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Road to Rio: 6 Summer Olympics Classroom Activities

Are you ready for the Summer Olympics? I love watching all of the events, especially swimming and gymnastics. There are some great learning activities that go along with the Olympics and your students will love beginning the year with this unit. And, I can't think of a better way for students to learn about countries and their cultures.

Creating Editable Documents With Google Docs

Are you tired of dealing with stacks of papers to grade? Are your students constantly losing their homework or forgetting to turn in assignments? I'm seeing that more and more teachers are going paperless or wanting to make their documents editable to eliminate these issues.

I'm going to share an tip I have in creating editable documents using Google Docs or Slides with worksheets you may already have. It's easy to create editable documents in Google Docs or Slides from scratch but adding documents you already have just takes it a step further.

Are you tired of dealing with stacks of papers? I've provided you steps in creating editable documents with Google Docs.

It's World Emoji Day! I've shared different activities to celebrate the Day.

I bet you had no idea that today is World Emoji Day. The truth is, I didn't either. A friend clued us in last week.

Emojis are small digital images or icons that are used to express an idea or emotion. They were actually born in the late 1990's in a Japanese research facility. A mobile phone provider in Japan was the first entity to allow users to add pictures to commonly used emotions to their text messages.

It's Christmas in July! Grab this great freebie for Back to School.

It's Christmas in July and I'm sure you never stop thinking about all that you need for your students and classroom for the new year. I'll make your life a little easier with this FREEBIE.

At the beginning of the year, there's so much you need to discuss with your students and parents. Many of you have a back to school night when you go over Snapshots of what's coming up during the year.

If you need ideas and inspiration in using ipads and technology in your classroom, iPadpalooza is just the conference for you! It's held here in Austin every June. The conference grows every year and brings in big names like Wes Fryer, George Couros, Kathy Schrock, and so many more. Carl Hooker has done an amazing job in developing the conference to reach educators across the world.