This is part 1 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Why blog? There are several reasons to blog, but we seem to get caught up in the reasons to not blog. To overcome this friction, we have to not only see the benefits of blogging, but to also try to…
To be effective tinkerers, students need to achieve a state of mind in which they are primed to play and make joyful discoveries. Young kids who are playing don’t worry about making mistakes. They’re just playing, and the idea that they could make a mistake—that there’s a wrong way to play—doesn’t enter into their consciousness. It’s this freedom that…
Elementary classroom STEM challenges Twenty eight ideas for STEM activities in the elementary classroom. StoryBots Classroom is FREE for Teachers Videos, games and other activities for the PreK – 1 classroom. Introducing GSuite for Education Sites Google has modernized several features in the new GSuite Sites.
Does your classroom mirror the rectilinear seating arrangement popular in Sumerian classrooms, circa 2000 BCE? Or is your classroom seating flexible and tricked out with the IDEO designed Node Chair by Steelcase? What classroom design changes can you do on a budget that supports learning? Source: Tips for Creating Wow-Worthy Learning Spaces | Edutopia A…
Preschool, kindergarten, and pre-k teachers are using the StoryBots educational games and alphabet songs to make learning fun in classrooms around the world! Source: StoryBots Classroom: FREE for Teachers StoryBots is a collection of books, games, videos and more for the pre-K to 1st grade classrooms. The company behind StoryBots is JibJab, the 45 person…
In a PBL classroom, students do things. But what about the teacher? What do we need to be doing while the students are doing things? What does it look like when the teacher is a coach? Are we still doing things, and if so, what are they? In Making Space for Thinking, we made the…
Create anything in 3D with CoSpaces, share your creations with your friends or dive into them in virtual reality. Get started – it’s free and easy! Source: CoSpaces: Making space for imagination I played around with it, and it is really easy to create your own scenes. Such as this one: Sign up unfortunately requires…
Here is an amazing list of clever, unique and simple set up STEM challenges and lesson plans from other teachers. Source: 28 Awesome STEM Challenges for the Elementary Classroom – Teach Junkie What a great list of activities and lesson plans! I really like how they minimize tech and maximize making.
It took me a little bit to find it, but the new GSuite Sites now lives in Google Drive. From my brief look at it, GSuite Sites is a great leap from the Classic Sites. To get started, check out the following video.