Get Out of the Classroom

Take your students on a virtual field trip. Virtual field trips are a great opportunity to explore places you can’t actually visit because of time, money, and location. Read Get Outta Class With Virtual Field Trips to learn the what and the why. The how is usually the hard part. The time it takes to create [...]

Keeping up is hard to do…

Whew! It’s hard to stay on top of what’s going on in the world of educational technology. My goal is to read alot and try a little. That way I’ll have a small idea about everything, but learn alot about one thing at a time.
Currently, I’m learning about blogging with elementary students. I visit Blogical [...]

unitedstreaming and you!

There are tons of ways to use unitedstreaming with students…from watching videos to fully integrated units. How have you used unitedstreaming so far this year? Even if just for yourself, share a comment, share a tip, share a secret. Let’s get it all out in the open.
I’ve been so excited to see that many elementary teachers [...]

Another week, another idea!

No doubt, you think about school over the weekends. All teachers do, and I’m no exception. This weekend I discovered a fifth grade blogging project called Bloglical Minds. This is one I’ll be watching to model after. I hope to have a SW fifth grade blog up and running this week.
There’s a wiki for kindergarten [...]