What's new this Wednesday? I have two new products in my Teachers Pay Teachers store (click HERE).
First, I have an activity for students learning about the path light takes as it passes through the eye to make an image in the brain. It has two parts, a Cloze paragraph and a scramble activity. I love Cloze paragraphs because the students really have to read and use their context clues to complete the activity. The scrambled activity has the steps that light takes out of order. Students can either cut them out, order them correctly, and paste into their notebooks, or teachers can laminate and use over and over. It's create for interactive notebooks! See it HERE.
The second activity is a set of worksheets to accompany the movie Apollo 13. I love showing that movie to my science classes, but my school requires that any movies are part of a developed lesson plan. In addition to the worksheet to accompany the movie, there is a warm-up, exit ticket, and a Cloze paragraph (I told you I love those, haha). See it HERE.
I also have a couple of FREE products - Heat Transfer and Crafting a Scientific Argument - Density. The Heat Transfer activity will only be free until the end of July - get it now! The Crafting a Scientific Argument activity is designed to helped scaffold the use of the "claim/evidence/reason" framework for developing a scientific argument.
I hope you enjoy the new products!
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Tuesday Tech Tool - July 5, 2016
In an attempt to get my blog back up and running, I thought about the different things I could share from my classroom. One of my areas of interest (which can act as both a blessing and a curse) is my interest in educational technology. I say it's a blessing, because I always score high marks on evaluations when it comes to incorporating technology, and students enjoy the amount of tech we use in class. However, it's a curse in that I am always drawn to new apps and websites like a moth to the flame. I'm always on the look-out for the Goldilocks app - the one that's "just right."
I figured I could put that interest to work, and I came up with the idea of "Tuesday Tech Tool" - a weekly (fingers crossed) feature of my blog where I talk about a tech tool that I have used in class. This week, for my inaugural launch of this, I am going to be talking about Remind (formerly Remind 101).
Remind is a messaging service that allows you to text your students and parents safely and privately - everyone's phone numbers are kept private. It is free to use for teachers, parents, and students. It can work through the app (Apple and Android friendly), through text messaging, or through email, which makes it very versatile for teachers, parents, and students.
Once you create an account, then from either the app or the website, you set up your classes, and this creates your class code. I have a separate code for each subject I teach, however you could have a code for each class period if you wanted. It's very easy to combine classes to send out messages to all your students at once. You can also send a message to a single student or small group. I found this feature very useful when individual students needed to return something such as a book or permission slip.
Originally the messages went one way, from me to my students. However, they now have a chat feature which allows two way communication. Everything is recorded for safety purposes, and this feature can be shut off or the hours limited (no midnight messages). This turned out to be a great way for students to ask questions if something came up while they were home doing their homework or studying for a test.
One of my favorite features that Remind offers is the ability to schedule messages ahead of time. I schedule my week's messages when I write my weekly lesson plans. I am also able to embed this feed into my blog so my students can check it.
I also teach at a very diverse school, and many of my parents have a first language other than English. If you use Remind through the app on a phone set in another language, it will offer to translate messages for you.
I have been using Remind for about 3 years now, and the design team is always working to improve the app and add new features. You can now send pictures, PDFs, files, and even voice clips with the messages.
Remind is one of my go-to apps, and one I happily recommend. If you are interested, you can check out their website HERE or read their teacher's overview HERE.
I figured I could put that interest to work, and I came up with the idea of "Tuesday Tech Tool" - a weekly (fingers crossed) feature of my blog where I talk about a tech tool that I have used in class. This week, for my inaugural launch of this, I am going to be talking about Remind (formerly Remind 101).
Remind is a messaging service that allows you to text your students and parents safely and privately - everyone's phone numbers are kept private. It is free to use for teachers, parents, and students. It can work through the app (Apple and Android friendly), through text messaging, or through email, which makes it very versatile for teachers, parents, and students.
Once you create an account, then from either the app or the website, you set up your classes, and this creates your class code. I have a separate code for each subject I teach, however you could have a code for each class period if you wanted. It's very easy to combine classes to send out messages to all your students at once. You can also send a message to a single student or small group. I found this feature very useful when individual students needed to return something such as a book or permission slip.
Originally the messages went one way, from me to my students. However, they now have a chat feature which allows two way communication. Everything is recorded for safety purposes, and this feature can be shut off or the hours limited (no midnight messages). This turned out to be a great way for students to ask questions if something came up while they were home doing their homework or studying for a test.
One of my favorite features that Remind offers is the ability to schedule messages ahead of time. I schedule my week's messages when I write my weekly lesson plans. I am also able to embed this feed into my blog so my students can check it.
I also teach at a very diverse school, and many of my parents have a first language other than English. If you use Remind through the app on a phone set in another language, it will offer to translate messages for you.
I have been using Remind for about 3 years now, and the design team is always working to improve the app and add new features. You can now send pictures, PDFs, files, and even voice clips with the messages.
Remind is one of my go-to apps, and one I happily recommend. If you are interested, you can check out their website HERE or read their teacher's overview HERE.
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