Came across two resources I plan on taking advantage of this summer. Abbreviated as mine might be, I am COVETING the 5 weeks I have off to refresh, renew, reinvigorate my passion in what I do. The first, this blog post by Angela Watson, (whom I feel very honored to call an IRL BFF, […]
Go grab an iPad, use iMovie, and make one of these! What a GIFT this will be to you on down the line! say cheese, Amber
Enlighten us but make it quick. That’s the moto of Ignite Speeches. http://igniteshow.com/ I have been seriously impressed with this format of giving a speech. 20 slides, 15 seconds each, 5 minutes long. Give your students a DAY to make this happen over a concept you have taught this year. Record it, save it as your intro
This post is cross posted from Connected Principals. I met with a colleague yesterday to discuss our upcoming presentation for the Texas ASCD #Ignite13 on leveraging social media as an administrator for your staff, students, and families. He is a secondary principal who has recently been promoted to an area director in our district, so I
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This assignment has been beaten into the ground but it’s still pretty cool. There are a lot of blank Facebook templates out there but this one seems all consuming. This is a great assignment for students because they can relate to it and it gets you what you want. Here is a Facebook Assignment page that has
Printable Template for Pinterest Board A social media blast! Use the Pinterest template to post your students favorite thing about school! pin worthy, Amber
Thought about creating a class book? It’s an old stand-by activity in primary classrooms – the class book. If you’re a primary teacher, you’ve probably done this many times: all students contribute a page, staple it together with a cover, and display it on the class bookshelf. It’s a great activity for encouraging young writers,
Played with Paranormal? Xtranormal turns type (or text) into speech. Students create a monologue or incorporate a dialogue between characters to explain various concepts. Students can retell main parts of a book, report on a historical event, or explain steps in a math problem. View a language arts example used for Erin Klein’s reading intervention class or a
Take a virtual field trip! Here are 5 great ones…and a link to 5 more! 1. Arctic Adventure Free to the entire K-12 community, this programming uses the allure of Arctic dogsled expeditions and Arctic research as the vehicle through which K-12 teachers and students gain an understanding of natural and social sciences while they experience
How great would this be to create about your subject, grade level, a specials teacher, etc? A great closing activity! I used to have my students FILL an 8 1/2 sheet of copy paper full of all the things we’d learned cumulatively from the past year. they could use their books, their journals, etc. I’d