World History
- What To Do On A Snow Day Tomorrow
The other day I learned that my book has gone to be printed and will definitely be out on the 27th of this month. One of the topics I discuss is how to deal with "alternative days" such as snow ones. If you like what you see below, you might...
- Twitter Warm-up
So I always have a meet and greet on our first day of school, but tomorrow, thanks to @dougzywiol I am going more high tech (imagine that!) and having the kids Tweet their answers. To do that yourself you can either create your own hashtag...
- World History & Twitter
Want to find out what other teachers are doing in world history or social studies? Want links to some of their video clips, web quests, Google document assignments? You can find all this and more by participating in weekly discussions on world history...
- Using Social Media In The Classroom
I am thinking about having my religions class participate in a live blog next semester and maybe tweeting about religious issues using a hash tag I create for the class. Here are the reflections of a graduate school teacher who had his kids use Twitter...
- Tweeting World History
Most kids now know about Twitter as they like to use it to communicate with their friends. Well one of the teachers in my department is using that fact to her advantage. She found out about FakeTweetBuilder which allows the kids to create...
World History
TodaysMeet as an Alternative for Twitter
Richard Byrne and I started teaching a class together online tonight. One of the things we spoke about what using Twitter in your classroom. Several of the middle school teachers were understandably hesitant. So I suggested something we also use at Hayfield called TodaysMeet. The beauty about this site is that there is no login or password required for the kids. You can also set the time paramaters and share the link only with your students. It is can be used to have a discussion. You could use it if you want the students to watch something at home and have a live chat. Alternatively you could use it so students could carry on a conversation during a portion of a movie giving them some active participation skills. Believe me they are used to using two devices at once and will find this easy to do.
Above is a great tutorial about it.
Above is a great tutorial about it.
- What To Do On A Snow Day Tomorrow
The other day I learned that my book has gone to be printed and will definitely be out on the 27th of this month. One of the topics I discuss is how to deal with "alternative days" such as snow ones. If you like what you see below, you might...
- Twitter Warm-up
So I always have a meet and greet on our first day of school, but tomorrow, thanks to @dougzywiol I am going more high tech (imagine that!) and having the kids Tweet their answers. To do that yourself you can either create your own hashtag...
- World History & Twitter
Want to find out what other teachers are doing in world history or social studies? Want links to some of their video clips, web quests, Google document assignments? You can find all this and more by participating in weekly discussions on world history...
- Using Social Media In The Classroom
I am thinking about having my religions class participate in a live blog next semester and maybe tweeting about religious issues using a hash tag I create for the class. Here are the reflections of a graduate school teacher who had his kids use Twitter...
- Tweeting World History
Most kids now know about Twitter as they like to use it to communicate with their friends. Well one of the teachers in my department is using that fact to her advantage. She found out about FakeTweetBuilder which allows the kids to create...