Cool and useful website: Biblionasium

In an earlier post I wrote about using Goodreads to track books students (and teachers) have read and keep lists of want to read. Biblionaisum is a similar site, but is geared specifically towards classrooms. It has many useful features to help teachers track what students are reading and what books they are interested in. Teachers can set up reading challenges, reading lists, or suggest books to...

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Mystery Skyping with Second Graders

I've blogged before about doing Mystery Skypes/Hangouts. I am hooked! It is one of the most engaging and exciting activities I've done with a class. So far, however, I've only done it with 5th grade classes. Recently I was contacted by a second grade class wanting to #MysterySkype. Because I was hooked I eagerly said yes, but then began to doubt how well a second grade class could understand geography...

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Try something new!

from insprationboost.com At the beginning of 2014 ago I read a post by Tom Whitby and a subsequent post by Pernille Ripp about setting New Year's Resolutions. Finding something relevant and attainable, finding one thing to focus on rather than several things that might spread you too thin. Its too far in the year to make a New Year's Resolution (or is it?), but how about making a goal for the...

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Connect authors and students through Skype

Today the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders had the exciting privilege to Skype with Fablehaven author Brandon Mull. It was an AMAZING experience! Students have been reading his books all school year and we have several devoted fans. Many students have even purchased a signed copy of his latest book, Five Kingdoms: Skyraiders. Students have been waiting for months for this opportunity to meet a real...

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Cool and useful website: Goodreads

In a post at the beginning of this school year I mentioned that I have discovered a renewed passion for reading. I'll post later about the results of sharing my passion with students in my school. The purpose of this post is to share the Goodreads website as a way of recording my reading and possibly use it with students in my school. One of the things I've tried to do the last several years is...

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Cool and useful website: GeoGuessr

image from geoguessr.com How well do you know the world? Think you’re a geography expert? Test your knowledge with the cool and useful website GeoGuessr. GeoGuessr is a web-based geographic discovery game designed by Anton Wallén and first released in May 2013. The game utilizes random Google Street View locations and requires players to guess their location in the world using only the clues...

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Global projects for your students

The ISTE Standards for Students include many opportunities for students to work collaboratively to support and contribute to learning. Communication and collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media Communicate information...

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