Are you looking for an easy plug-and-play project for your classroom?
Thanks to Erin, a middle school teacher in Saratoga California, you can download and use this awesome 3D PowerPoint Museum in class to engage your students.  
Erin uploaded this amazing classroom resource to the Shared Resources area of the Teacher Learning Community, and you’re free to download it, modify it, and use it in class with your students. 
You might think PowerPoint is an “old” technology… or that it isn’t as exciting as some of the other tools out there – …

Can your favorite free web tool wow a crowd in just 2 minutes?  There’s only one way to find out!
Whether you come to watch or come to present your own favorite FREE web tool – I hope you attend our upcoming Web Tool Smackdown Webinar. 
This is a fast paced showcase of free web tools, and it’s going to take place as a part of our next Day of Learning on February 4th.  Join us and I’m sure you’ll walk away with some new free web tools and plenty of ideas …

Have you struggled with YouTube being blocked in your school, and your administration just won’t budge on unblocking it? Well, I come bearing good news for you!
YouTube is, for the most part, a fantastic resource for teachers. It’s packed with free content on just about any subject you or your students could ever want. However, all the “junk” that litters YouTube like the suggested videos, inappropriate videos, comments, and other ads has kept it from getting the green light at most schools.
YouTube is now trying to change that with their …

Does the thought of making a positive impact on the future generation scare the pants off you? Are you looking to get by your evaluations with just enough credibility and success to avoid any repercussions or tough questions? Here are a few tips for you…

How You Can Avoid Being a Great Educator
1) Keep Your Head Low
Strive for mediocrity. Avoid becoming an expert on something…anything! If you become great at something, it’s only a matter of time before someone finds out, or it has a positive impact on your students.
2) Ignore …

My sister, a math tutor, has been looking for quality math videos to help her students brush up on math basics so she can spend more time on new content and less time on review. So we scoured the web for the best, free math videos and found some amazing resources on YouTube- and now I’m going to share them with you!

Basic Math
In math, you’re constantly building on what you already know, so having solid basic math skills is essential.
The Khan Academy has a YouTube channel that can help your …

Do you struggle to capture the attention of your 21st century students?  If you’re lucky enough to have an Interactive Whiteboard, I’ve got the perfect solution. 
You just need to find the right activities to create a more engaging classroom!  I’ve done the work for you… all you need to do is go check out this Interactive Whiteboard video.  You’re about to discover:

Game-based interactive whiteboard activities.
Guidelines for how to select and integrate game-based interactive whiteboard activities into a lesson.
Examples …

Time is valuable so I’m always looking for web tools that are quick, easy to use, and get the job done.  That’s probably why I like Google Documents so much!  You can certainly do a lot of cool things with Google, but today I’m going to focus on Forms.
Here are 10 quick, easy and fun ways to use Google Forms in the Classroom!

Peer evaluation
Formative assessment
Book Reviews
Survey before and after a lesson/discussion
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