Last week I attened the ITIP Ohio Google Summit. One of the sessions I attended was Getting Google-y in K-2 Reading presented by Jazmine Monroe and Becky McDonald. One of their examples was a Google Sheet that was formatting for Word Mapping, using conditional formatting to reflect correct and incorrect answers. I thought this was…
Jessica McCabe has chronicled her lifelong struggle with ADHD on her YouTube channel where she demonstrates the struggles of ADHD (neurodivergent) people and how neurotypicals can help. ADHD and neurodiversity Neurotypicals are those who’s brain functions at what society calls normal, while neurodiverse people are those whose brains work differently. ADHD is one of the…
I would like to thank our special guest author Kolt Buchenroth for his contribution today to Eduk8.me! He is currently the public relations manager for Kenton City Schools. No one likes preparing for the worst. But, you either do it or get left in the dust. I prefer to take advantage of the calm and do what I…
Source: Lineicons One of the benefits of using graphics in writing or other works is that they can help to convey a message or story more effectively. In some cases, graphics can be used as icons to help students with their school projects. Teachers can also point their students in the direction of free graphics…
Source: Openverse vioa cogdogblog.com/2021/12/photos-wordpress/ WordPress has a Creative Commons search for over 500 million different images. To start searching, you enter your search term and click Search. If you are looking for photos for which you can use commercially or modify or adapt, check those boxes before searching. After your search completes, you can click Filter to…
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh and early sound recordings enter public domain – The Verge This past January 1st some really big works entered the public domain, the biggest being the original Winnie The Pooh. When a piece of work enters the public domain, anyone is allowed to reproduce the work or remix the work into something new….
Source: Seterra Geography Games Seterra Geography Games is a great site for helping you teach geography. There are games and resources for all sorts of geography related lessons. Best of all, everything is free, including the iOS and Android apps. The site consists of online games, printables, and the ability to create your own quizzes….
Source: 404 Illustrations Since my artistic skills are lacking, I love it when I stumble upon free graphics that I can use. Although 404 Illustrations‘ goal is to provide graphics for 404 pages (those pages that come up when you try access a page that doesn’t exist) a lot of the graphics are generic enough that…
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has put over 700,000 digitised copies of its huge art collection online, and is making them available to reuse as public domain Source: Over 700,000 paintings from the Rijksmuseum online copyright free You need to create an account to download the high resolution jpgs, but without an account you can still right-click – save image…
Source: Demystifying Public Speaking by Lara Callender Hogan Lara Hogan’s Demystifying Public Speaking has been available as a physical book, and you can now read it for free online. I’ve done plenty of presentations in front of people, and after reading through this book, I realize what an amateur I’ve been. This book is chock…