Endangered Animals Book & Poster Project

Still in school? Here's an interactive book and poster project I've assembled that could be a welcome resource to help students explore and learn about a real world topic of interest. I hope this book will get used during these final days of the year.

An Evening with Google

I am excited to be hosting a Google Docs Writing webinar next Thursday evening for Simple K12 as part of a free evening of Google. Join me and a lineup of fantastic presenters for a fun and informative evening of learning. We hope you can join us!

Bring the TextBook to Life! Tornadoes

Sharing Stories About Schools

If you've ever gone to school in the Midwest, you've probably experienced the threat of a tornado. Students at Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa lived through one on May 25, 2008.

Show Teacher Appreciation with an Upgrade to Premium EDU

The end of the year is the perfect time to show appreciation for the educators who have worked very hard to help our children learn and grow throughout the year.

Emergent Readers as Young Authors

I am fortunate to have the opportunity to teach a group of 1st graders for 20 minutes on most days at my school. These are students who have passed out of their phonics program and I get to work with them to use tech as a tool to build literacy skills.

An Interactive Newsletter by Christi Collins

Christi Collins is an amazing educator who is passionate about using ThingLink for Education. She combines her great sense of instructional design with creativity and enthusiasm to create ThingLink powered learning experiences for her primary students in Wise Virginia.

New Topics for Bring the Textbook to Life!

We have collected participant feedback to help fine tune our Classroom Creative Challenge to get the most out of the learning as the school year quickly comes to a close. We have selected the most popular topics to offer participating classrooms choices and  hope you find these topics simple and enjoyable.

Bring the Textbook to Life! Next Question Results

The votes are in! Here are the results, wordled for the upcoming ThingLink Creative Challenges.

Stay tuned to the ThingLink Blog for more information...

Building a Free Library of Interactive Resources

Ulla Engeström, founder of ThingLink

The founder of ThingLink, Ulla Engeström, has a goal to build a free library of interactive resources for all teachers, students and parents. She has launched a crowdfunding campaign, Women Who Tech, to gain support for education and women tech entrepreneurs. #WomenWhoTech

“It has been my deliberate choice and goal to build an amazing free resource of interactive media for educational and editorial use.”