Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
I recently started subscribing to Untangled, a newsletter by Darren Hudgins, full of resources curated for people like us. One of his links led me to the video below. In this video, the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, Ernő Rubik, Continue reading Are You Ready to Change the World?
This model and template will help college, high school, and middle school teachers put together a syllabus that sets you and your students up for a great year. Source: How to Write a Syllabus | Cult of Pedagogy
Hopscotch is a shockingly simple and comprehensive app that allows students to experience writing code and programming on the iPad. Chances are that if you look over a student’s shoulder who is using Hopscotch, you might think they were just playing Continue reading Learn to Program on the iPad using Hopscotch
The robot invasion has come to Bend-La Pine Schools! Simple robots are everywhere and certainly have a place in the modern classroom. Take for instance, these lessons available on the Lightning Labs website linked here. Most of these lessons can Continue reading Learning From Robots
I’m hoping that all Bend-La Pine secondary staff and students are aware of the fantastic SIRS Researcher Database that they have access to. You can reach it by going to the library website for each school located under the Academics tab. Continue reading SIRS Researcher has been Updated
If you are looking for a quick way to record audio and upload it in a QR code, email it, or put it in a Google form, then Vocaroo is something you need to try. I was able to record myself Continue reading Vocaroo | Online voice recorder
Here’s a great article on what’s new with Google Classroom – specifically communication with parents and annotations: Google for Education: Taking learning beyond classroom walls with new features for Back to School
Getting feedback from our students and staff is important in our profession and there are so many tools out there that can help. We use Socrative, Kahoot, Padlet, or Google Forms just to name a few. Answer Garden is a great Continue reading Answer Garden is a Great Feedback Tool