Host a Classroom PowerPoint Party
Use PowerPoint Parties in your classroom to build community, practice persuasion skills, and encourage creativity!
Fun Friday
The Social Distancing Puzzles
Yesterday’s post, which was about finding creative ways to make Zoom (or any online conference) calls fun, was a nice lead-in today’s shared activity. Eric Berlin, puzzlemaker extraordinaire, (see my Puzzlesnacks post for more info) came up with an ingenious idea that adds a twist to social distancing while earning money for charity. When you … Read more
Punny Literary Pet Names
Coming back to posting on a regular basis means that I am restarting my “Phun Phriday” posts, which are silly-and-not-necessarily-educational-but-they-could-be things that I’ve found on the web. I curate these in a private Flipboard magazine that I turn to whenever I need a laugh. Today’s entry comes from McSweeney’s. It’s an article called, “Literary Pet Names … Read more
A Man and His Dogs
It’s Phun Phriday, and I wanted to share this heartwarming video of a man who is on a mission. We need more stories like this every day.
The Rubik’s Cube Revolution
I have a private magazine on Flipboard where I save all of the weird things that might make future Phun Phriday posts. When I see a few that seem to fit a theme, I curate them for you. They are not necessarily educational – just random stories that catch my eye. It’s a mystery to … Read more
Amazing Domino Rainbow Spiral
Happy Phun Phriday! I bookmarked this a long time ago, and just re-discovered it. For those of you new to the blog, I like to share random things on Fridays that usually have very little to do with education. I suppose you could have your students do some math with this – or you can … Read more