It’s that time of year, folks. Testing season is upon us. This means the school year is drawing to a close, and summer is in the not-so-distant future! Keep thinking happy thoughts! Standardized testing, and the review that accompanies it, is my least favorite time of the year. I’m sure I’m not alone in this […] The post Using Padlet to Review for State Testing in the Flipped Classroom appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

If you’re like me, you probably have students access multiple websites for your class. I haven’t quite found one single website that has every feature I use in my classroom…and that’s ok! Sometimes, students have difficulty organizing and navigating a variety of websites during a class period. Students often become frustrated with me because I […] The post Using Bookmarks in the Classroom appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

Towards the end of last school year, my students and I were all suffering from end-of-the-year-itis. We had 10 snow days (nothing like 20 from the year before!) and we knew we would be making up those days AFTER Memorial Day. We fell into the "4th Quarter Funk." Motivation on both "sides of the desk" […] The post Gamification in American Government appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

Google Classroom has made more exciting updates! Yay! Google has added these new features to Classroom this month: 1. Ask a question 2. Reusing posts 3. Pinning posts I’ve seen reports on Twitter that other exciting features, like Calendar integration, are coming soon. Can’t wait for those! I recently tried the question option with one of […] The post Google Classroom Updates appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

Today, my Government students began what has become one of my favorite projects: Creating Your Own Government. Students are given an imaginary scenario in which they have to establish a functional government, including how to address issues such as building shelters, creating jobs, establishing an educational system, etc. Students are also required to draft a […] The post Creating Rubrics with Google Forms appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

I’m so excited that Google is making so many awesome updates to Classroom! Today, Google unleashed a new extension to simplify Classroom even more…Share to Classroom! This free extension allows teachers and students to share information from the web to their classes through Google Classroom. Teachers can create an announcement or assignment directly from a website […] The post Google Classroom Updates: September 2015 appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

As I indicated on Twitter earlier last week…I’m seriously going crazy with the sheer awesomeness that is Google Forms! The possibilities are seriously endless! I recently had a minor epiphany while creating a rubric for a project. I was naming columns and rows while setting up formulas, which is great. As I told you earlier in […] The post Google Forms for Everything! appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

Remind (formerly Remind 101) has recently made some FANTASTIC updates to their already amazing program. Remind Chat allows teachers and students to initiate safe, two-way text based conversations that are DOCUMENTED without showing either party’s phone number. Remind Chat is wonderful for so many reasons, but the ability to communicate quickly and efficiently with students […] The post Use Remind Chat in Your Classroom appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

Welcome to the second installment of Google Classroom Updates, September 2015! When I see new updates to Classroom, it’s almost like Christmas morning! Almost In case you missed it, Google has added a Calendar feature to Classroom. Now, by simply selecting "Calendar" on your Google Classroom homepage, you can view (and interact with) posts you […] The post Google Classroom Updates: September 2015 (Part Two) appeared first on Teaching with Technology.

I stumbled upon Appolearning about a year ago when I was frantically searching for iOS apps to use in my classroom. Appolearning popped up as a wonderful, FREE search tool for educational apps. Appolearning not only allows teachers to locate new apps for their classroom, but also provides an "expert" review of how those tools […] The post Curate and Share Educational Resources with Appolearning appeared first on Teaching with Technology.