I’ve been to many conferences over the last twenty years. Mostly the speakers droned on about their topics, which were easily forgotten. Thinking back, only a few big ideas really stuck with me. These are three ideas I’ve come back to over and over again in my career. Source: The unforgettable lessons I’ve learned from 100…
Source: Curriculum Pathways® Crio™ Via: “Crio” Is Going To Become A Favorite Online Tool Of Many Teachers | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… Crio is a pretty impressive tool, and a lot to cover! Once you sign up with a free account, you can use the Crio editor to create a multimedia lesson. Lessons are published to the web,…
Classrooms around the world have been the equivalent of open offices almost since their inception. Is this the best way? Some new research shows that schools may want to think about how the classroom affects their students. Open offices are as bad as they seem—they reduce face-to-face time by 70%: Employees at two Fortune 500…
Source: Libib.com – Home library management web app Libib is an online catalog for books, movies, music, and video games. The free version allows you to catalog your media, while the Pro version ($75 a year for education) adds features such as lending. If you were struggling with keeping track of materials in your classroom you will…
In this article, we celebrate the folks still creating weird and wonderful forms of transportation. Most of these creations come with ways to make your own versions at home, though if you are a beginner, it might be worth brushing up on your electronics skills first! Source: 5 DIY Electric Vehicles You Can Build With Raspberry Pi…
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When the Montgomery bus boycott electrified the struggle against segregation, it was all recorded in appeals bonds, court motions and $10 fines. A forgotten trove has turned up in a courthouse vault. Source: Found: Rosa Parks’s Arrest Warrant, and More Traces of Civil Rights History – The New York Times What a great source of information…
Figuring out how to keep Google Drive organized seems to baffle many users. Here’s a handy infographic to remind you of some tips and techniques! Source: How do I Keep Google Drive Organized?!? I keep a folder for each school year. A couple of weeks ago I created the 18-19 folder and started using it for…
Share large files with a class using Instant.io. Source: Instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent Instant.io is a free website designed to make it easy to share large files. If you are a Google or Microsoft school, you could use Google Drive or OneDrive to share large files, but Instant.io is a different use case. Using Bittorrent technology, Instant.io uses…