Here are more amazing blog posts from this past week:
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UCLA-led team of scientists discovers why we need sleep – UCLA College
Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals.
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Getting Started with Teaching with Minecraft on the Chromebook – Google Slides
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Spoon-feeding students vs. whetting their appetite for learning
The United States may have seen a rockier transition to online learning because its teachers had less first-hand experience with it. While 95% of teachers in Korea and China had learned online in their own professional development, only half of Amer…
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Delaying the Grade: How to Get Students to Read Feedback | Cult of Pedagogy
I have a confession to make: I am terrible at handing back papers. That sounds silly, right? I mean, you literally just hand the paper to the kid whose name is at the top. But teachers everywhere know how disheartening that small act can be. (It can…
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How to plan open and distance learning (an introductory guide)
With the uncertainty of COVID-19, teachers and administrators have grappled with how to plan open and distance learning. Fortunately, we’re here to help you with the process. We briefly looked at open and distance learning in one of our previous pos…
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Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The Extraordinary Longevity of Wildfire Smoke
One of the most amazing aspects of this event is the staying power and long-range transport of wildfire smoke. A view of the eastern Pacific shows bands of smoke pulled offshore from the West Coast, swirling and moving around for many days (see pict…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Blurred Backgrounds and Custom Grids in Google Meet
Yesterday, I shared news about a new teacher control in Google Meet. Today, there are two more new Google Meet features to note.
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: The Escape Classroom
The Escape Classroom is an innovative site where educators can find excited workshops for their students. These workshops workshops are designed for K-12 and can be used/customized for any curriculum.
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To Boost Higher-Order Thinking, Try Curation | Cult of Pedagogy
If no one has ever encouraged, pushed, or insisted that you build more higher-order thinking into your students’ learning, it’s possible you’ve been teaching in a cave. Higher-level thinking has been a core value of educators for decades. We learned…
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Students most effectively learn math working on problems that they enjoy, not drills or exercises
Stanford Professor Jo Boaler finds that children who excel in math learn to develop “number sense,” which is much different from the memorization that is often stressed in school.
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Classkick How to Get Started #2 – Your First Success! – YouTube
Thanks for watching! You can find us on the web at Classkick.com, or in the Apple App Store. How To Get Started Playlist: … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S0xltBnGzk&list=PL
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G Suite Updates Blog: See up to 49 people, including yourself, in Google Meet
In addition, we’ve added the ability to see yourself as a tile on the call. When you hover over your thumbnail in the top right corner, you’ll now see the option to add or remove yourself from the grid. These changes are only visible to you.
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Creating a Welcome Virtual Classroom Environment – Mari Venturino
Back to school looked and felt a little different this year. The usual hustle and bustle of a new school year was replaced by worry over how to best create a welcoming and productive classroom for my students–100% online.
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5 Models for Making the Most Out of Hybrid Learning – John Spencer
In the 1960’s, cities built multipurpose stadiums for football games, baseball games, and concerts. These were supposed to be sleek, modern, and broad enough to encompass the needs of every entertainment industry. They were designed to be all things…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Google Adds Another Control for Teachers Using Google Meet
Eleven days ago Google announced the launch of new Google Meet controls for teachers. Those new controls were the ability to specify who can or cannot share screens in a Google Meet meeting. This week Google announced the launch of another meeting c…
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Gaming fosters social connection at a time of physical distance
As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, many of us feel we have no voice, no ability to affect change. There is nothing we can really do other than try to “flatten the curve”.
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Automagically PDF Worksheet to Google Form – Teacher Tech
Upgrade your PDF by making it a Google Form. Former math teacher John McGowan, the creator of g(Math), EquatIO, Form Creator and more has developed a Drive Add-on Automagical Forms on to take your PDF and turn it into a Google Form!! THIS WILL SAVE …
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Debunking A Few Myths On Online Learning
Last week, in one of my articles, a reader commented that online learning basically consisted of “recorded videos and a web with tutorials and examples”.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Three Good Resources for Teaching Fact vs. Opinion
This afternoon I was talking with a few of my students about TikTok and its new relationship with Oracle. The course of that conversation brought up a lot of “I’ve heard X” and “I’ve read X” statements from my students regarding news about TikTok.
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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation |
In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement.
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Custom Text with Bitmoji – Teacher Tech
I am a big fan of adding Bitmoji to all of my digital materials because it allows me to add ME to the materials. This way students feel their teacher is giving the directions rather than just a cold page of text. If you have not already made a Bitmo…
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4 Ways to Increase Engagement in Distance Learning (and In Person) – KATIE MARTIN
I participated in a distance learning institute recently where over 500 educators were asked how they measured engagement.
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G Suite Updates Blog: More Google Meet participant controls for education meetings
Manage meeting attendees To control access to their meetings, hosts can turn “Quick access” on or off. By default, this setting will be on. When “Quick access” is on: Participants in the same domain as the host do not need to knock to request to joi…
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create and Use a Digital Sign-out Sheet in Google Classroom
In the past, I’ve always been fortunate that I didn’t have “wanderers” who signed-out for the bathroom and never re-appeared. That’s largely due to the fact that my classes are electives that kids choose to attend to begin with.
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GeekDad Daily Deal: Ninja Dragon Stealth 7 – GeekDad
Chris Spires, Doug Smidebush, Lior Keinan, Kelvin Nduka, Thad Standley, Nolan Zak, Adam Franks, Stephen Brown, Loren Roberts, Matt and Nykki Boersma, Tom Morgan, Jack Everitt, John Kovalic, Seiler Hagan, Jess Hart, Will James, Christopher M. Kelly, …
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A Principal’s Reflections: Empathetic Remote and Hybrid Learning
As almost all schools across the globe are back in session in some form or another, many have decided to begin the year remotely with the hopes that COVID-19 cases will subside in the coming months. Others have started the year with some sort of hyb…
