She/Her. Elem. Tech Teacher #MIEExpert 2022-2023. Minecraft Global Mentor. Flip Innovator. eSports Leader #Levelupyourlearning 🇬🇧🇺🇲
Georgia, USA
Joined April 2017
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MakeCode Arcade attached to a Writing Project? That is thinking outside the box! Can't wait to share this idea! #MIEExpert @LevelUpTechLab #GAMIEE
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Little River ES unveiled its revamped tech lab this week, thanks to fundraising support from its amazing PTA! @littleriveres1
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#Teachers check out these awesome templates that are ready to use ‘as is’ or can be customized! There are endless possibilities with @Canva!
canva.com/design/DAFAb626QKM…
#CanvaEdu #CanvaEdu #CanvaTip #education #teaching #learning #edtech #LEAPeffect #edchat
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20 Canva templates to use in class tomorrow
📃Resume
📰Newsletter
📘Book cover
🍱Menu
⏳Timeline
✉️Invitation
➕PLUS so many more!
ditchthattextbook.com/canva-… #Ditchbook
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Looking for some ice 🧊 breakers for those first few days of school?
Canva has some fantastic, customizable, ready-to-use activities for you!
Get links to these four 🧊ice breaker activities along tons of other ideas in our Back to School post⬇️
ditchthattextbook.com/back-t…
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Our new #HourofCode Timecraft is available on @kahoot! Check out additional learning questions and activities for each of the ten Hour of Code puzzles on Kahoot! Academy.
Get started on Kahoot!: msft.it/6018kXimK
ALT Our new #HourofCode Timecraft is available on @kahoot! Check out additional learning questions and activities for each of the ten Hour of Code puzzles on Kahoot! Academy. Get started on Kahoot!: https://msft.it/6018kXimK
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🦈Have you ever had a shark swim through your living room?
💀Had a life sized skeleton stand in your class?
🩸Or held a red blood cell in your hand?
You can do all that & more with AR in Google search! Just one of the 20 buried treasures in this post⬇️
ditchthattextbook.com/google…
Sammi Westerlind retweeted
Another reason to celebrate #EducationWeek: hevga.org/wp-content/uploads… "Benefits of Video Games in K12" report just launched today! Thanks @sevenverydown for sharing this!! #games4ed #gbl @UnrealEngine @FNCreate #OregonTrail
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Join us and @PenguinClass for a special Flipgrid Live Event on Nov. 4 with @TheAmandaGorman & illustrator @LorenLong to hear all about their new picture book and empower your students to use their voice to change the world. #TeachChange
Register now: aka.ms/ChangeSings
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Check out our Game Show Classroom online course!
It's packed with:
🎥 Tutorial videos
💻 Interactive, clickable resources
🗄TONS of templates, PDFs & docs
📃Certificate of completion
AND more
🤯All for just $19!
Enroll today
ditch.teachable.com/p/game-s…
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Dive into language learning this fall with English Adventures with Cambridge, created in collaboration with @CambridgeEng. Journey through a mysterious library, pirate ship, and ice castle to solve literary puzzles!
msft.it/6013XXb8z
#MinecraftEdu
ALT Image of castle in Mincraft: Education Edition
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Hi all! The new templates are up and ready!
The interactive TV & Remote 📺✅
slidesmania.com/tv-choice-bo…
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Did you know that you can create digital stickers using IconsMania icons and illustrations?
slidesmania.com/how-to-creat…
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Take your 3D builds from #MinecraftEdu into other programs! Learn how to export your students' creations in 3D: msft.it/6018VQ32w
ALT The 3D export interface in Minecraft: Education Edition with a model of a red one-room schoolhouse.
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I'm absolutely enthralled with this @PlayCraftLearn League of Literacy world and all of the lesson (assessment) choices that go with it! I always get so many ideas & tons of inspiration when I listen to @GeriGillespy & @StephenReidEdu from @MicrosoftEDU!
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Here's a virtual tug-of-war template to encourage student talk & help them identify reasons to support different sides of the issue.
Ss can write or record reasons or "tugs" that pull them towards one side & place their sticky note or voice note on the rope.
Enjoy, friends!
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20+ tips to make the most of Canvas LMS
📂Match folder colors
💻Embed media
📧Email/msg based on completion
🥇Motivate with badges
✍🏻Use a system for titles
More: ditchthattextbook.com/canvas… #DitchBook #TechLAP #edtech #remotelearning
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Q1 What juicy question can you ask that will get students talking? #ditchbook
