I’ve been using Twitter for years for everything from keeping in touch with colleagues to sharing professional development and curriculum materials with other teachers. In the years since I’ve joined, I often first learn about current events from Twitter (@BreakingNews…
Category: Teaching with Digital Tools
Best Educational Apps from Thinkfinity
It’s the gift-giving time of year, and if you’re giving someone an iPad, you can start getting it ready with these great apps for children, teens, and teachers. Download Reading and Writing Apps Word Mover App Take poetry on the…
Connecting with Connected Learning
I’ve had about four hours so far to wrap my head around the buzz about Connected Learning. That’s how long it’s been since the Teachers Teaching Teachers webcast I attended this evening. (I’ll add a link to the archived show…
Activities for Interactive Whiteboards
Interactive whiteboard redefine hands-on activity in the classroom, as students manipulate information on a giant digital display. They also bring teachers a new challenge: what activities can you use to make the most of this new technology? Teachers on the…
Teaching Students About Headlines, Titles, and Subject Lines
This classroom activity shows students how to write a strong headline, title, or subject line by using Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop site to find attention-grabbing blog titles.
Companies Are Breaking the Rules on Google+
This afternoon, Jeff Naslund posted a list of news companies that have added a presence on Google+. Everyone is getting on board. From NPR to Al Jazeera, everyone has created a Google+ profile. Now setting up a profile for a…
Writing with Wordle
You probably would have guessed that raven was one of the most frequently used words in Poe’s “The Raven,” but the Wordle word cloud on the right makes the impact of that word visually obvious. Wordle is a free tool…
Writing Effective Titles for Your Blog Entries
How do you write a title that makes people want to read your text? That was one of the major lessons of Chris Pirillo University (CPU): Writing for Google, an online seminar I attended last month. The on-demand version of…
Bit.ly Bundles Simplify Sharing Links with Students
Bit.ly Bundles are about to simplify the way you share links with students and colleagues. Take any collection of links you want to pass along, and with Bit.ly Bundles you can share just one short web address. You’ll no longer…
Trying Out Some Tasty Blackbird Pie
I immediately liked the name of the new WordPress plug-in, Blackbird Pie. The nursery rhyme popped right into my head: Four and Twenty Black Birds, Baked in a Pie. The plug-in makes this, essentially a jazzy block quotation: [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/tengrrl/status/1348769496965120″]…