Category: Digital Tools
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Press Pause: Turning Passive Video Watching into Active Learning
This week, I had the pleasure of walking through classrooms and seeing some fantastic curriculum resources in action. But it also got me thinking: having great materials is only half the battle. How do we ensure those resources translate into deep, lasting student learning? The chai is ready and so…
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Keeping Pace By Mastering Classroom Time
Pacing is a skill that can take time to refine. In this post, we’ll explore how one of the simplest tools—the timer—can become your most powerful ally in managing lesson flow. I have my cuppa ready. Why Timers are a Teacher’s Best Friend One of the most common issues I’ve…
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Your Future Self Will Thank You: Tips for Avoiding Spreadsheet Chaos
Data is quite the buzz word in education when shaping learning for both students and teachers. I’ve been elbow deep in data recently and realized the importance of backward designing my Google Forms to generate a clean Sheet that I can manipulate easily. I want to share some of the…
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Be the Marigold: How to Support New Teachers
This post wraps-up my pseudo-series inspired by Cult of Pedagogy‘s “Find Your Marigold.” I’ve discussed how to find those marigolds in a digital age, how to generate a support stack with marigolds as an important part, and today I share how a person can be a marigold to support others.…
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Building Your 2025 Teacher Support Stack
I invite you to pour a cup of your favorite tea and read about ways new teachers can find the support they need on their journey through their first year. I will reference the “Find Your Marigold” from Cult of Pedagogy and my previous blog post if you would like…
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Welcome to The OWL’s Perch: My New Community for Educator Mentorship
In my last post, I shared the journey of my Google Innovator project, a journey that began with a simple but powerful question: How might we invest in Gen Z educators to help them engage their Gen Alpha students? Today, I’m thrilled to introduce the answer I’ve been developing: The…
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Educational Cup of Tea | When a New Resource Sprouts Right In Front of You
For the first newsletter I sent out to teachers in 2024, I wanted to share information on Motivation to see how they could pump students back up for learning during the second semester. While clicking through many recommended videos, I came across Sprouts on YouTube. I found this video fun…
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Educational Cup of Tea | You Remind Me of the Babe…
The Babe with the Power…of Goblin Tools Okay, there may only be a handful of you who get the reference in the title. It is from a song in one of my favorite movies: Labyrinth. In this movie, the legendary David Bowie plays the Goblin King. Goblin King to Goblin…
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Educational Cup of Tea | There's Too Many Apps for That
Notifications overwhelm me. Those red circles taunt me until I can clear them, and don’t get me started on trying to clear them on an app that needs an update. They just sit there refusing to go away. I know this about myself, so I turn off all notifications…
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Educational Cup of Tea | Thinking About Presidents' Day
It’s Presidents’ Day! During my morning drive to work, I listened to my favorite morning radio show play a trivia game about U.S. Presidents. I enjoyed a few laughs and learned some new things. The trivia reminded me of a podcast series I love called Presidential. In this post, I’ll…
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