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Posted onFebruary 13, 2025February 13, 2025 activities, authentic resources, authres, edtech, featured, french culture, games, lo-tech, Nearpod

Resources for Time, Day and Date

Note: This is an update of a post I wrote back in 2016. Outdated resources have been removed and new ones have been added. Time, […] Read More

Posted onFebruary 2, 2025February 2, 2025 activities, Canva, community building, culture, featured, games, lo-tech

20 of My Favorite Low-Tech Activities

Back in 2014, I wrote a post entitled The Value of Low-Tech in a High-Tech World. It’s over 10 years old at this point, but […] Read More

Posted onMay 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Canva, featured, games, lo-tech

The Joys of Tarsia

I first learned about the Tarsia puzzle making software from Clare Seccombe years ago on her Changing Phase blog, and I recently blogged about in my Old […] Read More

Posted onApril 12, 2024April 12, 2024 activities, Canva, featured, fles, francophonie, games

The FLES Chronicles Part VII: Revisiting Colors

This is my first FLES post in awhile. Since last year, I have been teaching elementary enrichment classes after school. Click here to read my […] Read More

Posted onDecember 16, 2023December 16, 2023 activities, Canva, featured, games, lo-tech

Old and New Things I Tried in 2023

2023 was a year where I tried lots of new things in my classroom (AI, anyone?), but I also brought back a lot of activities […] Read More

Posted onJune 17, 2023June 17, 2023 activities, Canva, featured, games, lo-tech

Cherchez l’intrus: A Fun Activity for Any Time of Year

It’s that time of year where alternate schedules are popping up and I am seeing some classes more than others. I was recently looking for […] Read More

Posted onNovember 4, 2021March 18, 2022 activities, Canva, edtech, featured, games, listening, numbers, tech tools, technology, vocabulary

An Ode to Virtual Bingo

Bingo is an age old tradition in K-12 classrooms. Teachers have been using it for decades to review topics in a variety of subject areas. […] Read More

Posted onApril 15, 2021July 26, 2021 Canva, edtech, games, gimkit, hybrid learning, remote learning, writing

In Praise of Gimkit’s “Draw That” Mode

  Gimkit recently released a new mode called “Draw That”  While they say it won’t be around forever, I am hopeful that it will come […] Read More

Posted onJanuary 17, 2021July 26, 2021 blooket, games, gimkit, hybrid learning, kahoot, Nearpod, Quizizz, Quizlet Live, remote learning, Time to Climb

How Online Games Stack Up for Hybrid Lessons

Even with this switch to hybrid and virtual learning this year, games continue to be a fun way to review content and motivate students.  Unfortunately, […] Read More

Posted onJanuary 8, 2021July 26, 2021 Canva, Canvas, Canvas discussions, collaborative PowerPoints, cuisine, edtech, Flipgrid, food, games, independent exploration, names, Nearpod, PowerPoint, Time to Climb, Zoom

The French Corner 2020 Recap: The Top 10 Things I Did or Tried in 2020

Wow, this year certainly came with a lot of unexpected challenges, didn’t it?  And the end of the year, I often round up my favorite […] Read More

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