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Student Voice, Screen Casting and Explain Everything

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

Having iPads redefines many elements of teaching, learning, and assessment.  These past 2 years, I’ve experienced a learning curve not unlike that of a brand spankin’ new teacher.  This year I’ve begun to make the shift from technology-empowered teacher to … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Up To

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

I can hardly believe the school year will abruptly end in a few short weeks!  It has been a fantastic year, jam-packed full of amazing opportunities.  A quick top-five-favorites goes a little something like this… 1) My students – I … Continue reading →

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Desmos Explorations

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

If you haven’t seen these fantastic interactive desmos labs, you need to know they exist… and so do your students!  I plan to use Des-man this week (and I had more than a little bit of fun making my first … Continue reading →

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S’more Time! Who is in the Driver’s Seat? #NCSM14

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

Three of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of presenting at the #NCSM14 conference in New Orleans this week.  Our chat was during the last session timeframe… on the last day of NCSM… and our talk was alphabetically last … Continue reading →

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SuperTeacherTools.Net: Speed Match

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

Here’s another formative freebie that’s iPad-friendly! I recently used the Speed Match on SuperTeacherTools.net to review probability vocabulary with my students.  I remember the days of using Speed Match on a SmartBoard, allowing only one student to play at a … Continue reading →

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Kahoot! A Great Formative Freebie

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

It’s no secret that my heart belongs to Nearpod, Socrative, and ThatQuiz.org.  That being said, another web-based formative freebie has joined my top-three-tools. Kahoot! is a game-based quiz show platform that can be used with any content area with ease. … Continue reading →

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#SXSWedu 2014 – Highlights

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

I just attended my first SXSWedu Conference & Festival.  I’ve never wanted to clone myself more.  I was on choice-overload from day one.  I’m not complaining – I’m simply trying to express how up-my-alley so many of the topics sounded … Continue reading →

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Chief ThingLinker Stepping Down

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

That’s right.  I’m finally ready to step down from my ThingLink throne and pass the torch. Or something.  What I’m trying to say is… I’ve been doing this iPad thing for a bit.  *I* create the Nearpods… *I* create the … Continue reading →

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Weird Stuff Kids Think

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

My Algebra students completed a cooperative quadratic QR-code walk-about type task the other day.  They could work with a partner, use a graphing calculator, Desmos, the HMH Fuse app, their homework, notes… everything.  They scanned various QR-codes, which revealed practice … Continue reading →

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ThingLink as Collaborative Work Space

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

I saw this ThingLink and was immediately inspired to give the strategy a try.  Why not create a ThingLink to serve as a “collaborative plane” for my students?  I jazzed up a “Unit Organizer” from the “Strategic Instruction Model” with some … Continue reading →

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