ISTE Standard: Citizen 3D

How many times have you clicked the ‘I read the terms of service and agree’ checkbox without actually reading the terms of service?  I am sure that answer would be more than half of the people on any given website. I will admit, I am one of them. We live busy lives and terms of service can be long and daunting essays of legal jargon, but they are truly important for our ever-changing interconnected world.   Especially for teachers and schools.

Teachers use so many web tools every day in their classrooms and they all come with their own terms of service, age restrictions and privacy settings.  While many districts have people in charge of blocking sites and checking FERPA and COPA compliance, it’s important for teachers to understand these laws and restrictions as well. When it comes to some of the sites commonly used by me and my students, I definitely learned some new things while researching terms of use. As a high school teacher, I’ve realized it’s much easier to comply with age restrictions because a lot of sites require users to be 13 years old - which high school students are. As a former middle school teacher, though, I was shocked that I may have not been compliant when I was teaching 8th grade. Instagram and YouTube all require users to be at least 13 years old in order to create an individual account. This was not surprising because they are video/picture sharing sites that will often include identifying information about students to the public. Classcraft, a gamification website I use in my class requires members under 18 to have signed parent permission.  I’ll be honest, I did not have written permission from all parents before I began using the site and allowing students to create accounts. Upon reflection, this was a mistake and one that I will correct when I begin next school year with a new set of students. Flipgrid, not surprisingly also requires members to be 18, but because it has been heavily used by educators, it allows those under 18 to join as long as they are students and their videos stay private within a teacher’s grid. It is up to the teacher to be responsible and to protect students using Flipgrid.

Going forward, I will be more diligent in reading and understanding terms of use for sites that I use in class especially those that I ask students to sign up for.  It’s so easy nowadays with 1-click sign up through Google accounts, but that doesn’t mean the students should just sign up without a thought! On a bigger scale, I think school districts need to tackle this issue in a more straightforward way.  I think districts should be instructing and guiding teachers about these laws and providing information about the most commonly used sites. The only reason I’m aware of these issues is because I have gone out of my way to learn about it - most teachers don’t have the time to do this! Districts should also provide parents and families with more information.  There are many students signing up for social media before they are legally old enough. Are parents aware of the terms of use of many of these sites? If they are, are they aware of the repercussions of their children being on the sites? It would benefit many parents to have school admin and experts present this information in a straightforward way.

The Citizen educator standard put forth by ISTE states that educators should “model and promote management of personal data and digital identity and protect student data privacy.”  Through bringing in these practices to my everyday routines, staying aware of terms of service and discussing them with colleagues, students, parents, and administrators I am promoting student privacy and modeling responsible internet usage for those around me.

For more information about this topic, visit:

What You Need to Know - Democratic Media

3 Reasons Why Social Media Age Restrictions Matter

Back at it Again!

Hey there faithful readers!  Jess and I are on this journey towards becoming ISTE Certified Educators and because of this, we will be posting randomly to our blog about our learning and process through some of our assignments!  We will post soon about how to get more information about become ISTE certified yourself!  

New School Year - New Ideas!

Today is a very sad Sunday in the teacher world.  It signals the end of our summer vacation. Teachers report back tomorrow and students next Tuesday.  We were going to do a classroom reveal, yet, we both have some finishing touches we need to make to our rooms and then we will share our classroom photos with you.  So, today, since we return back to work tomorrow and we are thinking about the school year that lies in front of us we wanted to share at least one thing we are excited to try differently in our classrooms this year.

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What is Steph excited to try this year?

One of my favorite things about my job is the ability to restart each year. The summer was refreshing and I’m excited about the chance to hit the reset button, implement new ideas and use my reflections from last school year to improve this school year.

Beyond my super exciting new room setup (which we reveal soon), I’m really excited about my new classroom structure. This year (and beyond) is all about student choice and voice - I have a feeling I’m going to shock these kids on day 1!

I’m most excited to get kids creating their own learning portfolios on Google Sites this school year! Students will have the chance to design their sites and decide what content they post to show what they know! I cannot wait to see what they create.  Beyond their daily learning, the assessments will be posted to their Google Sites. At the end of each unit, students will be required to complete the same assessment prompts and post their thoughts to their Google Site. Students will be required to create (then add on to) a Google MyMap by pinning most important locations of the unit with justifications.  Students will also ‘grade’ America based on the principles listed in the Constitution’s Preamble. With these grades, they will be required to justify their answers. I’m really excited to push students to write, use evidence and truly think critically about history and present-day America.

