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.
There’s new evidence that excessive screen time early in life can change the circuits in a growing brain. Scientists disagree, though, about whether those changes are helpful, or just cause problems. Both views emerged during the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego this week. Source: TV And Videogames Rewire Young Brains, For Better And Worse…
drumbit is an online drum machine that works without a log in. Using the drum machine is pretty simple. Click in the beat where you want an instrument to play. Clicking on the play button will play your masterpiece. Your sets can be saved, and the sequence can be downloaded as a .wav file to be…
…a year ago we called for better methods for evaluating educational apps to help states, districts and schools have more transparency into what technology was really making a difference for teaching and learning. The need to make good decisions based on evidence, as opposed to relying on marketing hype or the buzz among a small…
Hour of Code is a global event which aims to pull back the curtain on technology and give students a chance to see what coding (programming) is like. There are over 200 activites and lesson plans encompassing students from pre-readers up to high school. The search activities page has a set of categories so you can search for exactly…
Google Classroom How to invite parents Some tips on inviting guardians to your Google Classroom. How to use Google Cast for Education Wirelessly share your projector with your students with Google Cast. Managing your email effectively – your inbox is not an organizational tool Email isn’t that bad, especially if you have a workflow to…