by Jennifer Van Blair | Dec 31, 2020 | Technology
Online learning and closures as a result of the global pandemic have shown us that we have to be creative. Many places are physically closed. Others require travel that is no longer encouraged for the time being. But what about when things begin to return to normal?...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Dec 27, 2020 | Technology
Remember that scene in Ferris Bueller’s day off where Ben Stein stood in front of the class fishing engaged learners? Hopefully you don’t feel like this as a teacher. We also don’t want our students to be as tuned out as the students in this scene....
by Jennifer Van Blair | Dec 11, 2020 | Technology
I have 3 ways to go paperless in your classroom and why you NEED to. First, let me tell you how my year starts out. Every August, my head custodian hauls in boxes of classroom materials. Mind you, these are just for my own classroom. Easily, there are 10 or so boxes...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Nov 25, 2020 | Technology
Making the most of your classroom website doesn’t have to be hard work. In this series, we are breaking down the stumbling blocks you have to making your classroom website work for you. In the last post, we talked about the number one rule to building a...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Nov 24, 2020 | Technology
Designing, launching, and using a classroom website is an undertaking to say the least, so how do you build a successful classroom website? Recently, many of you said that you have too little time or too much to do to keep your classroom website up and running. Me...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Jul 18, 2020 | Technology
How can I use Canva in the classroom and why would I want to? For those of you that might not be familiar with Canva, Canva allows you to make beautiful, professional graphics for free. You don’t have to be a graphic designer, but they do have a free design school to...
