DirecTV Goes To School

If you are interested in having local and educational programming at your school from DirecTV, head over to the following website!

http://directvgoestoschool.com/

They will send a dish, one DVR, and 2-3 receivers for free to use in classrooms.  You can set it up yourself if you're handy or find an installer for around $150.  The actual programming is available on the website and is named SCHOOL CHOICE.  Check it out!

Learnstorm 2016

My students are loving Learnstorm! They are watching the tutoring videos to learn things that i haven't taught them yet. They are feeling very impowered to help them selves with learning.

Break Out EDU

Classroom escape games that can be used to build community or support content in the classroom. Tried and tested by yours truly, the puzzles are AWESOME! Check out their Facebook page or website www.breakoutedu.com for the kit and puzzles. Kit includes wooden lock box and various types of locks. You can chose from pre-made puzzles or make your own. Ages 5-18!

Robert has a kit already so if you want to try this in your classroom, get in touch with him!

Checking grammer

Grammarly is a great way to correct your grammar whenever you are writing on-line. Grammarly is free, but you can also upgrade for a fee. It also gives you weekly updates on your grammar, which includes new words used along with your mistakes and unusual words.


https://www.grammarly.com/1

Bedtime Math

Many parents read bedtime stories to their children.  This is, of course, wonderful.  But those of us who love math think it should get equal time at bedtime.  So, read Bedtime Math stories.  Apps available for iOS and Android.  Put the app on the phone and read to children before bed.  Then there are 3 levels of questions.

Toodledo!

Not totally Ed related but in terms of management of to do items, Toodledo is very adept at organizing them.  You can sort things which must be done by context, due date, and priority.  You can even set it up to send an email (try siri!) by cell to add an item immediately.  Check it out online at toodledo.com or download the app to sync throughout all of your devices.

Google Form Quizzes: UPDATED RESULTS

We all have heard of making quizzes on Google Forms but have you done it recently?!?!?!

The results have tons of new options which make results easier to use and analyze.

If you have not made a quiz (multiple choice, checkboxes, short answer, paragraph answer, sliding scale, etc.)  do it now and then see how easy it is to analyze student responses. I personally used them for formative or summative but also as a great pre-unit/start of year ordeal to gain intel on what the students are interested in or already know!

check it out!

Digital Learning Day on February 17th

On February 17th, #DLDay is happening across the nation. Lots of events can be found here and you can add your classroom/school activities as well! At the least, you can follow the hashtag on Twitter on 2/17 and see the various things that educators share!

Check out the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for differentiation in math class.  You can search by type and grade level spans for appropriateness and allow students to select what makes sense for them.  Downside- they do NOT work on the Chrome browser.

Mergy for Compiling Documents

Check out Mergy as a chrome add-on as a way to compile multiple documents into one pdf.  This is helpful if you want to print all your students' essays at one time from Google Docs or Google Classroom.