A Technologically Proficient Teacher For The 21st Century

Please don't tell me your still teaching like it's 1999...

If you are reading this blog...there is hope for you yet...

1) Enjoy Video Email

Visual correspondence for a visual generation... 

                                                             

Send out visual emails in a blink, and express yourself fully with eyejot. 

Find out more about getting eyejot here!

2) Captivate with Presentations

Make sure your next presentation isn't PowerPointless...

Use the presentation tool to tell a story and engage your class rather than bore them to tears.


Click here to make your next presentation emazing!

3) Get in tune with copyright laws

Striking the right cord makes all the difference...

Create, augment, and unleash your inner DJ with Apple's incredibly fun BGM program. 

Find a full review of the latest version here

4) Gamify your classroom

 Generate excitement, interest, and fun with personal devices...

Add variety and flare to your class quizzes, surveys, and formative assessments.


Educators set up accounts here

         Students log in and partake here




 Read why educators love Kahoot here

  


5) Connect with the world

 Transcend the physical classroom and take learning global

Create speaking opportunities for language learners and cultural exchanges with one of the best, free web conferencing tools around.

Get your class connected to classrooms around the world here

  Check out the research on the possibilities of using oovoo for language learning by clicking here

6) Simplify your classroom management and life

Please everyone with the convenience and constant access 

   

Your life changes here

Transform the way you manage, communicate, and interact with one of the most versatile and learning management systems. Would you expect anything less from the house of Google?

Still not convinced? Here are 60 more reasons to intergrate Classroom

Which of these 21st Century essentials are you using?

What are you waiting for?

Special thanks to Doctor Jacqui Cyrus (ED 609) and Cohort 11 for helping me enter the new millennium of teaching.

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