What does it mean to “upgrade instruction”? When you upgrade software, you are uninstalling a previous version and replacing it with a new and improved version (Well, hopefully.…
We’ve all been there: You’re creating something to use with students, and you copy and paste from another document. Next thing you know, you have a chunk of…
Exciting news, educators! Canva has changed the way their educational plans work, and now it is super easy for any teacher to sign up for a FREE Canva…
A long-awaited feature previously only available with the Canvas app is now available for all users: Student Annotations! This feature allows teachers to create an assignment and have…
Tomorrow I will be presenting my philosophy when it comes to making technology choices in the classroom. This presentation is a part of the 2020 Utah Coalition of…
Are you a teacher worried about academic dishonesty on Canvas or about keeping parents happy? Or maybe a school or district administrator where Canvas is used? Save yourself…
Subscribe on the right to get 25+ Flipgrid ideas for FREE! Today I got was lucky enough to be a presenter at the 2020 Utah Coalition for Educational…
Whenever a new educational technology tool became the topic of conversation online or in my district, I would push aside the 170+ essays I had to grade in…
The writing process is a staple in most elementary and English language arts classrooms. A crucial component of the process is revision, revision, revision. But how hard is…
Our students are surrounded by aesthetic, visually stimulating content every day, and we also want to model how to be thoughtful creators of content. If you’ve ever read…
Get 25 Flipgrid Ideas for FREE by subscribing on the right! Tomorrow I have the pleasure of presenting to Utah English teachers at the 2019 conference for the…
Kids can be sneaky. If students spent half the time they do pulling odd tricks with their Chromebooks…they’d have lots of time for actual learning! Do you use…
As a middle school English teacher, I found myself getting stuck in the read-answer questions-review answers cycle. If I was bored, what were my poor students feeling? A…
It happened. An epiphany. A flipiphany if you will. This idea came to me as I was preparing teachers for their Google Certified Educator (Level 1) exam. I…
I bought my daughter’s Halloween costume two months ago. Two months early. That’s a record for me, considering I’m normally throwing up decorations only hours before the first trick-or-treaters…