5 tips for classroom management with Chromebooks in a 1:1

Classroom management is something that defines professionalism in the classroom as teachers work tirelessly to meet and address student learning needs and goals. It is an art that is learned, refined, and reinvented over and over throughout a teacher’s career as new technology and teaching methods are implemented within the classroom.

Enter the most recent form of technology to come into…

Quick Write/Type with Technology

  A quick write allows students to brainstorm everything that comes to their minds about a particular topic or question. There are no writing rules on grammar or spelling. The only rule is that students continuously write for the allotted amount of time.

Literacy Strategy Description: Quick Write

Great pre-, during and post reading strategy to help students activate prior knowledge, make…

College was filled with research papers, works cited, and annotated bibliographies.  I remember spending hours working on my citations and making sure that I used the right format for each source.  Was there one author or two authors? What edition was the source? Is there a copyright date? What Journal volume was it? Did I put the comma in the right spot? Is it formatted correctly on my eMachine…

The evolution of instruction and teachers is a continuous process. We know that every year there is a new tool, tip, strategy, workshop, curriculum, etc that comes along pushing us to better instructional outcomes. The other day I was reflecting back to when I first started teaching.

Almost identical to my first classroom.

My first classroom had a chalkboard. Somewhere around midyear I received…