Teacher Appreciation Week!!!
Freebies Galore!!!
Check out True Money Saver's post listing dozens and dozens of freebies or discounts for Teachers! The list is pretty extensive and is a National list so some sites aren't relevant but a lot are.
(USA Today published a list as well - https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2019/05/03/national-teacher-appreciation-day-2019-free-food-discounts-and-deals/3654656002/)
Also, don't forget that Michael's give teachers a discount year round.
If you know of other discounts email me and I'll update this list.
Year End Reflections for Your Class
Use this Google Slides template plus (link: http://remove.bg) remove.bg and prompts about your subject matter to get students to self-reflect on the year: (link: http://meredithakers.com/2019/05/05/year-in-review-student-reflection/)
Podcasting is Catching Fire in Schools
Although it is unknown how many teachers use podcasting in the classroom, the medium has seen a general increase in engagement in the past few years. According to Nielsen's Fanlinks survey data, in the fall of 2016, 13 million homes identified as "avid fans" of podcasts. This number increased to 16 million by the fall of 2017.
In part, the rising popularity of podcasts may be due to new software and streaming services that make it easier to both create and listen to podcasts. Some websites, such as Anchor and Audacity, are free to use. Anchor allows users to record and edit podcast episodes, all through an app on their cellphones. The service distributes and uploads episodes to streaming services, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and provides analytics following publication. Several teachers in A3 are already doing it - want to give it a try!?!
—Eman Mohammed for Education Week
Read more about it here (link)
Interactive Notebooks - with Google Slides
Interactive notebooks have taken lots of classrooms everywhere by storm. The idea: a central space where students can create, write and make meaning.
When they’re done well, students get that spark of excitement. Learning goes to a different level.
When they’re done poorly, it becomes worksheets glued to pages.
Interactive notebooks don’t have to go in paper notebooks, though.
In fact, they can go in “digital notebooks”, and one option for those is Google Slides! I’ve suggested Google Slides for creating stop-motion animation, Instagram Stories-style activities, sticky note brainstorming, infographic-style icon boards, and more. Read more...
When they’re done well, students get that spark of excitement. Learning goes to a different level.
When they’re done poorly, it becomes worksheets glued to pages.
Interactive notebooks don’t have to go in paper notebooks, though.
In fact, they can go in “digital notebooks”, and one option for those is Google Slides! I’ve suggested Google Slides for creating stop-motion animation, Instagram Stories-style activities, sticky note brainstorming, infographic-style icon boards, and more. Read more...
