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Free Download: 5 Steps to Internet Safety [Link]

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I am amazed at how many people shorten their Internet safety guidelines by saying “Stop, Block, and Tell.” As I’ve shared in both of my books, this is a grave disservice. When you block, it often deletes evidence of what happened. Students should: Stop, Screenshot, Block, Tell and Share. Some time a go, my sister helped me create a 5 Steps to Internet Safety Poster. You can download it for free.

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7 Ways to Keep Others from Squeezing the Life Out of You

Picasso was known to be the kind of person who literally sucked the energy out of everyone who spent time with him. Austin Kleon shares this story in his book Show Your Work!(see thebook review). Kleon says:

“Picasso’s granddaughter Marina claimed that he [Picasso] squeezed people like one of his tubes of oil paint.”

In what some might call the pre-Facebook version of “unfriending,” Romanian Sculptor Constantin Brancusisaid he would no longer be around Picasso. After a day in Picasso’s presence...

Top Tips for Teaching with Robots (using Sphero)

Robots are everywhere, they open our garage doors, vacuum our floors and if you are lucky they even park your car. Until recently there weren’t many robots in the classroom and now I couldn’t imagine approaching STEM without them. Using the Sphero robots in my after school programming club has opened my eyes to both what can be taught using simple robots and how to do it. I want to share with you some tools and tips for teaching with robots.

This post is authored by guest blogger, Sam Patterso...

Eyeshot advertisement [Video]

While studying convergence, my students “invent” a new technology. They are to predict what technologies will converge to make new ones. I’m always in awe of what they invent.

I want to share this one with you for several reasons:

Eyeshot, R’s product, is a contact lens that takes pictures. While likely more than 5 years away for contacts, it is already here with Google Glass.
This was shot entirely on an iPhone. For those of you who discount mobile devices, don’t.
This student sees the worl...

App Smashing from Jon Corripo [Slide]

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App Smashing has become the conversation rage of late. The best explanation I can give you was already given by Jon Corippo in his “App Smashing FALL CUE” presentation. Jon quotes Greg Kulowiec to define app smashing as:

Created content with one app
Created content with another app or apps
Merge content together (smashing)
Publish the content to the web.

I do this when I look up quotes online (Safari) and then pull them i...

Can you flip non-flippable classes? [Quote]

When the subject of the flipped class comes up, many educators see how it applies to academic subjects like math and science education, but don’t realize that the methodology has applications in a wide array of other classes. According to a survey of 2358 teachers by the Flipped Learning Network and Sophia Learning (PDF, 1.2MB), 33 percent of those teachers who are flipping their classes are math teachers, 38 percent are science teachers, and 23 percent teach English language arts and soci...

Puppies Teach About Teaching [Video]

This older video is making the rounds on Facebook. You can use it to teach so many things. Zone of Proximal Development (H/T Dr. Cheri Toledo), the anxiety of learning new things, and just the encouragement we need to try one more time. Look! At one point the little fella tries to quit but goes again when his older companion helps him return to the task at hand. Listen to the puppy whimper! Sounds like some of us when approaching math.

If you want something to have your students write abo...

50+ of my Favorite Tools for Schools [Slide]

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This past month as part of the Grand Canyon University Global Mastermind Workshop, I updated my 50+ favorite tools for schools presentation.

Since today is my blog birthday (9 years and counting), I just want to say thank you to all of you who read my blog and teach me so much! I’m very grateful for your support. It is pretty amazing that I get to stay in the classroom and share with you. Pictures like those below fil...

Teaching Math with Videos

Tinashe Blanchet engages students in math content using videos. She and her students have created winning math videos for the Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators video contest.

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Tinashe Blanchet- Show #106 – Math Can Be Fun: Teaching Math with Creative and Engaging Videos

Tinashe works in the largest school district in Louisiana as the Digital Engagement Specialist for Jefferson Parish Schools. S...

Mother’s Education Key to Child’s Success [Quote]

“New research suggests the amount of education a woman has along with having children later in life are key predictor’s of a child’s success in adulthood.”

“These results provide compelling evidence that having a child during adolescence has enduring negative consequences for the achievement of the next generation.”














Rick Nauert

Sandra Tang, Ph.D – University of Michigan (Mother’s Education Key to Child’s Academic Success: Psych Central News, November 11, 2014), What is the definition of “la...