This learning portfolio and assessment structure excite me because I think this will be a great way to give students voice in my classroom and choice - how they show their learning, how the design their site and how they ‘grade’ America and think about the history.

Whew! This is a tall order, but I am so energized to get started to see all of the amazing things my students are able to do!  Technology in the classroom can really transform teaching and learning and I can’t wait to see it happen this year in #room242hwhs!

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What is Jess excited to try this year?

Two words: Flexible seating.  I have finally took the dive and found tons of flexible seating options on Facebook Marketplace this summer or have had fantastic friends and family that have donated items to my classroom.  I have always had pillows in my room that the students could lay around with, yet this year I have different height tables and the whole shebang. I have kept 8 “regular” desk options.

I am both nervous and excited to see how this goes as I am jumping in with both feet I feel like.  Yet, removing the majority of the bulky desks has opened my room up a TON. Also, I wanted to make sure each student had a “home base” per say, to report to when needed.

I feel like giving students choice in their seating, as everyone learns differently, and flexibility will be very beneficial to my classroom environment and management of  behaviors this year.

I am looking forward to seeing how the students react to the flexible seating and how this goes this year (obviously along with a bit of nervousness).  Yet, all the research I have done over the summer points out that I am doing the right thing and this is super beneficial to my students and their learning.

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We truly hope you all have had a fantastic summer vacation.  You were able to enjoy time with family and friends and reflect on the past school year to be more prepared for the school year that lies ahead of us. Good luck and best wishes on the 2018-2019 school year!

“Ditch That Homework” Our Takeaways

While at #ISTE18 we had the opportunity to receive signed copies of “Ditch That Homework” by Matt Miller and Alice Keeler.  We both have been wanting to read this book, knowing all the research out there about whether homework was a good or bad thing.  This book was a perfect read to get our minds thinking as we start planning for the new school year. Below are the takeaways we each took from the book.

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JESS:

First off, before reading this book I have read research about whether homework was good or bad.  Teaching elementary school I have always believed in NO HOMEWORK, because when a child isn’t at school they should be playing and being a kid.  I do however, have the students read 20 minutes a night (5 out of 7 days of the week) and study for tests or their vocabulary words for the week and work on math fact fluency (especially multiplication in 3rd grade).  From this book I enjoyed a lot of what the authors had to say. Of course I created a few booksnaps from my favorite parts of the book.

“It’s the brain of a well-trained educator, who can design educational tasks that stimulate, inspire, and equip students (page 1).” Yaaaaas! Creating and designing educational tasks for my students I know they will love and enjoy is one of my favorite things to do.  As an educator, I am all about ditching those old textbooks, too. I know some people LOVE textbooks, yet for Social Studies, for example, I can show the students a picture of the world and then their community on a picture in their textbook or take them on a trip using Google Earth...I am going to choose Google Earth.  ENGAGEMENT PEOPLE!

“The first five minutes of class are golden.  It’s the time teachers are most likely to have their students’ attention...By providing an engaging learning hook?  By asking a thought-provoking question to kick-start thinking on the day’s learning?” (page 17). When I taught middle school I always used a Do Now to start my ELA class.  Yet, now that I am in 3rd grade I have struggled with this as I have the same kids all day long. This year I am really going to focus on the first 5 minutes of each subject area and use that transition time to really hook the kids into what we are learning in the next subject. That is one of my personal goals when it comes to lesson planning this school year.

“Moving away from a teacher-centered classroom to a more student-centered model is a great start...Real learning - lasting learning - is the result of one word: engagement” (page 18).  Engagement is so important in a classroom. Creating lessons that students are interested in and that capture their attention can be challenging sometimes, yet necessary. When it comes to teaching, ENGAGEMENT, is one of my favorite words!

“Today’s technology allows teachers to reduce time spent disseminating information and directions.  It gives us more time to work with students on building critical-thinking skills.It allows us to engage in interesting projects and discussions with students and to provide high-quality feedback.  Instead of replacing teachers, technology empowers us, as educators, to do what we do best -- and what helps our students the most” (page 22). Oh boy, this paragraph gave me all the feels. Every educator needs to read this paragraph, reflect on this paragraph, and then re-read it again.  I know a lot of educators are scared of technology. Yet, technology speaks to my soul and my students KNOW that when they are with me we are going to be rocking some technology because not only does it empower myself and my lessons, it empowers my students as well.

