenting learning over time, self-reflection, goal-setting and growth.
An ePortfolio is a collection of student work that is used to document...
Explore Our Showcase of ThingLink Interactive Video Lessons
We are pleased to share a showcase of ThingLink Interactive Video lessons created by participants in the ThingLink Teacher Summer Challenge. ...
5 Interactive Tools to Embed in ThingLink Video
In the final week of the ThingLink Teacher Challenge we asked participants to create a lesson to Engage Students with ThingLink for Video. Participants learned to Embed a Google Form in a ThingLink Video to minimize distractions and provide...
The ThingLink Teacher Challenge In Box
Now that we've reached the end of the Teacher Challenge activities, it's time to demonstrate a great way to collect and organize interactive images through the use of a Google Form as a ThingLink Teacher Challenge In Box. A simple Google Forms...
Transform a ThingLink by Replacing the Background Image
ThingLink is a powerful tool for creating resources that can be reused and easily adapted to meet the changing needs of educators and their students. When users create an interactive image, poster or video, it can be modified as needed by adding rich...
Embed a Google Form in a ThingLink Video
This week, participants in the ThingLink Teacher Challenge were encouraged to Engage Students with ThingLink for Video. The goal of this challenge is to add a layer of resources and interactivity to any video to design a customized student driven...
5 Free Photo Editing Tools to Create ThingLink Custom Icons
One of the best features of ThingLink EDU Premium is the ability to create and use custom icons to tell deeper stories.
For educators, custom icons are truly useful for providing students with differentiated resources. They help students tackle...
Engage Students with ThingLink Video
In Week 5 of the ThingLink Teacher Challenge participants are encouraged to design a media rich guided learning experience to engage students with ThingLink Video. These annotated video lessons work well because they allow students to...
9 Ways to Use ThingLink UnPlugged
At the end of the 4th week of ThingLink Teacher Challenge, we are excited to share an interactive poster and channel of interactive images featuring 9 ways to use ThingLink UnPlugged. The images were created by teacher challenge participants using...
Quick Tip: Reorder Images in a Channel
Throughout the ThingLink Teacher Challenge we have been working with Channels, more commonly known as slideshows of interactive images. Many educators have asked about reordering images within a channel so I am publishing a quick tip to demonstrate...
ThingLink UnPlugged: Capture Learning on the Go
The ThingLink Teacher Challenge for week 4, ThingLink UnPlugged, is the perfect compliment to any educator's summer fun. This challenge encourages educators to grab the free mobile app for iOS or Android and capture life and learning...
9 Interactive Collaborative Projects to Explore & Reuse
Week 3 of the ThingLink Teacher Challenge asks participants to Create a Collaborative Student Project. The first of many project have landed in our group channel and it is with great pleasure that we share these 9 Collaborative Student Projects...
Quick Tip: Click Action on Tags
ThingLink EDU Premium provides users with the ability to control the click action on tags. This is a very useful feature for educators who Create a Collaborative Student Project because you have the ability to help students successfully...
Unpacking Google Apps for the Teacher Challenge
The Teacher Challenge for Week 3, Create a Collaborative Student Project, is packed with resources, ideas and instructions. This is intentional and necessary because the Teacher Challenge is designed to be useful for teachers across all grade levels...
Create a Collaborative Student Project
ThingLink Teacher Challenge Week 3
In this week’s Teacher Challenge we will be using ThingLink EDU to introduce a student driven learning activity. Participants will begin by creating an interactive image with differentiated resources. Next...
Digital Storytelling with Interactive Images & Video, a Free Webinar
I'm excited to have the opportunity to present a new webinar on Simple K12 this Tuesday, Digital Storytelling with Interactive Images & Video. This webinar will feature some of the most recent work I have been engaged in, creating interactive image...
Quick Tip: Convert ThingLink to EDU Account
If you are an educator using ThingLink you want to be sure you are using the EDU version of the tool instead of the business version. This will allow you to utilize the features designed for education when you Build Your ThingLink Classroom....
Extending the Classroom Walls During Virtual Learning Days in Indiana
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the eRevolution Conference in Evansville, IN. I was invited by Tim Wilhelmus, via Twitter to "Bring ThingLink EDU to the teachers of Indiana!"
Given my excitement about ThingLink EDU, my passion...
Quick Tip: Post a ThingLink to a Channel
This morning I received a comment from a reader requesting a brief tutorial to demonstrate how to Post a ThingLink interactive image to a Channel. Here is a resources that should help
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ThingLink Teacher Challenge Collect & Curate Incredible Content
This week the ThingLink Teacher Challenge is designed to help participants discover and collect great content to remix and reuse. At the same time, participants will be able to connect with like-minded educators to share the workload and get inspired....
Meet the ThingLink Teacher Challenge Participants
The Teacher Summer Challenge participants have begun to add images to our channel, Design Your Digital Self. We invite you to explore our channel and watch it grow. Connect with these educators on Twitter with the hashtag #TLChallenge. Join our Google+ community...
