Friday, January 23, 2015

PowerMyLearning.org

Find online games to support your instruction and assign them to your students using powermylearning.org!  This free site has organized and categorized educational, online games by grade level, subject matter and common core relevance.   The games are pulled from sites like Mr. Naussbaum, Scholastic, PBS, Harcourt... all over the web.  You can cut your surfing time in half and know that the games are school and age appropriate.  Plus, you can create classes and assign games to your students.  





The powermylearning.org interface is kid-friendly!  Students can create avatars, earn badges, connect with classmates, search and play games on their own. 

Read more about the theory behind this game-based educational approach! 

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

January Staff Meeting Tips

Google Timer

  1. If you use the Google Chrome browser, you can just type, “timer 30 seconds” into the location bar at the top of any page! Then press the “Enter” key to activate the timer.

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Classroom Uses

Kahoot! - November Staff Meeting

Easy, online, web based learning game that can be played on any device!

Teachers create multiple choice quizzes at https://getkahoot.com.  When you are ready to play with your class, launch and project your Kahoot.  A game pin will appear on the screen.

Students can go to https://kahoot.it  on any device, enter the pin and join the game!


Teacher screen/projection


Student Screen















After each question, results are shown in a bar graph.


At the end of the quiz, results can be downloaded and analyzed to see who need more help or harder questions!