Celebrate Kansas Voices, is about telling the stories of Kansas that normally wouldn’t be told or stories that aren’t the famous ones. I decided to do a family farm in Northwest Kansas, since agriculture is the backbone of Kansas’ economy. Agriculture is very near and dear to my heart. Growing up on a family farm […]
Explain Everything is a great app for teachers or students. It literally can do anything you would ever need to teach a lesson or make a project. You can draw on the screen, add your voice, add pictures from your iPad or even your own Photo Library and add videos. This is a great way to […]
I remember in high school doing portfolios for my English class, at the end of every quarter filling out roughly 20 pieces of paper. With having a class of 54 students, four times a year. My teaching had done that assignment for as long as I could remember. Instead of wasting all that paper, […]
Even though ugh this is for middle schoolers, I feel any middle schooler or high schooler could use these. Writing in general has slipped through the cracks, and I feel reviewing and helping students wouldn’t hurt. How to locate these excellent resources: -Open up your iTunes U app on your iPad […]
When choosing apps to do my digital storytelling over, I instantly liked Adobe Slate. Something about it caught my eye. It is very simple and easy to use, you can keep it as simple as you want or you can spruce it up as much you want. I wasn’t sure how to use it […]
I am such an anxious person. I freak out about everything way too far in advance. I’m a female so I feel like I can use that excuse. I am still 7 months away from student teaching and that is making me anxious to even think about it. The author of this post Diana made […]
How to get control of any classroom, classroom management is one of the hardest things even veteran teachers will have problems with. Classes from year to year will change, and never have the same type of class again. As becoming a future teacher, I am very worried about how I will manage my classroom. Michael, […]
Show Me is a great app for is you do a flipped classroom. But if a flipped classroom is not your speed, this would be great for teachers to send home extra help for their students. I used this for getting ready for upcoming tests as a study guide or cover material that I may not […]
Tech Edge in the Classroom focuses on several different apps for the iPad for your classroom in a variety of subjects. This is a great way for students or teachers to learn about apps they never would have thought about. Guy Trainin shows you how to use each app and what would be the best […]
When ever you read a title called “Ditch That Textbook” you become engaged pretty fast. Matt Miller had a good post about how each new school year you open new account to with your students. Good things you add a deposit and bad encounters you withdraw. It’s not really putting money in but it’s the […]