This book is a great read to give you that “umph” you need right before school.  I know some districts and/or schools require homework, yet this book might be something to suggest to help administrators understand why homework isn’t the answer and it’s time to DITCH THAT HOMEWORK!

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STEPH:

As a former 8th grade teacher and current high school teacher, I might be in the minority of my peers in my beliefs on homework.  Since my first year of teaching, I have never relied heavily on homework. My student population the last 8 years was always a mixed bag, but more often than not too many of my students had a lot more responsibility outside of school than I ever had at that age.  For this reason, I only assigned homework occasionally - and I’ll admit it, it was busywork! It may have reinforced the topic we covered in class, but it was often only completed by the students that didn’t necessarily need that extra help.

This book was definitely a must-read for me and I cannot wait to share what I’ve learned with others in my building knowing that many of them still rely heavily on homework. Instead of this book working to convince me that homework may not be the best learning strategy (because I already agreed with that statement), it provided me with more tools for effective instruction and engagement!

To be honest, there are so many takeaways from Ditch that Homework, I could write several posts so I’m going to try my best to narrow my post to a few of my favorite points made by Matt Miller and Alice Keeler.

First - homework can actually cause larger inequalities in your classroom. (page xvii) Grades in your class could eventually (partially) reflect the amount of support and resources students have at home - not necessarily their abilities, skills or knowledge of your class topics. I know this is a very real scenario for my students.  In high school, I could be creating disparities between students that have siblings to take care of or none, jobs to help the household, internet or no internet access or stable households or not. These factors should not impact the success of a student in class - many times they are factors out of their control and the homework can cause more stress than academic help.     

When planning for the upcoming school year (which started in April) I really started to push myself towards more student-centered and student-driven learning. After a year of just trying to stay afloat with a newborn at home and 2 brand new preps, I am ready to be the teacher I want to be… a facilitator of learning. Thanks to Matt and Alice, I feel empowered to create the classroom I’ve created in my mind and started planning for.  I have the privilege of a 1:1 (Chromebooks) classroom and I plan to utilize technology to help students become the decision makers in the classroom. On page 37 (after sharing strategies and tools), Alice cemented my ideas with this tip: Instead of focusing on assignments you want to students to do, provide students with the learning objectives then let them decide how they show you what they know!

I think this fits perfectly with another quote shared in the book on page 92: “Spoon feeding, in the long run, teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.” E.M. Forster.

I am preparing to deal with some student resistance to my methods this year, but am encouraged by everything I’ve read in this book… again, way too much to mention here!

Alice and Matt also bring up excellent points about relationships - the foundation of any solid learning environment. Restructuring your class and taking away the added stressor of homework can really help improve the relationships between students and their teacher. Finding methods, perhaps the in-class flip, that gives the teacher the ability to sit one-on-one with a student and provide timely feedback is so much more effective than assigning homework that often doesn’t receive feedback for at least 24 hours (more likely 48 hours).

Last, I will praise Alice and Matt for the amazing resources and graphics shared throughout the book.  There are some great Google add-ons that I’m excited to try, especially a handy parent log! I’m also tempted to turn their graphic pages into posters to have in my planning area to keep me constantly reminded of the learning throughout the book!

So, what I’m really trying to say is… if you haven’t read this book, do it! Now! Before the school year starts!

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Make sure you follow these amazing authors and educators on Twitter: @jmattmiller and @alicekeeler and their hashtag(s): #ditchHW  #ditchbook #ditchsummit

METC Google Extravaganza: Summer Fiesta

Over the past two days we attended the Google Extravaganza: Summer Fiesta through METC.  We learned a ton and wanted to share a few of our favorite takeaways.

What did Jess learn?

Geo Tools: As a newer elementary teacher I am getting use to teaching all subject areas.  @msedtechie did an amazing session on Geo Tools. I am excited to use Google Earth and Google Expeditions specifically in my classes. I am also going to try to do Google Tour Builder to implement in ELA class.

Be Funky: https://www.befunky.com/ - This website is a creation tool shared by Greg Lawrence.  When he was presenting I was thinking how I could have the kids make a collage of photos describing a character in a book, examples of pictures for history/social studies lessons, and pictures showing verbs, nouns, etc. when we are learning about grammar.

