Last week we explored Common Sense Media, a wonderful website, and resource for teachers and parents which addresses many concerns and interests related to popular media. This week we’ll be exploring Graphite, a service (from Common Sense Media) that assists educators in finding quality technology…
As an instructional technology coach, I often assist teachers and parents with many tough topics related to the use of technology in the classroom as well as at home. There are no easy answers about internet safety, copyright laws, and cyber-bullying, but there…
Effective Ways to Use Google Drive in Education If you haven’t used Google Drive to manage student work in the past Google is sure making it difficult to ignore in the future. Why not explore a few of these management tips before the…
Have you updated your Google Docs and Slides iOS apps? If you haven’t updated your iPad apps in the last week you need to jump on that now. I am pleased to rejoice with so many other educators in the updates that have…
Educational Technology & Mobile Learning Mobile devices offer some very unique learning opportunities that are often not tapped. Dr. Reshan Richards shares in his Edutopia blog post, The Qualitative Formative Assessment Toolkit: Document Learning with Mobile Technology, how to allow students to own…
What are infographics and Why should a teacher care ? Infographics are a fabulous fusion of information and graphics. They are typically pleasing to the eye, as opposed to a graph that is a more sterile representation of data. Infographics can be found…