Classroom Activities

Create a Random Name Picker - Teams — Recommended by our good friend Tom Hammerlund, this set of Google Sheets templates should be part of your teaching arsenal. Use pre-made Google Sheets to quickly create a random name picker, jeopardy games, word puzzles, crossword puzzles, and more. Flippity Templates The idea is really simple and so are the […]

Create a Random Name Picker with Google Sheets

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Research-Based-Tips-for-Teachers — This week Edutopia published a very interesting list of tips to use in your classroom. I must admit that I respond quite positively to any article which promises me 5, 7 or even 10 wonderful things to read about. This one lists 26 (twenty six!) such tips. The difference with other pieces of advice for teachers you ask? Each of these research based tips for teachers are backed by actual research. I will highlight my favorite 3 tips here.

Research Based Tips for Teachers

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What Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew - Grade 3 students fill in the blank in "I Wish My Teacher Knew _____" and the results provide an unexpectedly deep inside into their emotional and social lives • If You Use This Font You Are... Do you use outdated fonts for branding? What message are you sending when you use a font? Use this chart to see how some of the most common fonts are being viewed by today's designers.

What Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew

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Follow The Sun — A collection of links discovered beyond the breaking waves of the Internet. This week: • If You're Going to Learn Something New... Learn Something New • The secret army of cheerleaders policing China’s internet • How to Stop Facebook from Using your iPhone or Android to Listen to Everything you Say • Follow the Sun • Algodoo - Amazing Physics Simulation App • Teachers Who Tweet

Learn Something New

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