Word Clouds Revisited! 35+ Activities, Web Tools & Apps
“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.” – Maya Continue Reading
Emoji Get to Know You Activity
“Emoji and emoticons have developed to mean much more in language than the faces they represent.”- Lauren Collister (2015) For the past year, I’ve been Continue Reading
Flipping Instruction for Struggling Students
“The “Flipped Classroom” starts with one question: what is the best use of my face-to-face class time?” – Jonathan Bergmann We can flip the traditional model Continue Reading
Let's Get to Know You! 20+ Icebreakers for Kids
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” by Plato The beginning of the school year Continue Reading
Inspire with Poetry! 10+ Ideas & Resources
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost April is National Poetry month and the perfect Continue Reading
Digital Notetaking to Stimulate Their Minds
Enjoyed these resources? Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. I am not a teacher, but an awakener. – Continue Reading
Humor in the Classroom!
Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in Continue Reading
Spice Up That Lecture! 20+ Ideas & Resources
Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Undergraduate students taught by lectures are 1.5 times more likely to fail than those Continue Reading
6 Second Learning with Vine: 22+ Ideas & Resources
Part of the Byte-sized Potential and Mobile Learning categories The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera. – Yousuf Karsh Most of our students love Continue Reading
Colorful Learning with 20+ Web Tools & Apps
Included in the Effective Technology Integration category Drawing and coloring are great ways to get students to brainstorm about a topic, organize a group project, or contribute Continue Reading