PicMonkey is a great tool for free photo editing that doesn’t even require a login for students to use. I use this resource frequently for photo editing and creating graphics in my classroom. This year we focused on using dialogue to create powerful storytelling and we made comic strips using paper and colored pencils. I … More Create Comic Strips That Have Some BANG! WOW! POP!
Identifying my Problem Your first year of teaching brings many high points, but also many things you know you need to fix. One glaring problem I had this entire year was getting my students to turn in their reading logs as a piece of accountability for independent reading at home. It was difficult from the … More Problem of Practice
Having a creative outlet is a necessity for me. I have always needed a way to create or design something as a way to relax. My favorite medium to create is photography. It started with me getting a photographer’s assistant job at a local portrait studio in high school. I learned so much in my 4 … More Don’t Shutter at the Idea of Photography in the Classroom!
This year I was fortunate enough to not only attend the GREAT15 conference in Galway, Ireland, but I also was able to share some of my own research. A conference is held every year by the Masters of Educational Technology year 2 students from Michigan State University and this year it was titled GREAT15. GREAT15 … More Had a #GREAT15 Time Learning About Computational Thinking
On Labor Day weekend in 1995, Pierre Omidyar sat down and wrote the code for a new marketplace website. That website grew to become what we now know as eBay. Since the success of his online marketplace, Pierre has grown to be a huge philanthropist who focuses on giving opportunity in creating businesses to people … More “Everyone is Born Equally Capable but Lacks Equal Opportunity.” -Pierre Omidyar
Overview: This year I will begin my first year of teaching in a 6th grade classroom in Colorado. During my visit to my school I was given a tour around their school community garden. Every classroom in the building contributes to the garden and many classrooms tie curriculum content to it. I figure by the time … More Come on Get “Appy”: Making Android Apps in the Classroom
Photo from: http://picturespider.com/i-dj-image-slider.php Like most of us, when I hear remixing I think of the likes of DJ Jazzy Jeff, Grandmaster Flash, Jam Master Jay, and more. What would you think if I told you that teachers are remixers as well? Not in the way that DJ’s take music and overlap it together … More DJ Grace Schooling You on Remixing
As part of our course we are put into groups of two and are told to present on a chapter in our book “Words Onscreen” by Naomi S. Baron. Brianna and I were partnered together and presented on chapter three which is titled “tl;dr”. For those who are new to this lingo, like I was, … More Team Teaching Reflection: Chapter 3 tl;dr
Our first day of class had us focusing on chapters one through three in How People Learn. It began setting up a background for readers on the history of learning. A portion of the reading that most resided with me was the portion about pre-existing knowledge. I am going to be starting my first year … More How People Learn
Day two of class had us start by focusing on our personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. I was unfamiliar with the term previous to this course, but I now see the impact that my personal learning network has on my life. We used a great tool called Poppet to help us visualize how … More Profesional Learning Networks and their Importance
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