Curate the World With the Google Cultural Institute
Find and curate artwork, historical events, landmarks and digital exhibits with the Google Cultural Institute. Explore three projects: Art Project, World Wonders, and Historic Moments.
View ArticleWith Liberty and iPads For All: Accessibility for All Students
Enable learning for all students with the iPad on iOS7. Make content more accessible with apps and system settings. Create a closed captioned video that supports the accessibility to benefit diverse...
View ArticleRock the Elementary Classroom! Songwriting Across the Curriculum
Integrate the arts into the Common Core by composing music with students in GarageBand. Write an original standards-based song during our CUE 14 session for your students. Here is a GarageBand Cheat...
View ArticleClass Dojo Adds Messaging, But I Still Need Remind 101
Class Dojo released a new in-app feature today allowing you to message parents, and I need to be honest. My first thought was, “Oh no! What’s going to happen to Remind 101!?” So, for better or worse,...
View ArticleBill Selak Talks: Take More Risks
We need to be taking more risks in the classroom if we want innovative ideas to be transformative.
View Article#EdFailFwd
After a four year hiatus, I am teaching second grade again. The school year is wrapping up, and I can’t help but compare this school year to when I taught second grade four years ago. Four years. That...
View ArticleSchool of Rock: GarageBand and Classroom Songwriting
Compose epic music with your students in GarageBand. Ignore plastic recorders and wood blocks, and add engaging loops of real instruments. Write songs with students in GarageBand. Integrate music into...
View ArticleThe #EduWin Awards (and Share Your Own!)
Last Spring I help launch the EduWin Awards. We got a few sponsors–EdReach, CUE, PBS News Hour, and Getting Smart–and created a way to shine the light on eduawesome things happening in classrooms...
View ArticleGenius Hour with Second Graders
Genius Hour? Yeah, I could do that with my second graders. There are few projects that truly changed the culture of my classroom–this is one of them. Both 20timeineducation.com and geniushour.com...
View ArticleEdcamp on a School Night! Express Edcamp
Last Thursday night: Beer? Check. Sushi? Check. Edcamp? Check. Wait, what? That’s right, world, we had an Edcamp on a school night. Not only that, but our gracious host Remind provided snacks and...
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