I just put the finishing touches on Learning in Hand Issue 2. Sign up for my free newsletter and it will be delivered to your inbox Monday morning. 📥 Issue 2 features resources from #ISTELive, a cool Live Photos trick, and more #EdTech awesomeness.

7 years ago I wrote my first blog post about Flipgrid Today I'm sharing a post on my new blog with alternatives to a tool that will be missed If you're not ready for alternatives yet that's ok💚 However, if you're looking then these are some good ones virtualescaperooms.org/top-5…

Banning smartphones in schools is good for learning and well-being. New study of 400 middle schools in Norway: after smartphone bans, girls had fewer mental health issues & better grades. Boys and girls were less likely to be bullied. Smartphones belong at home or in lockers.

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Paul West has put together a list of open-ended and creative tasks that teachers can offer students when they are done early or have extra time. He placed these options in a menu inside Google Forms. You can make a copy of his template and customize! thepdubyatech.wordpress.com/…

I swear half my job in the classroom isn't teaching content. It's teaching kids that YES YOU CAN. I believe in you. You can do this. #MattsBackInClass

Reading can seriously damage your ignorance.

Who's with me?! #amwriting #Christmas #booktwt #WritingCommunity

Want to prepare your baby for a lifetime of success? Make literacy a priority from the start. Surround your child with spoken and written language. Speak, read, sing. And model reading as a skill - and interest - of your own. (Remember there’s nobody your child wants to emulate more than you.) I love what this family has created, adding literacy to their daily mealtime routines. After each meal, the children hear books read aloud - which is followed by a short period of independent exploration with books. Look at how attentive these little guys are. At this age, start small… even a minute or two at a time can help start a lifetime habit. And never forget that literacy learning begins long before children enter kindergarten. Want them to do well in school? Don’t wait until they get there to begin. Does/did your baby have favorite board books? I’d love to add them to my list. This highly literate lunchtime was posted to IG by zaintwinzz.

#Teachertwitter Here is a list of teachers who have lost their homes. The teachers from Kamehameha III school also lost their classrooms. If you would like to support #teachers directly this is a good place to start. #mauifires #clearthelist Please RT. tinyurl.com/teachersmauifire…

Build Two: Actually a refresh more than anything: new poems, new spoken word, new backgrounds, etc. Take it if you want it. Enjoy :) #BetterTogether #Hyperdocs #HyperdocsRock #FileMakeACopy #SharingIsCaring docs.google.com/presentation…

Hey @RebekahODell1 and @sam_futrell1 thank you so so so much for the end-of-the-year inspiration we needed! #teamums students are way into writing their own graphic novels. We layered in @historysandoval playlist to build background 🔥

How to work better: 1 do one thing at a time 2 know the problem 3 learn to listen 4 learn to ask questions 5 distinguish sense from nonsense 6 accept change as inevitable 7 admit mistakes quickly 8 say it simple (less is more) 9 be calm (good manners) 10 smile (be positive)

So impressed with #teamums ELA7 TED Talks! Love to see the confidence and passion 🤩

You are not a team because you work together. You are a team because you trust, respect and care for each other.

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Being a teacher isn't just one job. It's 100,000 little jobs.

AND that’s a wrap for Two Degrees by @AlanGratz Looking forward to future #teamums students becoming active and aware 🌏

The teacher’s work is like the landscape davestuartjr.com/the-teacher…