by Meredith Martin | Feb 1, 2015 | Google Apps, How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources
It has been an insanely busy week, but I finally have some downtime to update. I’ve been doing a lot of workshops recently, and got behind on posting my handouts here. Time to fix that! 3D Printing in Education Google Apps For Admin II Google Forms In The...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 18, 2014 | How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources
Yesterday’s Wednesday Workshop was all about creating classroom websites with Weebly. I love sharing Weebly because it makes it so easy to create professional looking websites without needing to be a web designer or tech geek. The education version also allows...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 17, 2014 | resources, Science, STEM
Today is a busy day in the lab. I have several more crystal snowflake lessons to do, and we’re doing the Jelly Baby Wave Machine lesson for one of the classes that missed it earlier. It’s such a fun way to demonstrate how waves work and to stimulate...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 16, 2014 | Chromebooks, How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources
This year I am continuing the tradition of Wednesday Workshops in my district. We meet twice a month after school for an hour of training on a variety of technology and tools. Our most recent workshop was on Chromebooks, since we have gone 1:1 in grades 3-6 this...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 10, 2014 | resources, Science, STEM
Our fourth graders are studying animal classification, and one of the teachers asked if I could come up with a STEM lesson to go along with their unit. After browsing through a ton of ideas (thank you, Google and Pinterest!) I put together a lab where students will...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 9, 2014 | Apps, programming, resources
With the Hour of Code taking place this week, here are some fun resources for you and your students. You can find even more resources for programming on my Programming for Kids page....
