While some outdated educators are hung up on making students sit, stare, and copy down their every word (by hand!), innovative educators know there is a better way. At this year’s #NYCSchoolsTech Summit teachers came together to learn about innovative ways to support teaching and learning but they weren’t focused on taking notes.
As it turns out, economists, chemists, aviators, and scuba divers use the Rule of Three (even Agatha Christie did when she wrote a series of plays entitled, The Rule of Three). Although it has not been labeled as the Rule of Three, great educators have used it in classrooms since Aristotle (ever heard of syllogisms?). So what is…
FlipQuiz is a free, online tool for creating Jeopardy style quizzes. Once you sign up, you can create boards for free and run them in your classroom. The tool is easier than trying to use presentation software or a spreadsheet. There are pro features available if you are interested in other features such as copying boards from others,…
Dropbox first teased Dropbox Paper back in August, and it has now been released for public use. I fired up the Dropbox website to try it out. To get started, click on the Paper link that shows on the left sidewhen logged into Dropbox, or visit https://paper.dropbox.com/. Your Dropbox Paper files are separate from your…
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, than an animated gif must be worth at least 5,000! Google Slides supports animated gifs, and it’s an easy way to liven up a presentation. Sure, you could insert a Youtube video, but sometimes that is just plain overkill. Unfortunately, you have no control over the gifs, and…
Why be like everyone else, edit the Google Slides master to create custom themes! Source: Google Slides: Edit the Slide Master – Teacher Tech Great tip about Google Fonts! And for another example of customizing, check out my post on making Google Slides your own.
