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Are you looking to add a little pizazz to your content? Perhaps you're looking to break up chunks of information or make your materials more visually...
Icons are great tools to help make your content visual and easier to read and understand. Flaticon is an excellent source for free icons and...
Brenny Kummer, Coordinator of Instructional Technology at Batholomew Consolidated School Corporation, leads the discussion on utilizing Universal...
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to teaching and learning that gives all students equal opportunity to succeed. The goal of UDL is...
Do you struggle with analyzing your data in a Google Sheet? Meet your new best friend in Sheets— the Explore Tool! This handy feature can help you...
Check out this great resource, provided by Brenny Kummer, about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning.After viewing,...
Do you have a Google Form that has a lot of data? Sometimes viewing data and Form responses can be difficult. Luckily, any Google Form can be linked...
Read&Write is a Chrome extension that will boost reading and writing confidence across all content and devices, in class, at work, and home!Check out...
Are you a part of the Twitter craze? Twitter is an amazing platform for anyone in the education world. Check out this resource to find 40+...
Are you looking for a platform for your learners to create and share digital books? WriteReader is an excellent option! Students...
Do you have a large amount of text that you are reading and have difficulty understanding? Perhaps you or your learners are writing a piece and are...
Speechify is a text-to-speech reader and Chrome extension helping more and more students each day. Speechify can be used freely, but you...
Do you ever remember something important when it’s not convenient to type? You need Google Keep! Use Keep on your phone or tablet to record...
The Global Digital Library (GDL) is an amazing resource for elementary educators to find free books in various languages. The GDL collects...
You may be familiar with TIME for Kids that schools can subscribe to and pay for. Did you know there are free articles, however? Open this Lab...
HyperDocs are student-facing digital lesson plans that help shift the focus from teacher-led lectures to student-centered learning. Nadine...
As a special education teacher, guest presenter Tammy Meyers has to get and keep her students' attention right away or she loses them. Over...
Have you considered offering your students more autonomy and choice but haven't known where to start? In this blog post and corresponding podcast...
Recording your directions for assignment makes them accessible for all—whether that's students who were absent students, those learning at their...
How often are your students provided with choices in their learning? Studies have shown that student choice leads to higher engagement. This blog...