Teacher Reboot Camp

On Saturday, April 20th, I participated with over 10 presenters worldwide in an online Teach Meet! The presentations were only 3 minutes but filled with great ideas. In case you missed this fabulous event you can find the slides and bookmarked resources on my PearlTrees that is embedded below. Find a list of their presentations, resources, materials, and a Twitter list to follow these fabulous folks, and so much more. TeachMeet Intl 2013 in TeachMeet International 2012 / Integrating the Web Some Topics Covered Etwinning Using Concept Maps with Learners Edmodo projects Classroom Games Extensive Reading Epublishing with students Mentoring Teachers Using Wordle with Kindergarten Students Colours without Borders Project Using photo slide shows Students and entrepreneurship Important Resources The various slide presentations TeachMeet Twitterlist The TeachMeet International Website and the Wiki where you will find the recordings Challenge: Use one of these ideas in your classes! If you enjoyed this post, you may want tosubscribe for FREE to receive regular updates! Read full article »

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Going to IATEFL? 10+ Resources to Digitally Enrich the Experience

Part of Upcoming Events The IATEFL Conference officially begins today. I am happy to be one of many official bloggers for the event. Additionally, I will be conducting a workshop about the successful integration of Bring Your Own Devices: Time: Wed., April 10th, 11:40:00 AM - 12:25:00 PM, Hall 11c Description: Transforming Trends: Effective Integration of Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT/ BYOD) How do we Read full article »

BYOT: No Internet Access, No Problem

Part of the Mobile Learning Series! "The principle goal of education in schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done." ~ Jean Piaget I have been traveling throughout Slovenia and Croatia for the past month training teachers in integrating Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) effectively with their classes. I was Read full article »

10+ Free Learning Online Events for Educators in April

Part of Upcoming Events For the next month, I will be participating in many free online events that are really worth checking out. Anyone can view these events live and participate via an online chat, webcam, mic, and more. You will watch live presentations from teachers worldwide on various educational technology projects and in many cases you can receive a certificate of Read full article »

Let’s Brainstorm with Mobile Devices! 15+ Free Apps for IOS/Android

Part of the Mobile Learning Series! "You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere." - Lee Iacocca quotes Brainstorming is an important process for any subject and helps improve writing, organizer group ideas, inspires discussion, and provides a roadmap for projects. When brainstorming is combined with sketching, drawing, and graphic organizers it Read full article »

20+ Storybook Creation Tools and Apps

Part of the Cool Sites series! “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” ~ Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind We learn through the process of storytelling. Stories give learners a context for knowledge gained and a way to Read full article »

15+ Apps & Activities for Valentine’s Day

Part of the Mobile Learning series! Valentine's day is when we show our friends, family, and the people important in our lives how much we care about them. This holiday is a great time for teachers to help inspire their learners to show those they care about how much they mean to them. We should always take the time in classrooms Read full article »

Why the PopuLLar Project is Popular with Teens

What’s great about the PopuLLar project and how can you and your students get involved? It’s a project that is 'Owned' by the students who work autonomously and collaboratively; teachers are facilitators and guides to the project process. It uses the students own love of music as the motivator and we know teenagers love their music. Their music is personal and an Read full article »

Free StoryTelling Online Conference

Part of Upcoming Events On February 9th & 10th, I will be conducting the closing keynote through a Webinar, Sharing Stories: Powerful Lessons in Language Learning, for you to attend live for free. This will be for the Online Story Sharing Conference which features 20+ speakers worldwide. Check out some of them in the video below. Catch the livestream here on both days free Read full article »

10 Ways to Use Lucidchart Online Graphic Organizers in the Classroom

Post from guest blogger, Brad Hanks. Note: All views expressed and resources shared by this blogger are not necessarily supported or endorsed by Teacher Reboot Camp. Part of the Cool Sites series! Lucidchart is the best free learning tool you’ve never heard of. It’s an online diagramming tool that’s easy to use and supported by a for-profit company, so you don’t Read full article »