Winter Olympics lesson plans and resources
Kathy Schrock has put together a ton of resources for using the Winter Olympics in your classroom, including the history of the Olympics, lesson plans, and activities. Check them out at her website.
Kathy Schrock has put together a ton of resources for using the Winter Olympics in your classroom, including the history of the Olympics, lesson plans, and activities. Check them out at her website.
According to an article on CNN, The National Assessment of Adult Literacy: “About one in 20 adults in the U.S. is not literate in English, meaning 11 million people lack the skills to handle many everyday tasks, a federal study shows.” It goes on further that 19 million American adults have “below basic” skills, which…
Last month I had the privilege of my presentation Rock Google Slides Like the Boss You Are being selected for the NEOTech 2020 conference. Unfortunately, the conference was canceled. Today the organizers have announced a way to virtually attend the conference through their website, NEOTech Conference. Besides my presentation, there are a ton of other presentations…
Placeopedia.com allows users to connect Wikipedia entries with their geographical location. What a great way to see what landmarks/historical entries are located near your home town. It allows anyone one to place entries on the map, so if your area is blank you can search Wikipedia for local landmarks and place them on the map…
With all of the talk about distance learning and how are teachers going to manage classrooms and instruction for the next 3-4 weeks, people are too focused on trying to do what is done in the classroom virtually. We can’t repackage what is already done into a digital format. That is a recipe for disaster….
Take a look at some of the podcasts available at Goochland County Public Schools. Their latest one, with the Advanced Concert Choir at the high school, interviews students in the choir as they prepare for a choir competition that takes place on a cruise in the bahamas!
I had the privilege of addressing the soon-to-be graduates of the University of Findlay College of Education on April 13. It was a pleasure to speak, although it was tough for me to limit myself to 20 minutes. A copy of the speech and the audio from the speech will be posted to http://ryancollins.org/ as…