by Meredith Martin | Nov 20, 2015 | Google Apps, How-To, resources
I have posted before about my love of Google Slides as a desktop publishing tool. I often use it for handbook creation, newsletters, and more. Recently, I’ve been using it to make larger files like board games and posters. I’ve had several requests for...
by Meredith Martin | Nov 2, 2015 | classroom management, Collaboration, Google Apps, How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources
Today’s staff workshop was on Google Classroom. I’d presented on it last year, but so much has changed that it needed a new tutorial. Here ya...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 30, 2015 | Chromebooks, conference, How-To, professional development, resources
Earlier this week I spent two wonderful days in Chicago presenting on Google Apps and Tools for the classroom with BER. I had a great audience both days, and my only regret was that I didn’t have any time to revisit the Shedd, the Field Museum, or Adler...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 20, 2015 | conference, Google Apps, How-To, MakerEd, Presentations, professional development, resources, STEM
On Monday, I presented four sessions at the annual Lib2.0 conference at Stockton. Below are my resources from those...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 8, 2015 | How-To, MakerEd, Science, STEM
My fourth grade students are incredibly lucky. They are going on a field trip to Mantua’s Inversand Fossil Dig. They will have a chance to learn about fossil formation, and even dig for their own fossils. I wish I was going on this trip! Because they are...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 7, 2015 | How-To, MakerEd, Science, STEM
Yes, I know it’s cheesy, but we are making cell-fies in sixth grade! My students are learning about plant and animal cells, and since one of the NGSS standards is to make a model of a cell, I decided to do just that. Since my shrinky dink project did not work...