Classhook: www.classhook.com - This website you type in what you are teaching and it supplies you with short videos to use as hooks for lessons.  Genius!

Google keep: Yes, this has been around for a while.  Yes, tons of people use it. No, I never used it.  Yes, now I am. I am just going to leave it right there.

Doctopus & Goobric: I can’t wait to use these google sheets add-on to make digital rubrics to use with the students online work.  You can pull google assignments from classroom and have them all in one place to grade using the rubric you created.  You can also add comments, either written or spoken. These add-on’s will be so helpful and make a huge difference once school starts.

What did Steph learn?

Jess and I attended several sessions together, and a few apart. Beyond what she learned (several mentioned by her were also mentioned in my sessions), I was excited to learn new tools and gain a more solid understanding of other tools I already knew about.

A new way to setup digital breakouts!  I attended a session knowing it would be all about Google Sites and center around the use of Sites to create digital breakouts.  I created a few digital breakouts this past school year, but during this session I found a new way to create and manage the digital breakout. In the past, I created a digital breakout using a Google Site - I would put all of the pages together and place one Google Form (as the locks) on the first, or home, page of the Site. This meant that students would have to complete all of the locks (in any order) to complete the breakout.  If you’ve never created a Breakout utilizing Google Forms functions like response validation - look it up - game changer! During this session, however, we were tasked to complete a digital breakout. This one was different - it utilized several Google Forms, each with only one lock, on multiple Google Sites pages. We were taken to one homepage, once we completed the first lock the Google Forms directed us to a new URL (this URL was of a hidden page within the same Google Site).  This ensured that we worked in a specific order but I also noticed that it was easier for me to manage the clues and locks. I’m definitely going to be creating Breakouts like this next year!

Google Keep:  Although I have used Google Keep, I haven’t used it to its full potential!  My favorite trick in Google Keep is the “Grab Image Text” feature! Ever had a PDF that you wish you could have in a text file? Take a pic (or upload what you already have), load into Keep, go to the menu and choose “Grab Image Text”.  Magically, the image’s text will appear in your Keep note as text! This is why Google is the best!

YouTube in the Classroom:  So, I’ve been using YouTube in the classroom since… the beginning of YouTube. But, with my goal of moving closer toward personalized learning for students I was interested in learning new tools to utilize YouTube in a better way. A couple of my favs:

*TurboNote - this extension allows you (or your students) to add notes attached to any YouTube video.  Students can add this extension, open any YouTube video, click on the extension and a notepad will appear on the right hand side of their screen over YouTube.  As the video plays, they can type notes. It’s seamless - and anytime they open that same video URL again, the notes will be there for them! Cool, right!?

*Vynchronize - this site allows you to share a video with students - while controlling the video and includes a backchannel chat.  You select the video, create a room (similar to Backchannel Chat), share the room code with students and go! You can control the video (start, pause, etc) and it will control the video of anyone else in the ‘chat room’.  How cool could this be in class? First, students have no excuse - they can definitely see the video and students can be held accountable for watching the video and answering whatever prompt you ask.

Oh, did we mention we presented, too?  Here is our presentation:

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#ISTE18 - Chicago, IL

Sorry we have been MIA for a while, yet we were recovering from #ISTE18...still not sure if we have fully recovered from 5 days of edtech gloriousness! We were both blessed to get to attend ISTE this year for the FIRST TIME! We were so pumped and we had the time of our life learning new edtech tools, mingling and meeting new PLN, meeting some of our FAVORITE authors and twitter stars, and meeting some of the people behind our favorite edtech companies.  This post could be SUPER long so we decided to break it down a bit to shorten it up. Keep reading and enjoy!

THE PEOPLE WE FANGIRLED OVER:

Kasey Bell:

Holly Clark & Kasey Bell (again):

Mike Matera:

Tara Martin:

Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo:

Bethany Petty:

Shawn and Devin Young, Creators of Classcraft:

Creators of Quizizz:

STEPH’S TOP 3 FAVORITE THINGS LEARNED:

1.Sown to Grow: Alright so, this was one of my first ISTE sessions and I left the session blown away and excited about this amazing tool! Sown to Grow is a free online resource to help STUDENTS track their learning and growth in your class, as well as reflect on their learning and growth.  Rupa Gupta presented this amazing site (her brain child) and is so committed to helping students improve! One of my favorite parts is its integration into Google Classroom - yesss!   

