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Teaching the Emoji Generation: 12+ Activities & Resources
Enjoyed these ideas? Get your copy of Learning to Go and The 30 Goals for Teachers. “Although an emoticon may look like a smile, a frown or any number of facial expressions, it doesn’t represent a...
View Article20+ Incredible Digital Research Apps
“Technology is enabling our need to be mobile. We want to ensure that learning matches our lifestyle.”- Tony Bingham Our learners live in a connected world and daily use their devices to learn about...
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10+ Halloween Apps to Spook The Learning Out of ‘Em
“There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.” – Sidney Sheldon, Are You Afraid of the Dark? Halloween is one of the most fun holidays. Kids love the spooky...
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The 7 C’s of Meaningful Learning Begin with Citizenship
ICEIndiana 2015 Keynote Selfie Shelly Sanchez Terrell “Literacy has always been defined by the technology. Before the printing press, your ability to orally recite something meant [you were] literate.”...
View ArticleSTEAM It Up with the 8 C’s! 50+ Ideas & Resources
“The reason why young people are getting into things isn’t because they want to make a lot of money, but because they want to solve really big problems.”- Noor Siddiqui, female CEO of Remedy Recently,...
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4 Infographics to Transform Your Teaching in 2016
Part of the Effective Technology Integration Category I often create infographics to help inspire teachers to try new ways to integrate technology or share ideas. Below are 4 infographics I created to...
View ArticleComics for Engaging Students! 24+ Resources & Ideas
“At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read.” – Nicolas Cage Today, I will be conducting a webinar, Teaching with Comics, for Simple K12. I wanted to share...
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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 studying how learners use emoticons, emoji, and...
View ArticlePair Activities with Mobile Devices
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” – Henry Ford Our learners love their mobile devices. However, many of our learners rarely use their...
View ArticleGet Learners Moving With Mobile Devices
“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” – John Holt Unlike many other technologies, mobile devices can support physical health along with...
View ArticleAugmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Wearables for Learning! Oh My!
“The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.” – Anatole France Students can experience new cultures,...
View ArticleLearn With QR Codes! 22+ Apps, Web Tools and Activities
“The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.” – Anatole France QR codes, Quick Response barcodes, inspire...
View ArticleVisualize Learning with Photo Challenges and Projects
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” – Marc Riboud Learners of all ages love taking pictures, especially with their phones. Learners can use these photos in...
View Article20+ Apps Your Students Will Scream About This Halloween!
“Where there is no imagination there is no horror.” – Arthur Conan Doyle Halloween is a fun holiday and even though not all kids celebrate they do enjoy themes involving monsters, wizards, zombies, and...
View Article15 Ideas and Tons of Resources to Try with Learners in 2017
“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” ~ Bill Gates Throughout the year, I’ve shared many activities and...
View Article30+ Web Tools, Apps, and Resources to Engage With Humor
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. – Dr. Seuss April Fool’s Day is coming! Now is a great time to engage your learners with humor. Humor makes...
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Students Learning by Creating Digital Gifts
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element...
View ArticleOffline Activities with Mobile Devices
“You can see an evident shift from formal curriculum-based learning to informal just-in-time learning, and this is just the beginning!” ~ Pooja Jaisingh Integrating technology in the classroom does not...
View ArticleSelfie Activities to Inspire Reflection on Digital Identity
“The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.” – John Naisbitt Taking selfies has become a...
View ArticleDIY Video Lesson to Illustrate Process Analysis
My students learn nine different types of essay forms in one semester. Instead, of getting them to write essays for each form, I try to introduce them to types of writing activities we do now, which...
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