Student Blogging Using Google Sites

As a GAFE school, there is a tool that is readily available that makes it easy to carry out student blogging in the classroom.  Student blogging can serve many purposes as part of the learning process, from reflective writing to posting student creations to share with others.  There are tools that make using Google Sites…

The Red Pen vs Digital Feedback

When I started teaching I was given some advice from a veteran teacher to keep away from using red when correcting assignments.  They said it was because students had viewed the red pen as being negative and instead we should be focusing on helping our students improve, not just telling them what they got wrong.…

Thank You Google

Today is Teacher Appreciation Day and Google may have given us teachers a great gift, Google Classroom.  This might be the best teacher appreciation gift I get today, even better than the buy 1 get 1 free deal at Chipotle.  A free, easy to use LMS that incorporates Google Docs and should include some great…

Google Teacher Academy or Bust!

As I try to grow as an educator, I am constantly looking for great professional experiences to help me grow in ways that I can not imagine.  I believe that the Google Teacher Academy could be one of those experiences and I have spent a considerable amount of time thinking about it lately.  As part…

Tech Time 2.0 Episodes 2 and 3

In case you haven’t seen my previous post, here, I am trying something new this term to help share out the effective uses of technology that are happening in our classrooms at my school.  I fully believe collaboration and sharing are integral to a program’s success and this is one way that I am trying…

App Smashing (on a Mac)

Something gaining a lot of speed with those that use iPads in schools is App Smashing.  App Smashing is when you use multiple apps to complete an activity or task, that there is no one app to do all of which you want to do.  A fun one to see is when a student uses…