Category Archives: Updates

Last year, I ran across this awesome Augmented Reality App called Aurasma. I had a great time trying to figure out the tips, tricks, and ideas on how you can use this App in the classroom. I’ve written three previous posts about it. If you’d like to check those out follow this link. With the […] Continue reading →

The more and more I look into the program and its ease of use, the more I want teachers to be taking advantage of it! Making an account is quick and easy. After making your account, all your pads you make, you can go back to see, edit, and use all your old boards as […] Continue reading →

Students in Mrs. Spivey’s math class have been learning about Place Value to the hundred thousands. Today we broke out good ‘ol Comic Life for review. The students had a blast making their numbers and breaking them down. If you’d like the template to use with your class, send me an email! Continue reading →

I am not a huge Pinterest Fan–mainly because I can’t cook, and those recipes make me feel dumb. That being said, I do like the Teachers on Pintrest page. It has all types of ideas for lesson plans, classroom decor, technology integration, blogs to follow, and more! My favorite part about this page is that […] Continue reading →

My kindergarteners are still working on those clicking and dragging skills. Today we pulled out the laptops and used ActivInspire to make the Betsy Ross flag. It look longer than I expected to have the kids drag the 13 stripes and the 13 stars onto the template, so not a lot of students were able […] Continue reading →

Three out of my four schools are all synced up with Google Calendars to sign up for the COWs (Computers on Wheels). Echo Lake has just switched over from using a wiki for many year, so I created a How To video reminder on how to sign up for the COWs. Although I am using […] Continue reading →

Having just the right type of music for your videos and slideshows is important. Let’s face it, using #ThatPower Will.i.am and Justin Bieber song, while catchy, technically shouldn’t be used. YouTube knows this as well. To help solve this issue, they are encouraging users to continue to make great videos with FREE enhancing background music. […] Continue reading →

Its been a Comic Life week! I love this program. It is a great for making quick visual projects to extend the learning. It is also a great way for students to create a product on the content you are teaching the classroom. David Clough, one of our other amazing ITRTs, made this 5 senses […] Continue reading →

Yesterday I was able to visit all the 2nd grade classes at Seven Pines Elementary. In Language Arts, they are learning about Types of Sentences: Exclamation, Statement, and Question. We had a fun time reviewing and coming up with examples together. Afterwards, we made a Comic Life projects showing our examples! Check out some of […] Continue reading →

Up the Rigor! Challenge the students! Make them think! You’ve probably heard these from time to time. As great as this is to say, sometimes it can be hard for teachers to come up with new ways to question their students. Enter The Max Ray Blog. Max posted a great blog post: 26 Questions You […] Continue reading →