by Meredith Martin | Jan 13, 2014 | Books & Reading, Common Core Standards, Reading, resources, web app
Newsela is a web tool I learned about at Edcamp Baltimore this year. This free site provides news articles from around the globe in a format designed for students. One of the best features of this site is the ability to adjust the lexile level of each text based on...
by Meredith Martin | Nov 21, 2013 | Apps, How-To, iPads, Presentations, resources, web app
I am very excited that today one of my favorite apps – Haiku Deck – is announcing both an update to its already awesome app, AND the opening of their new web-based app! As a Haiku Deck Guru, I was lucky enough to have early access to the beta, and I can...
by Meredith Martin | Nov 9, 2013 | conference, Link Soup, Presentations, professional development, resources, web app
I had a wonderful time at NJEA Convention this year, especially presenting in High Tech Hall. Below are the resources from my Cool Tools session, which seemed to be a big...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 22, 2013 | Apps, Collaboration, conference, How-To, iPads, Presentations, professional development, resources, web app
On Monday, I attended the Lib2.0 conference for media specialists at Stockton. I had a wonderful time, and presented two sessions in the morning. The first – Let’s Get Visual – was a collaboration between myself and Amy Ojserkis, who I met at a...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 10, 2013 | Apps, Collaboration, How-To, resources, web app
I’ve been trying out a new web tool this week called Lucidpress. It’s a desktop publishing tool based in the cloud that also allows sharing and collaboration. As a big fan of Google Apps, my only complaint has been the lack of a Microsoft Publisher...
by Meredith Martin | Apr 25, 2013 | How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources, Sharing, web app
Screencasting in the Classroom from Meredith...