2.Digital Citizenship: Technology has taken the education world by storm and digital citizenship seems to be the piece that some have forgotten.  ISTE certainly has not. Digital citizenship was front and center of conversation. Google’s ‘Be Internet Awesome’ initiative and resources were highlighted at the Google for Education booth and I’m excited they have made this topic accessible to our youngest students! Being safe and responsible on the internet is something all of our students need to learn because, let’s face it, our world is only getting more and more connected and reliant on the internet!

3.Student Centered Classrooms: Along with the rise of edtech is increase in teachers abilities to personalize learning and center their classrooms around student interests and curiosities.  A common thread of many presentations, poster sessions and conversations was giving control of learning to the students. Hopefully educators are moving in the direction of giving students the power over their education

JESS’ TOP 3 FAVORITE THINGS LEARNED:

1.EDUProtocols: We have read (and blogged) about the book “EDUProtocols” already, yet Steph and I decided to attend the session. Seeing the Protocols used and watching the authors (Jon & Marlena) present was beyond amazing and inspirational.  I had my book out and was taking notes on sticky notes and placing the notes within my book. I CAN NOT wait to implement the protocols into my teaching this Fall, even more so after their presentation.

2.Flocabulary lyric lab:  I recently became a MCE (Master Certified Educator) for Flocabulary so I spent a lot of time socializing with them and attending their sessions and events. When using the lyric lab students can create their own raps, beats are provided, and even rhyming words to help the students.  It also encourages students to use the academic vocabulary from the topic they are writing their rap for. SO COOL! We made a rap about how It’s Poppin’ In Chicago!

3.Seesaw: Okay, I am new to elementary school (this will be my 2nd year) and I have heard all the rave about seesaw, yet I didn’t understand why this was so cool.  I literally walked up to their booth and asked one of their representatives why should I use this edtech tool? Well, let’s just say she sold me! She was a teacher herself and explained how cool it was that kids can create these digital portfolios.  Best of all, if parents ask, “What did you do at school today?” they can look at seesaw and SEE some of the work from the kids! GENIUS!

JESS & STEPH’S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS:

1.Flocabulary Mic Night:  Best. Event. At. ISTE. Flocabulary put on a mic night at Reggies where they had rappers from their videos (who are also rappers in real life) attend and perform their music.  Teachers also got up and did some raps (if they wanted to). Favorite part was the Chicago’s Young Artists got on the stage and rapped or did slam poetry. These kids were AMAZING!  The way they spoke their stories through music was beyond heartwarming and beautiful. Those kids are going places.

2.Our Fangirl Moments:  We went up to Jon and Marlena and fangirled a bit and told them who we were, Do2MuchTeachers.  What did they do? They told us how much they LOVE us and told everyone in the session to follow us on twitter, whaaaat?  Such a cool moment for two girls new to the blogging world! Also, meeting all the other authors/twitter celebs we have fangirled over.  It was incredible to meet them in person and realize how down to earth and awesome they truly are. We also helped out at a Classcraft event and the Quizizz booth so we got to know the masterminds behind those two edtech companies.  They are all such cool people!

3.The Vibe:  The vibe at ISTE the entire time is pure happiness, positivity, and educators just like us.  Educators who are willing to take a leap of faith and try something new. Educators who want to continue learning even though we have multiple degrees.  These were our types of people. I want to continue the vibe and positive vibes only throughout this school year. Thanks ISTE for basically giving me a kick in the butt and bringing my creativity juices back!

4. The Expo Hall. Because… swag. We love free stuff!

We can not wait to go back to our schools and share the experiences we had.  If you EVER get the chance to go to ISTE - ATTEND! Mingle, enjoy the happy hours, enjoy the positive vibes, and enjoy being with people who are just like you; like-minded educators wanting to learn the newest and best tools to use in their classrooms to help our students become the 21st century learners they are. We are keeping our fingers crossed and praying to God that we get to attend ISTE again.

“Illuminate” Book Review

Illuminate by Bethany Petty is a new addition to the EdTechTeam Press collection and we were excited to read and learn from this edtech guru! Check out our thoughts below…. then make sure you go out and get this book!

