I think that my brain naturally looks for trends. Whether it’s on social media, in Flipboard magazine articles, or at education conferences, if I’ve heard about something more than a few times, my brain starts alerting me that I should try something new, already! Newsela is one of those tools that kept turning up in educational discussions, … Read more
Kahoot has become a popular informal assessment for the classroom. But it does not always need to be used in this way. The Kahoot blog recently offered some more suggestions for implementing Kahoot with your students. Check out this article to see additional creative ideas for integrating Kahoot.
Raise your hand if you teach in a portable. Why aren’t you raising your hand? Oh, you can’t hear me. WHY CAN’T YOU HEAR ME? Oh yes, because of the deafening roar of the air conditioner, which will sooner or later be replaced by the deafening roar of the heater. No problem. I can talk … Read more
Kahoot is a fun student response site that can be used with any device. I don’t employ it very often because the nature of my gifted classes doesn’t really allow for many multiple choice questions. Yesterday, though, I decided to see how my first graders would respond to a Kahoot geography quiz. They have been … Read more
I was feeling pretty clever. As most of you know, that is never a good sign. My creative, engaging activity for the day turned out to be one of those lessons that makes a teacher ask the dreaded question, “Should I continue this fiasco or give up and find a video?” The concept was simple: I … Read more
A few weeks ago, a few of the teachers in our district participated in a Twitter Chat. The topic was to S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Education. You can read more about the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. chat here. After the chat, a few of the GT teachers suggested that it might be fun to try doing the same chat with our students. … Read more