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The Making of a Great Teacher
A great teacher in my opinion is somebody who can connect with their students at a personal level. This Infographic from TopTeachingColleges.net breaks down the elements in the makeup of a great teacher. I had many teachers in my lifetime, but there is one teacher...
Mastering Math through Foundational Skills
DigitWhiz is an online webapp for kid’s ages 8+ that teach math foundational skills using Multiplication, Division, Integer Operations, Like Terms and Solving Equations. The brainchild of Kasey Brown a math teacher who as a child struggled to learn her multiplication...
Using QR Codes in The Classroom
A great way to save money from your school budget is to minimize the need for printed handouts. One way you can achieve this is through the introduction of QR Codes into your classroom. If you need to create a QR Code on the fly look no further than Mobile Barcoder a...
Back to School: The Best F/OSS Essentials
There is no shortage of commercial applications, apps and webapps to help us do our jobs. The problem here is that our budgets continue to shrink, and there are great alternatives to the high costs of commercial applications. That is the reason why I am always on the...
Learning through Games: The Next Generation
There are several trends taking education by storm, but one of the most prolific today seems to be the use of games in the classroom. What if you could take the best aspects of gaming and fuse them together with language arts and math. That is exactly what the team...
Connected Educator Swiss Army Knife
remind101 is the fastest, safest and easiest way for connected educators to communicate with their students through private and secure text messages. In today’s mobile classroom environment, our students show up to the classroom with devices in hand, and it is...