Let’s face it, none of us became teachers thinking we’d be where we are today—buckled up on a virtual learning rollercoaster. Education is changing quickly, and our classrooms look very different than they did last Spring—and still different from...
My digital resources all come in one unit-long file. It’s a lot easier to have entire units organized into one Google Slides file, but there’s definitely situations where you’ll want a file of a single day or weekly lesson...
My first experience recording writing lessons was during a “flipped classroom” trial. It didn’t quite work out having students watch lessons at home then, but I found that it was very powerful to continue recording my lessons in...
Teaching writing with 1:1 devices doesn’t have to be scary. In fact, it’s a great way to have examples and directions right at your students’ fingertips! The first year that our 1:1 iPads were released, I taught primarily reading...
I’m always looking for ways to incorporate relevant technology into my classroom. Pinterest has been an obsession of mine for a while, but I never thought about using it in the classroom until a sixth grade student of mine told me that she...