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Mote is a new Google extension available in the Chromestore now. This extension is life changing for teachers working hard to keep up with remote learning during COVID-19 closures. Mote allows you to record voice comments within Google docs, sheets, slides and classroom. Once you have added the extension from the Chrome Store, anytime youContinue reading “Meet Mote- A New Google Extension”

LibraryH3lp is a platform that allows you to customize an online help desk at your library and embed it right on your website. This platform was suggested to me by another librarian in a neighboring district, as we moved to remote learning because of the COVID-19 virus. I am currently utilizing their free, three monthContinue reading “Meet LibraryH3LP”

Common Sense Media.org is probably one of my most heavily used sites, both as an educator and as a parent. The site describes itself this way: “Common Sense is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need toContinue reading “Meet CommonSense.org”

Animoto is a web based video creation tool. Students can use the free version to create short videos of their learning. Now that I have been home during the day with my three young boys, we have been spending Fridays creating Animoto videos of our week. The boys are learning to upload our photos toContinue reading “Meet Animoto”

Edpuzzle is a web-based platform through which students and teachers can create more interactive video content. This platform is ideal for online learning and the flipped classroom. For example, before assigning a video for student viewing, teachers would access it or upload it onto Edpuzzle and pause it, create voice-overs, add multiple choice or extendedContinue reading “Meet EdPuzzle”

Turn It In is a site meant to help teachers recognize plagiarism, programming that can analyze student writing and match it to previously written text by another source, helping teachers to sort out students who have not been ethical digital citizens. The platform is known for helping teachers catch “culprits” of plagiarism, yet it canContinue reading “Meet TurnItIn”

Metaverse is an app teachers and students can use to create augmented reality experiences for others. These would be similar to a Poke-mon Go like experience in the classroom, integrating content and  increasing student engagement, especially if they can eventually create their own and share. I recently used Metaverse as a “check for understanding” toolContinue reading “Meet Metaverse”

Recently our school held our version of Donalyn Miller’s 40 Book Challenge at the high school level. We challenged teachers in our school to read forty books in teams of 11. Whoever read 40 books first, won. It was very exciting and fueled a love of literacy and LOTS of talking about books at ourContinue reading “Meet MomentCam”

Textgiraffe is a logo design tool that is an easy and quick resource that can stand alone or to supplement other more complex graphic design tools. Users can generate designs quickly on this platform. Because of its simplicity, students and teachers can design a logo quickly, without the distraction of too many options, images, fontsContinue reading “Review: textGiraffe.com”