20 iPad Apps to Use with Project or Product Based Learning

Here are some of my favorite apps to use with Elementary students in the classroom.  These are apps that promote creativity and critical thi...

The Creatorverse App: Physics and Art Fun!

Creatorverse is an awesome new and FREE app available for your IOS or Android device.  You can make your creations come to life with this a...

iPad: PicCollage and Frayer Model for Common Core Vocabulary

The Frayer Model is graphic organizer that helps students learn vocabulary, which is an important component of the Common Core Standards and...

iPad Lesson: Shadow Puppet Books

Shadow Puppet is an app that creates a slideshow with narration.  This is a great app for both students and teachers to use in the classroo...

iPad Lesson: WordFoto

Are you looking for a fun, creative way to integrate technology to teach language or vocabulary for your unit of study?  Try the Wordfoto (...

Challenge Based Learning- Take Action and Make a Difference!

I recently learned about the  Challenge Based Learning site through a STEMx course I am taking.  What is Challenge Based Learning?  It is ...

iPad Lesson: Sun and Moon with Tellagami

The first grade students had a blast recording their facts about the sun and moon with the FREE Tellagami app on the iPad.  Their teacher w...

iPad Lesson: PhotoCards for Reflection

The 5th grade classes had an amazing in-school field trip to be CSI Forensic Scientists for a day.  Luckily an amazing parent was on-hand to...

iPad Lesson: Persuasive Writing with Puppet Pals App

One of my 2nd grade teachers asked me for a fun way to showcase her students' persuasive writing about trees and Arbor Day.  I showed he...

iPad Lesson: Water Features with Popplet Lite App

Popplet (which can be used online at www.popplet.com or as an App) has so many educational applications whether your students are brainstor...

iPad Lesson: Animal Reports with FaceTalker

My students LOVE to make things talk with the FaceTalker App (FREE), so when I heard that 3rd grade was doing animal reports I knew that w...

iPad Lesson: Solids, Liquids, and Gasses with PicCollage

I used the PicCollage App (FREE) with my 2nd grade classes to assess the students' knowledge of  the states of matter: solids, liquids, ...

Join Me Virtually At Polar Bear Camp

In just a little over a week I will leaving on an amazing adventure to learn about polar bears in their natural habitat.  I will be spending...

Learning About Stars and Constellations

Here are some interactive sites that you can use on your Smartboard to teach and learn about stars and constellations: KidsAstronomy- Conste...

Hundreds of Activities for Your Smartboard

Interactive Sites for Education is a collection of K-5 online, interactive games and simulations that can be used on your Smartboard for te...

QR Codes and Ideas for Using them in the Classroom

I recently created this presentation for the Reading Council of SC to show educators how to use QR codes in the media center and with liter...

Electricity and Circuits

Here are some interactive sites that you can use on your SMARTboard to teach and learn about electricity and circuits: BBC: Using Electricit...

Earthquakes

Here are some interactive sites to use when learning about earthquakes: What Causes Earthquakes : Earthquakes : Beat The Quake: Be Prepared ...

Gateway of the Mind

In 1983, a team of deeply pious scientists conducted a radical experiment in an undisclosed facility. The scientists had theorized that a hu...

Disaster Watch Game

Disaster Watch is a great interactive game that teaches kids to look for the signs of impending disasters and to be prepared when a disaste...