Plickers

Tonight I was attending a webinar on Active Engagement Strategies with Laura Candler and I learned about this fabulous new response system called PLICKERS! Its a free app and an alternative to clickers, activeexpressions, etc.

Why Should I Use Plickers?

• ITS FREE!
• It requires no electronic devices in your student's hands.
• Its another way to actively engage all students.

But How Does It Work?

• Each student gets a unique barcode on a piece of paper.
• Students answer questions by showing their barcodes to their teacher's smartphone.
• The teacher gets a real time graph of the data for informal assessment.

See It In Action:



Just sign up for an account, create a class, print the cards, and Go! Its that easy!!!

Happy Teaching!

Remind 101

With our new multi-measure evaluations in PA, one of my goals was to boost parent communication. I used to send out mass e-mails which was time consuming and not everyone checks their e-mails regularly. But do you know what most people do check regularly? TEXT MESSAGES! Now I'm sure you're thinking, "I am not giving out my cell phone # to parents." Well guess what, you don't have to! There is a new app called Remind101. Once you download it to your smart phone you can set up classes and have parents subscribe via a personalized code. Watch the video below to learn more:

Remind101 from remind101 on Vimeo.

What are some of the features?:

• Private; Teachers never seen parent #'s and parents never see teacher's #
• Easy to Use; students or parents sign up by sending a text message or e-mail.
• Sends messages; you can easily send a message to every parent in each class.
• Scheduling; you can easily schedule a message to be delivered at a later date.
• History; it keeps a history of past messages sent.
• Free; it is free to sign up for an account.

Why do I think Remind101 is so great?
3 Words: FAST, SAFE, EASY:

Want to learn more? Visit Remind101 to see more of the great features!

When teachers and parents work together, our students will be more successful!
Happy Texting!

My New Favorite Tool: Livebinders!

Does this look familiar?

Don't you just love those big, heavy binders full of resources? No? Didn't think so...The resources are great, but storing them can be a chore as well as sharing them with others. In this age where everything has gone digital there has to be another way! And there is!

Let me introduce you to my new favorite tool: Livebinders! This site lets you organize all those great resources you have in an online binder.

What can you upload?

• PDFS
• Videos
• Images
• URLs

How can this help me?

• Save time and access your Livebinder from anywhere
• Share your Livebinder with others
• Make as many Livebinders as you want!
• Update information easily and avoid layout issues

How can I sign up for a Livebinder?

• Go to www.livebinders.com
• Go ahead and sign up; accounts are free!
• Now sit back and enjoy your eco-friendly binder

Still have questions?

• Watch this video

Still Skeptical?

• Check out examples of great Livebinders

Happy Organizing!

Podcasting in Education

What are Podcasts and how can I use them for Education? Podcasts are multimedia digital files made available on the internet for downloading to a portable media player, computer, etc. But even more importantly, you can make your own!

But how can you use them in Education you ask? The possibilities are endless...

Intrigued? Want to make one? Watch the Youtube video below and follow the step by step directions that follow. You'll be podcasting before you know it!




Click here for the 5 steps to Podcasting.

Happy Podcasting!