Resources for Teachers: SMORE
The SMORE site allows for teachers and students to make digital flyers for any topic under the sun! Although a great resource to use as a student, I don’t think I will be using this as a future...
View ArticleBest Places Presentation and Creating With the iPad
Here is a video my group in class made with iMovie. The activity was to find and research either the best place to live or a great place to visit. My group chose the latter and chose to research...
View ArticleFINAL, Best Web Tools for Teachers
From the Edudemic site, “The 35 Best Web 2.o Classroom Tools Chosen By You” provides a list of awesome tools to use in the classroom. Of this list, Edmodo caught my attention first. Learning about...
View ArticleFINAL, Semester Favorites
From the DED318 course, I have become well-aware of the many technological resources for teachers that are floating around the web and App Store. Personally, I believe iMovie, Animoto, Scratch,...
View ArticleFINAL, My Wow Moment this Semester
My “wow” moment of the semester occurred while our class was working on our Scratch projects. While learning about the program, the entire class was entirely engaged and silent, working hard and...
View ArticleReflection Week 14: 3 Steps to Start Learning How 2 Learn
From her blog, Langwitches, this blogger brings us “3 Steps to Start Learning How 2 Learn.” In the post, she explains that we live in an era of information overload. Managing the information we...
View ArticleReflection Week 14: Great Sites to Learn About Nelson Mandela
From the EdGalaxy blog comes the post “Great Sites to Learn About Nelson Mandela.” I believe as an educator, it is important to not only teach students about a particular focus, such as English or...
View ArticleReflection Week 15: Fragility
From the Practical Theory blog, the post “Fragility” speaks to the teacher around the holiday season. They state that although the season brings wonderful moods for many, some students experience...
View ArticleReflection Week 15: When You Forget What It’s Like Not to Understand English
“When You Forget What It’s Like Not to Understand English” blog post from the Year in the Life of an English Teacher site speaks to those teachers with ESL students in their classrooms…which, in any...
View ArticleAvoiding Death by PowerPoint
Death by PowerPoint is a sad way to go. Not only will students become bored and lose focus, no teacher wants to be known as “that teacher” who only reads off the slides. Delving deeper into the...
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