Empatico is a new site that is being developed to match students with other classrooms around the world. Because the site is beta testing, you will need to give them your contact information in order to gain early access (expected launch in September, 2017). It is designed for students 8-10 years old, and includes two … Read more
If you teach older students who have their own phones, this might be a fun idea for an impromptu writing prompt. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has decided to make more of its artwork available to the public by digitizing it and allowing us to text requests. Only 5% of its entire collection … Read more
UPDATE 3/26/2020: If the website below does not work for you, try this one instead. myRebus is a fun tool that teachers can use to create picture sentences for students to solve. For example, I made the one below for the students who signed up for my summer Google Classroom. Can you tell what it … Read more
When introducing Design Thinking to children, it’s important to include the “empathy” part of the process. Sometimes, it is easier for students to practice this with fictional characters before they begin applying it to real people. I’ve curated a collection of both free (green) and paid (purple) resources that offer character cards you can print … Read more
Storybooth is a website that gives students voice in a unique way. Students who are registered can record stories and submit them. The Storybooth team chooses submissions to animate and produce as videos with the original narration on the site. It reminds me a bit of the StoryCorps animated videos – just designed for a … Read more
Teachers talk too much. Even though I am aware of that, I still find myself speaking more than I should in the classroom. I think that I am better than I was 20-something years ago when I first started teaching – but I definitely want to improve in this area. The great Simon Sinek (author, … Read more