The Ultimate Project Resource

Eric Curts has done it again.  He recently share a series of project resources. Need free photos? Looking for free music?  Want different fonts?  All this and more.  He lists several resources for each category (and I have not tried them all within the district) so some may be blocked.

Women’s History Resources from Kami

The folks at Kami recently shared several resources for Women’s History month. You will find planners, activities, and suggestions.

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

Kami has several free templates to help younger learners on St. Patrick’s Day.  Please click here for the information.

More on TeachFlix

If you are looking for videos (and Matt Miller’s great templates to make things more engaging), check out this brief over Matt streamed from a recent tech conference. TeachFlix could be the place for you. Here is the video link.

Letting the students fly the plane

In this article from SmartBrief,  DONNA SPANGLER shares three suggestions to improve student engagement (once you read it this blog title will make more sense).

Caption This!

This is one of my favorite Matt Miller templates- check out the template here as well as the complete blog post here. While Matt used Google slides- I know you could do it on paper with younger learners! I created the one above.

A Yelp review of what?

Yelp reviews are everywhere- so let your students in on the fun. Matt Miller  (Ditch That Textbook!) has shared a great Google Slide template (along with directions) for your use.  In a recent email, he explained that Yelp reviews are not just for businesses. He suggested inventions, reflections, and revolutions- there are endless ideas.

So what can you do with a Wakelet?

Alice Keeler shares several teacher ideas for Wakelet.  It has been the only curation site (and there have been many) that has worked for me.  It saves everything and is easy to use and share.  Sayreville University utilizes Wakelet for our professional development material and I use several for personal projects. If I’ve spoken to you about EduProtocols I probably shared my Wakelet resource (image above).

We all need a little help (but do we ask?)

Asking for help is not always easy to do. Stephen Noonoo mentions in his Edutopia blog post,  teachers have some of the same reasons as students for not looking for support. ( I know I always want to appear independent and able to operate on my own).  He lists several concrete steps to help new teachers overcome their concerns as well as provides resource suggestions.

Giving students feedback

In this recent blog post from Edutopia, Amadna Adams shares her thoughts on using third-point feedback with students.  Here the focus is on the skill and not on the person.  She shares several implementation ideas.  The two books she mentions are both in the Teachers Resource library and available for checkout,