Source: SheetHacks: Discover the best tips and tricks for Google Sheets and Excel. Sometimes, you don’t know the problem you are having until you see the solution. Using spreadsheets fall into this category. There are things that you don’t know are possible with a spreadsheet, so you never ask or search for them. That’s where…
Twitter, like most things in life, can be a good thing or bad thing. I’m going to focus on its strengths and the good things today as they pertain to using Twitter as a teacher. Personal learning network We have people in our buildings that are a good source of information and advice, but sometimes…
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Starting the school year is a chance to clear out the old and start fresh, along with making life easier for your students. Here are the 7 things to do to start the school year: Create a folder for the current school year (20-21) I always create a folder for the current school year, and…
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. There was a study done in the 50s that found out that rats left unaided in water will drown in a few minutes because they feel hopeless. However, if they know there is…
Source: Fake Tweet Generator – Generate convincing fake tweet images The Fake Tweet Generator lets you create graphics of Tweets. They look really, really, good, as you can see above. Fake tweets can be used in student projects to emphasis information from famous people or places. I would not recommend using it to create tweets…
Source: Games, Videos, and Books for Kids – Funbrain Funbrain is a free to use website with books, videos, and games available for students K-8. The activities are organized by grade level and activity. No registration is required to use the site, and each activity has it’s own web address, making it easy to share…
Getting started with blogging can be an intimating process. WordPress is the big dog when it comes to blogging, but setting it up for the first time is not as user friendly as I would like. You could try bloggin at Twitter or on Facebook, but that locks your content into their systems and limits…