All schools should take a look at this paperless way to collect and monitor permission slips and signups for activities, field trips, you name it. Painless…and Easily Affordable. ZippSlip enables schools and parents to fully process paper forms online, from ...
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Feed SubscriptionStrong Passwords
This is an excellent tutorial on how to create passwords that are strong, unique and easy to remember. I’m not looking forward to changing my passwords on all my accounts but I know it will be worth the peace of ...
Read More »Duke Releases New Icons
Thanks to Duke University and The Noun Project, we now have icons that communicate and explain the innovations taking place in education.
Read More »Getting My Head Around Kids & Social Media
Parents today are constantly running to catch up when it comes to understanding the digital spaces our children use. Naturally, facebook went out of style as soon as parents started friending their kids. The latest craze is Snapchat and Ask.fm. ...
Read More »Every 60 Seconds on the Internet…2013
From FastCoCreate An infographic exploring the massive activity that occurs on the internet every minute…..
Read More »Never Take Notes Again
Recordium is an iPhone app perfect for meetings, classes or talks when you don’t want to type notes. Recordium does it all: annotate, edit, share, tag important moments, add searchable notes, and attach images in your audio. You can upload ...
Read More »Addictive Game: GeoGuessr
My kids found GeoGuessr on the internet and it’s a fun one–very addictive. Can play in teams or alone. Lot’s of critical thinking, logic and cultural awareness going on. Our best guess was 2 miles away from the location-not gonna ...
Read More »Instagram in the Classroom
Instagram is a great tool to bring into school. It encourages kids to participate in the larger conversation about their learning. Here are some ideas to try in your classroom:
Read More »HOT TIP Texting Game Changer
One pleasure of our modern world is every once in a while an app comes along that solves problems you didn’t even know you had and that is so easy to use you can’t imagine why someone didn’t think of ...
Read More »The Atlantic’s Amazing Photo Gallery
Kids of all ages are drawn to stunning visual images. The Atlantic photo gallery doesn’t disappoint. Today’s gallery is dedicated to the year’s best photos in the world of action and adventure sports. The Atlantic is one of several online ...
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