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Trying to get college freshman engaged
Currently, I'm teaching two sections of Oral Communication course. It's a required course, and many of the students are not involved mentally. Most of the students here are athletes. However, many ot…
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Flag Art in Desmos
I had the idea to have students use their iPads and the Desmos Graphing Calculator app to practice writing linear equations and inequalities to make flags of countries around the world. Below are som…
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6 Quick Ideas & Activities For ANY Classroom
In this Keynote, you will find six different resources to help students organize their thoughts, reflect, and discuss their learning. The resources can be used in any content area and modified to fit…
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Close Reading Strategies Template
Within this Keynote, students can respond to any text with different close reading strategies. There is an overview with prompts of 'What? Why? How?' plus digging in further to these concepts with ch…
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Exploring the MacBook
In today's world, technology is an essential part of education. Teachers need to be able to use technology effectively in order to reach their students and provide them with the best possible learnin…
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Character Analysis - The Outsiders
Here is a Pages template that can be used for a novel study for The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. This character analysis was done as part of a novel study. Previously, we would keep a running document …
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Empowering the Entrepreneurial Mindset: Building Creative Confidence
Over the last decade, I've been on a whimsical and intentional adventure to discover, embrace, and integrate the entrepreneurial mindset into the learning journey for all learners. When we think of c…
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Using Clips to Make Thinking Visible
I recently had the opportunity to co-teach a lesson with a former student in her middle school math classroom. We were looking for ways that students could demonstrate their problem solving processes…
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Short film production using iMovie and GarageBand
With so much media just a click away, are young people at risk of losing their creativity, critical thinking and analytical skills? Applications like GarageBand and iMovie facilitate integrated, proj…
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My Creative Journey to Restore the Earth Learning Journal
Looking for an Earth Day resource? Want to empower the entrepreneurial mindset? My Creative Journey to Restore the Earth learning journal is designed for students to explore ways to be AWESOME for th…
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How can we encourage the creative use of Apple apps in learning?
It’s very easy for us to always do what we do, without thinking about how we could actually do something a bit differently - especially when we are busy. And if we do this, how often are our students…
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March Imaginarium
Wrapped in the elements of fire, water, air, and earth, the March Imaginarium is filled with creative explorations, social-emotional learning, and design thinking practice. Download and use as…
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Weather Forecast
My Weather Forecast: Students created their weather forecast based on different data they received from the teacher about Air Temperature, Sunlight to Surface, Surface Water, and Air Parcel Temperatu…
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Visible Thinking Routines
I am intrigued with visible thinking routines. I began exploring the Project Zero Thinking Routines website and fell in love with the resource. There is a LOT of information there and it can be overw…
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Kindergarten Data using Numbers
Students were able to count one to one correspondence up to 10. As they recorded their data, a bar graph is created for them to visualize and evaluate which number is more or less and if any groups a…
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Using Slide for Class Critiques
Classroom discussions and sharing project progress was a frequent and natural part of my classroom. Students could share their work, ask questions, get (and give) feedback from others, and learn from…
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Animated Visual Vocabulary
Animated visual vocabulary is my go to way of sharing Keynote with teachers and students. This is a great way for students to synthesize their understanding of a vocabulary word. This activity can be…
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Pixel Art Pumpkins with Pages
October is always a fun time of year with so many Halloween-themed activities - like pumpkin carving, but then there's the cleanup! Why not try a digital Jack O’Lantern activity that blends creativit…
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The Power of Digital Storytelling with Music
My daughter is in Year 1, she's 5 years old and loves learning. She has a passion for creativity and doing things in her own way. Each half term, we are sent a new set of homework for her to comple…
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Wellbeing: My Legacy - Using Keynote and Sketches to create visual silhouettes
A huge focus for my students this term is their transition into Middle School, setting them up with the appropriate tools and strategies for them to be successful in a new learning environment, away …
