6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2022
…on this site—they seem to be adding new materials all the time! https://youtu.be/OuMXrf_qivY 6. Skew the Script skewthescript.org The creators of this site are a group of math teachers who were tired of seeing their students drag themselves through contrived, irrelevant math problems. They wanted to write math problems that students actually cared about. With that in mind, Skew the Script was born, a site offering completely free, socially relevant math lessons for Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and AP Statistics. There are lessons on lighter topics like sports, fast food, and pop culture, along with others on more serious issues…
Read MoreClassroom Management: 4 Keys to Starting the Year off Right
…Too much gray area. But that’s because I didn’t understand how to effectively implement a simple list of rules. Now I do, and I’m going to get into that in Key 2. But first, the consequences. Classroom Consequences To accompany the simple list of classroom rules, Linsin recommends a short sequence of consequences for breaking the rules: Warning Time-out Letter home Linsin acknowledges that these rules and consequences are pretty standard, and he does not insist that all teachers stick to his specific choices. “There is no magic in the rules and consequences themselves,” he says. “It’s how you present…
Read MoreCommonLit: An Online Library of Free Texts
…looks like a great source for informational text to use in English class, texts that can support other subject areas. JoAnna This is fantastic! I have just become my district’s asst. Director of digital learning and after I explore this a little, I will be sharing it with everyone! It sounds fantastic for a free resource! Jen This looks like a fantastic site for practice, but do you know of any other free sites that would have mini lessons to pair with the passages and questions? I’m an online teacher, so mini lessons would be helpful to present before assigning…
Read MoreHow to Support This Site
If you are enjoying the site and would like to see it continue to grow and flourish, here are a few ways you can help me make that happen: Shop at Amazon from Here Occasionally, I will mention or review a book or product that is sold on Amazon. If you want to buy it, click on one of the many links to Amazon that are embedded in that particular post. Once you’re there, our site will receive a small commission on any purchase you make on that visit to Amazon. Get that? You don’t even have to buy the…
Read MoreA Collection of Resources for Teaching Social Justice
…the comments and contributions of everyone who visits my site, and the concerns about the ADL outside of the context of their social justice curriculum have been voiced here. I do not wish to open up the floor for any kind of back-and-forth debate on the Israel/Palestine issue; this is way too complex of a problem to be handled on the pages of a teaching website. I still feel that the ADL’s social justice materials are exceptionally good, and because they make no mention of the Israel/Palestine conflict, I believe teachers can make up their own minds about whether to…
Read MoreProject Based Learning: Start Here
…and profiling schools that are implementing it in exemplary ways. Start exploring Edutopia’s PBL collection now. New Tech Network New Tech is a network of around 175 U.S. and Australian schools whose curriculum is built primarily on project based learning. Nearly every video I’ve seen of PBL in action happens to be filmed at a New Tech school, and they’re all impressive. Visiting their site will give a PBL newbie lots of opportunities to see this practice in action. To learn more, visit their website, or watch a few videos showcasing the best projects New Tech students have done. What…
Read MoreEpisode 58: Six Learning Strategies You MUST Share with Your Students
…are still only circulating that information within academia. And so it’s not reaching practitioners, and it’s not reaching sort of your average person who’s just looking for information online. It’s locked in JSTOR, and it’s locked in, and it’s also not very digestible. And so this model that you all have, I think it’s something that so many people in higher education could be doing with whatever it is they’re learning, they could be translating that for, you know, mass consumption. So it’s an exciting site. And one of the things that you all share on the site are these…
Read MoreTips for Starting a Podcast
…to my online calendar, then they sign up for a time, I get a notification, and it appears in my Google Calendar. Part 4: Other Bits and Pieces Podcast website: Your podcast will reach a lot more listeners if you set up a dedicated website or web page for it. This would be another place to find the episodes apart from the directories and apps. My host, Libsyn, offers a kind of website for this purpose, but I had a lot of trouble getting mine to look the way I wanted, so I just created a page on my website…
Read MoreBoomWriter: A Fun Twist on Collaborative Writing
Gerard Dawson A very cool tool, Jen. I’ve had students submit part of their writing in Socrative, then up vote their favorites. This seems like a more seamless way to do that. Chandra This sounds like a great site. I’m groaning inwardly about the site missing Google Drive. I’d like my students to share their writing on KidBlog (embedded writing with Google Drive) or add their writing to their Digital Portfolio. I’m going to still check out the site, though; it sounds pretty awesome! Shayne An interesting twist on the exquisite corpse concept. We do this with art, too. Thanks…
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