Using an escape room in the classroom is a super fun way to engage your students in any topic. But you do not need to spend countless hours making one!
How to Make Digital Lessons with Google Forms
Make digital lessons with Google Forms! Perfect for distance learning, a substitute day, or to differentiate for your students!
Best Way to do Test Corrections: Simple & Engaging
We all want our students to learn from their mistakes. Tests are not just a grade, but a measure of where student understanding is. We want to help fill in the gaps, which usually includes some form of test corrections.
But what is the best way to do test corrections? I was searching for a way that truly helped students learn from their mistakes, but did not take up a lot of time. I needed a test correction method that was meaningful, and motivated even hard-to-motivate students.
24 Ways to Add Fun To the Last Weeks of School
As the school year is winding down, do your students seem to be more wound up each day? They are excited to begin summer, but you don’t want them to check out on you too soon. Use just a few of these ideas to make those last weeks of school the best weeks of the year – for both you and your students!
5 FREE Online Forensics Activities & Teacher Resources
This list of eight free resources for Forensic Science Teachers covers topics from blood spatter to evidence collection. Also find tips and suggestions on how to use the resources in the classroom!
Four Tips for the New Teacher: Growth for Next Quarter
Being a new teacher can so overwhelming! If you are a new teacher, be encouraged, we all felt the same way that first year. You have come so far already, you have a lot to celebrate! Next quarter is a chance to grow just a bit more. Take what you are already doing well, and with just a few simple changes, make it great!
Forensic Science Autopsy Activity for High School
My favorite subject to teach is Forensic Science. It is the perfect mix of applied Biology, Chemistry, Math, and the Yuck-Factor that students just love! And no topic in Forensic Science has more ‘yuck’ than the study of dead bodies. Students look forward to this unit all year! They are never disappointed.
Increase Learning And Save Time Grading!
We all want to save time grading. But is it possible to give assignments that not only help your students learn more, but reduce the time it takes to grade them? Yes it is! I often feel overwhelmed by piles of student work. While I use Google Forms for quick and frequent formative assessment, multiple […]
Classroom Management and the 21st Century Skills
The Classroom Management Miracle and 21st Century Skills. This post is the second in a series that began with a desperate need to adjust my classroom management approach. I was losing control of my classroom. After five years of teaching with little or no classroom issues, I was now facing the toughest group of students […]
Points for Classroom Management in High School?
This year I had a particularity challenging class. After just the first week of school I was desperate for a solution. The class was at the end of the day, they were tired from being at school for eight hours and just wanted out. Students consisted of mostly boys who were best of friends and loved […]
Cellphones In The Classroom? Not a Problem Anymore!
Cellphones in the classroom – a blessing and a curse in one tiny, expensive package! Leveraged for good, cellphones in the classroom can open up a world of technology based learning for students. But how can teachers utilize their amazing benefits, without the constant battle against distraction?
Fun Parts of the Flower Model- Elementary to High School
Help your students learn and visualize the parts of a flower by making one! Simple and inexpensive supplies makes this an easy hands on learning experience – with ideas to differentiate difficulty level!
Using Technology in the Classroom – Three Simple Tools to Start With
Do you want to use more technology in the classroom, but you are not sure where to start? Try out these three tech tools that are so simple and easy to learn, you can start using them in your classroom tomorrow!
Time Saving Ideas for Teachers
Time is a four letter word for some teachers. It is the one thing we all wish we had more of. We need more time to get to the end of our to-do list – the daily tasks of planning, grading, and paperwork. But even more than that, we want time outside of school, with […]
Five Easy Meals for Teachers (or anyone else)
Its been a long day, molding young minds, making big differences, encouraging and inspiring. You have taught hard, graded tirelessly, and planned lessons for eight plus hours. You are ready to go home and relax. But then the dreaded thought crosses your mind (or one of your offspring asks), “What’s for dinner?” Making dinner is […]
Five Step Game Plan for Teaching the First Day of School: Middle and High School
The first day of school is the single best opportunity to lay a foundation for the rest of the year. For new teachers it may feel overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be! My first year, I was so nervous on my first day of school! To be honest, I still get nervous on […]
Seven NEW Ways to Use Google Forms In the Classroom
Teachers everywhere are using Google Forms in the classroom for making self-graded assessments. But Google Forms can be used for so much more! Which do you want to try? Scroll down and find links to detailed articles for how to accomplish each new way in your own classroom.
Simple Classroom Management Tool – Start Using Tomorrow
Are you looking for a way to reduce conflict in your classroom? Want to improve student behavior? Increase student learning and motivation? Better classroom management? All of these dreams can come true (or at least get closer to reality) with one simple change to your daily routine.
Use Google Forms to make Digital Portfolios
Digital portfolios are a great way to showcase student work and progress throughout the year. You or your students can easily create digital portfolios using Google Forms. For the teacher, this is an excellent way to track growth and keep a collection of assignments as data.
Use Google Forms for Student Self Reflection
Regular student self reflection is a powerful tool for motivating learners to reach their full potential. It also fosters a growth mindset, encouraging students to embrace challenges and learn from their experiences. By utilizing Google Forms, you can streamline the self reflection process, providing both you and your students with quick access to valuable data.