Library Defenders

While graphic organizers, exit tickets, and worksheets are a standard in every classroom, it is not the only way to get input from kids.   ...

National Newspaper Week began in 1940.  And today, almost eight decades later, “ American newspapers are demonstrating their resolve ea...

One gripe that I have heard a lot about students in the past five years is the lack of typing skills and the way that this interrupts instr...

Each year since 2014, the Warrior Run Education Foundation (WREF) has asked classroom teachers for mini grant proposals.  These grants are i...

When we first started this blog, Liz did a post on why you should be using Google Chrome (if you aren’t already) .  In addition to using c...

As education moves towards a focus on authentic learning (thank goodness!), there is also a push to move beyond the classroom walls.  One ...

Google recently held a conference in San Francisco entitled Google NEXT ‘17.  While I wasn’t there, I have been reading a lot about news an...

If you've ever watched the weather segment on your local news, you've experienced green screen technology .  While it isn't exac...

Earlier this week, I accompanied a few colleagues to the annual Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference ( PETE&C ) in H...