Last month we finally put in place something that I had wanted to do for a long while, have a Twitter chat with teachers from my district. The reason for this was to create an opportunity to have discussions that we normally do not get to have due to time or location. We are a…
When Google added the Calendar integration with Classroom, they pretty much released another feature that many had wanted, sharing with parents. Now, parents still can’t log into Classroom unless they use their student’s information but they can easily see the Calendar that is created with that Classroom to see due dates for assignments. This is…
One of the ways that we have used the Swivl the most during the last year has been in regards to teacher reflection. Various teachers have used the Swivl to record their lesson so they can use it to analyze the lesson and reflect on what went well and what didn’t. It is useful to…
Zaption, a tool that allowed you to embed questions and student feedback into a video, has come out with some updated tools that are useful for a whole-class activity. Now, if you are going to show a video to your class, keep it short and to the point. There is hardly a time where we…
I was on a Google Apps message board and I saw a question that I had seen way too often, it was asking how someone could digitize a worksheet. They just wanted to convert the paper worksheet into something their students could fill out on an iPad or computer. They weren’t asking how to improve…
Edcamp Iowa was the first Edcamp that I ever went to and I have been hooked on Edcamps since then. I have traveled up to the Twin Cities and down to Kansas City for Edcamps. Every Edcamp that I go to has been a great learning experience and has reenergized me as an educator. Edcamps…
Last night while driving back from visiting my in-laws, after 5 hours on the road, I realized that we had made a big mistake. On Friday, my son and I drove 30 miles to my wife’s work to pick her up to save her the time driving home before we left. It wasn’t until after getting…
Adding text onto images or video files inside of iMovie is not always easy with the limited selection of options. By using Google Drawing you can easily add text over your video. Just create the text you want in Google Drawing, using the large variety of fonts and formatting, leave the background as it was…
As part of our monthly challenges at AHS and something that we have wanted to do for a while, we are having our first district Twitter Edchat. At 8pm on Tuesday, November 17 we will be using the hashtag #AmesCSDchat to conduct an Edchat with teachers in Ames. This will be a great learning experience…
ITEC was just last week but I am just now posting my resources and reflection. As usual, ITEC was a great chance to learn and connect with other great educators from in and out of Iowa. There were a ton of great sessions and thanks to Twitter I was able to follow along with those…
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