Instructional Technology

Free Technology Websites for Grades 6-12

Free graphic organizers and tutorial on how to custom Padlet walls. Great for communication and collaboration when using technology in the classroom. Works on laptops, chromebooks and iPads.

Classroomscreen.com: A Web Tool Teachers and Students will LOVE. Easy way to turn your browser into an interactive board. Digital stoplight, timer, calendar, random name picker, drawing tools, work symbols, text area, QR generator and more are all tools included in this free web tool.

FREE Google-based games and goofiness to add a bit of fun to your secondary classroom. #highschoolEnglish #middleschoolEnglish

Popplet is a great app with many functions for the classroom. Check out this great blog post to help you with 3 ways of using this app in the classroom.

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One of my favorite books to read when introducing classroom rules is Office Buckle and Gloria. Be Safe is one of our three rules. It is a generic rule that encompasses a lot of different rules related to safety. After reading the book, my students would get the chance to act out how to be safe and how to NOT be safe. They always got a kick out of this and the chance to do what they are not supposed to do. Then each child would get the chance to write a safety tip. We would share these as a…

Our students are saturated in a world of technology. As educators there is immediate buy-in when we connections between our students’ real worlds and our classrooms. One of my favorite (free) resources to do this is called ifaketext. It allows users to create faux iPhone text conversations. The website lets you fit between 35 and...

Preparing students to take online tests does not have to be difficult or frustrating. This post shares multiple and authentic online testing strategies.

Padlet is one of my favorite collaborative web tools to use with students that I have used for years. I love how versatile it is and how one can access a Padlet wall on laptops, Chromebooks, iPads and Android devices! If you are not familiar with Padlet then click HERE. This week I helped a 5th grade class incorporate technology into their novel study groups. The teacher wanted to use Padlet for each team to gather ideas and brainstorm the events that they read about each day. I mentioned…

Classroomscreen.com: A Web Tool Teachers and Students will LOVE. Easy way to turn your browser into an interactive board. Digital stoplight, timer, calendar, random name picker, drawing tools, work symbols, text area, QR generator and more are all tools i

Have you ever heard of the SAMR Model by Dr. Ruben Puentedura? The model states: The Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition Model offers a method of seeing how computer technology might impact teaching and learning. It also shows a progression that adopters of educational technology often follow as they progress through teaching and learning with technology. While one might argue over…

In this blog post from Reading and Writing Haven, read about why students need explicit instruction on email etiquette. Find practical ideas for when, how, and why to cover this real-world communication skill in your classroom.

A blog about elementary technology education in the computer lab classroom.

Coding Games for Kids - Introduce the foundation of coding to your preschooler with these fun hands-on coding games.

Learn how to use word clouds to teach prediction and comprehension in reading.