7 of the Best Channels on YouTube for Teachers
YouTube is sometimes underrated as an EdTech tool for the classroom, perhaps due to the potential to stumble across inappropriate material, or the risk of students getting side-tracked by ‘suggested’ videos and…
- June 14, 2013 by Laura Bates
Video
Using Minecraft to Engage and Challenge Your Class
Using Minecraft in class is an amazing way to engage students and have them apply their knowledge in authentic ways. I recently used Minecraft with my class as a…
- June 13, 2013 by Rebecca Davies
- Games
3 Chromebook Management Tips for Google-fied Districts
As discussed in my last post, I’ve had the fortune to work in a few districts that are in the midst of deploying Google Chromebooks on a large scale. While it’s definitely…
- June 10, 2013 by Adam Heckler
- Chromebook
7 of the Best Audio and Video Tools for Teachers
With audio and video tools teachers can bring education to life, either by creating their own content to make classroom and curriculum more vivid and engaging, or by encouraging students to unleash…
- June 7, 2013 by Laura Bates
- Video
5 Favorite Chromebook Apps for the Classroom
As I talked about in a few of my latest posts, BYOD is getting more and more popular in the education world. Specifically, Chromebooks are making a lot of inroads into schools…
- June 4, 2013 by Adam Heckler
- Chromebook
5 Great Tools to Make Global Classroom Connections
There was a time when becoming officially ‘twinned’ with a school in another country or writing painstaking ‘pen-pal’ letters in faltering French represented the full extent of the connection students were able…
- May 31, 2013 by Laura Bates
- Tools
Take your Class on a Virtual Field Trip around the World with GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr lets your students explore the world in a fun way, it’s just like taking your class on a virtual field trip. It is a nice tool for group activities with your…
- May 30, 2013 by Kirsten Winkler
- Geography
5 Essential Steps for K-12 BYOD Programs
I probably don’t need to say this to anyone who regularly reads Fractus Learning, but BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is sweeping across the K-12 world right now with incredible speed. More…
- May 28, 2013 by Adam Heckler
- BYOD
5 Great Mapping Tools to Use in the Classroom
Remember when Google Maps was incredibly innovative and exciting? Well check out these fantastic mapping tools, each with brilliant interactive ways for students to get involved (and literally put themselves on the map) in…
- May 27, 2013 by Laura Bates
- Tools
5 Tools to Create a Collaborative Classroom
Teachers often focus on tools such as blogs that allow their students to connect to the outside world. This is fantastic because it allows students to see how their learning connects to…
- May 24, 2013 by Rebecca Davies
- Tools
