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It’s Friday!   I heard this saying today, “If you don’t have a Saturday, and you don’t take a Sunday, you’ll be no good on Monday”. This week a teacher asked for resources for APA citations. I recommended this and this . Are you aware of this emoji keyboard trick? My son showed this to me a while ago, because he’s smart like that. Check out this great resource for digital citizenship by topic and grade level.  I’m especially interested in this one called, That’s Not Cool. If you use Wikispaces, you should read this post. I personally stopped using Wikispaces about 10 years ago. If you are looking for ways to manage your classroom instruction, this is a nice infographic. Classroom Connection Do you need instructional resources for your classroom? Check out PBS Learning Media There are 100K+ resources to access. From the site: PBS LearningMedia offers teachers more than 100,000 videos, images, interactives, lesson plans and articles dra

Wow - February is just flying by! In case you haven't heard this lately, "Thank you for your dedication to teaching and to the education profession". Here are a few highlights from my week. This video is helpful when working with students on proper citations.  And this site is helpful for teaching about plagiarism. If you teach History, Civics or Media Literacy, you might want to check out the site NewseumED .  You will find flexible lesson plans, downloadable primary source documents and videos to support your instruction. Quiznetic looks like a site I should explore for game-based learning.  Here is an explanation from the site: "Quiznetic takes gamification to a whole new level. With the style of a traditional board game, this is the ultimate gamified learning experience. Make a set of questions and build your own themed revision game for students to race each other round whatever kind of track you can imagine. Students join t

Hi! How was your week? I’m feeling great now that there is a bit more daylight each day according to this daylight calculator . Have you tried the online version of Popplet ? It’s so visually appealing and easy to use for creating a concept map. I love it! The site Elink.io looks amazing for sharing links in a newsletter, web page or email. And there is a Chrome extension for easily adding links to your Elink.io page. Mind’s Eye looks like a pre-reading strategy I would like to try with students. Sometimes I get distracted when I visit sites like this or this . I guess you could say that sI am somewhat of a visual person. Curricular Connection: Creating diagrams on Quizlet is simple. Upload an image and add your annotations. Check out the gallery to see examples. Click here to try a Quizlet Diagram on European Countries. Have a great weekend everyone!

February is here! This week I have been super busy with so many wonderful classroom experiences, projects and opportunities. On Saturday (tomorrow Feb 3rd) I am presenting a webinar called, Game-Based Learning with Google through SimpleK12 .  The webinar is free and you can register here .  You attend the webinar from the comfort of your home and only need a computer to join. We’re going to be starting a Podcast with Peers in our school to promote discussions about teaching, learning and pedagogy. The first podcast will be from Cult of Pedagogy. I’m super excited to share podcasts with others. Speaking of sharing, did you read my post “ When Teachers Share ”? Bubbl.us I was recently reminded of this concept creation site by a fellow educator. Bubbl.us is easy to use and is free. Students can create concept maps quickly and simply. Happy, happy Friday everyone!