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Steph:

Bethany Petty is one of my favorite bloggers for multiple reasons - we teach the same course, in the same state and we both love edtech!  So, when I found out she was releasing a book through EdTechTeam Press, I knew we had to get our hands on it! I am so glad we did! Petty’s book, Illuminate, released in May, is a great addition to any teacher’s library - every content, grade level and edtech experience level.  

Our school’s PD committee is considering creating an ‘edtech cart’ for teachers and I cannot wait to add this book to that cart!

As an edtech enthusiast, I approached this book from the point of view of a coach (#goals) - could this book serve as an effective read for teachers already using tech, uncomfortable with edtech, etc.?

Bethany does a great job breaking down the tools she uses in her classroom - how she uses them, how a teacher can access them and how to sign up - every detail is there!  She makes teachers still in that ‘uncomfortable’ portion feel more confident and willing to try something new in their classroom. She truly illuminates the positives of using edtech in today’s classroom.  If I were a tech coach or instructional coach, I would highly recommend this book to teachers interested in stepping up their edtech game!

There are a few highlights I wanted to share - some things that I took from this book that I’m excited to share with you!

First, Bethany’s encouragement! She certainly writes in a way that makes me comfortable with just ‘going for it’ when it comes to some of my ideas for next school year.  I have been researching the ‘in class flip’ for a few months and trying to decide HOW to make it happen. Lucky for me, Bethany discusses this exact strategy, in detail, to help readers understand that it can work in their room!

Second, hidden gems (or, edtech tips) I was excited to find! Although several of the tools Bethany discusses in her book are tools I am familiar with, have experimented with, or use daily - I still learned so much from little hidden gems throughout the book. For example:

Last, I love the end of each chapter! Sounds weird - but hear me out.  At the end of each chapter, Bethany challenges readers to try something tomorrow! These are great, quick ideas to get readers actively using strategies they are learning throughout the book. I think they would be great in a collection on my wall - a compilation of ideas when I need a little inspiration!

Oh! I also love the Tech Tool Index found at the end of the book - a definitive list for quick reference! Genius!

Jess:

Bethany Petty’s book is ah-mazing! Yet, that was already stated.  This book is jam packed with ed tech tools that you can implement into your classroom immediately and she gives step by step directions on how to make this happen - how cool, right?

“Technology helps give all students a voice and a chance to interact in class discussions” (page 8).  Is there a more beautiful statement? There is so much ed tech out there to give students their own voice, which is a huge push in the educational world right now.  Personally, a favorite of mine, is Flipgrid to use to help give students a voice in their learning, yet Bethany gives a wide array of ideas to help a teacher let students have a voice in their learning and education.

“Students immediately become more engaged in the content as they experience it visually rather than through the words from a dusty textbook” (page 9).  Yaaaas! I am a #ditchthattextbook girl so this quote is everything. Usually in schools textbooks are ancient, and I’ll be honest, mine are collecting dust on a shelf.  I would rather give my students real world experiences and have them experience the content visually rather than sitting there reading a textbook and then answering the questions at the end (like I was taught, way back in the day).

“I want them (my students) to realize that they can create amazing products, and that I am in their corner, cheering them on” (page 97). As a third grade teacher, third grade is the first year our students in our district get a chromebook with their name on it, all to their self.  This is an exciting time for an 8 year old. I use the chromebook for the majority of my lessons in my classroom. I want to show my students how to create things and be creative and know that whatever they create is GOLDEN in my eyes (and I may do a cheer or two or three for them).

Finally, I will leave you with this from Bethany’s book.  “Think of Twitter as a stairway to an amazing water slide that will lead you to a pool of knowledge, strategies, people and tools that you can use to make your classroom awesome” (page 111).  If you do not have Twitter, I am going to need you to go sign up now, no seriously. Twitter has connected to me to such amazing educators who are overflowing with even more amazing ideas. My PLN is huge thanks to Twitter.  I encourage you to be a part of twitter chats (summer is a GREAT time to try them out) and if you see something you like from someone comment and connect with them.

Bethany’s book is obviously a must read. The book is full of amazing technology tools you can use in your classroom this Fall.  I highly recommend this book. Read the book this summer, play with some of the tools, implement the tools in the Fall, and watch how your students engagement goes up!

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We can’t give everything away- but we promise this is a great addition to your professional library! Don’t forget to also follow Bethany on Twitter and join the conversation with the hashtag #IlluminateED!