UPDATE 10/16/2020: If you want to add a Screencastify video to Google Slides, be sure to look at this post from Eric Curts for tips on how to use the Add-On! Many teachers have become familiar with with screen recording tools, such as Screencastify, in the last 6 months. Of course, the main way Screencastify … Read more
Today I am posting about a product that technically would never had made it on this blog if I didn’t break some rules sometimes. First of all, it’s a tool for making worksheets. Yuck. I know worksheets are a necessary evil sometimes, but they are way, way overused to give students busy work. Secondly, to … Read more
UPDATE 7/23/20 – Here is a link to a guide for Stamped. Also, find out more about author Jason Reynolds in this blog post. For this week’s post dedicated to sharing anti-racist resources, I am giving you the link to a digital Reader’s Notebook that was tweeted out by Pernille Ripp (@PernilleRipp) today. This is … Read more
UPDATE 9/29/2020: Here is a link to a post with a Google Slides Template for online learning using this routine. The post also includes a link to a post by Dr. Catlin Tucker with 5 other Thinking Routine Templates. “Peel the Fruit” is a Visible Thinking Routine from Project Zero. I have mentioned some of … Read more
In an effort to encourage people from other countries to also contribute to our COVID-19 Diary from Kids Around the World, I have added a Google Translate button to this site. In addition, I have added Spanish instructions to the slide show. Since I used Google Translate to interpret my instructions, I hope that someone … Read more
I’ve noticed that a popular activity during our COVID-19 pandemic right now is scavenger hunts. My favorite scavenger hunt app is Goosechase, which I wrote about in January of this year. Although I don’t currently have students, I immediately thought of this app when pondering how I would engage my students during online learning. I … Read more