Writing stories in a text message format
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Writing stories in a text message format

The more time we spend on our phones, the more text messaging seems like a natural artistic medium, a modern outgrowth of the epistolary novel. You can see it in the fake text messageweb fiction genre, in games like Sarah is Missing… and in the silly quasi-interactive thriller that a smartphone writing app has somehow seduced me into creating….

Using project based learning to help student understanding

In learning, there may be no greater tool for students than hands-on experience. Consider a classroom of first-graders who were lead in an endeavor to raise trout eggs while understanding environmental impacts. Or a high-school biology teacher who had her students create a project on any system in the human body, with results that included everything…

Quizalize is another online formative assessment tool for your classroom

Quizalize is another online formative assessment tool for your classroom

Quizalize is another online formative assessment tool for your classroom. Quizalize is an online quiz and data management tool. There are 20,000 quizzes available, or you can create your own. Once the students have completed a quiz, Quizalize will display the students results, and put the students into groups based on their performance. For the free tier the…

Free lesson planner and planbook for teachers, commoncurriculum.com

Free lesson planner and planbook for teachers, commoncurriculum.com

Once you move to Cc you’ll never go back to paper lesson plans ever again. Cc’s flexible templates make adding standards, rearranging activities, and every other part of lesson planning efficient, powerful, and collaborative. Source: Planbook & Lesson Planner. Free for Teachers. Common Curriculum Common Curriculum is an online lesson framer that reminds me of Trello. There…

Integrating technology, not just using it

Integrating technology, not just using it

Using technology for learning makes sense. Technology creates access, transparency, and opportunity. Any smartphone or tablet is media incarnate–video, animation, eBooks, essays, blog posts, messages, music, games. The modalities of light, color, and sound all arranged just so to communicate a message or create an experience. But there is a difference, claims this graphic from teachbytes,…

Increasing critical thinking with technology

Increasing critical thinking with technology

In a world dominated by technology, a good education depends on digital know-how—in addition to problem solving, clear communication and organizational skills. Students need both digital and soft skills to guide them through college, into the workplace and beyond. In my five years on the job, here’s what I’ve learned about teaching a generation of…

Easily insert equations into Google Docs with the FMath Editor add-on

Easily insert equations into Google Docs with the FMath Editor add-on

Professional ‘Math Editor’ used to insert equations into documents. Source: ‘FMath Editor’ Docs add-on – Google Docs add-on Last week I wrote about Equatio, an add-on to insert mathematical expressions. FMath Editor is another option for entering math equations into documents. Once installed, you can build your equations from the tool on the right side…