Today we have a guest post from Robert Williams, which is all about online learning.  Enjoy!The advancement of internet technology in the present decade brought about a revolutionary change in the e

So, while I realize (wholeheartedly) that teaching inferring is not always fun, I have found a fun little game that might at least make it more bearable.  Inferring is so tough for many students bec

This is a replay of a blog entry from July of this year.  That is because the sponsors contacted me to do MORE giveaways since it was so popular!  Awesome! Today on the blog I have a really cool

  I am bringing back the weekly feature:  Classroom Tech in 3 Minutes or Less!  Whoo hoo!  Today's topic is how to create a classroom website using Shutterfly.  I have heard of Shutterfly, but had

This week’s free e-book comes at you courtesy of the fans at The Organized Classroom Blog’s Facebook Fan Page!  I posted the following question:  What is your favorite app or website to use in the c

What do you get when you cross Harry Potter and The Hunger Games?  A mash-up called The Potter Games, of course!  The Potter Games is a fantastic new site that was brought about by Adam Spunberg. 

Hi everyone!  Today I thought I would start a new feature call “Classroom Technology in 3 Minutes or Less!”  Today I am featuring the website Create A Graph.  This website is great and fun for al

It’s Monday, which equals another volume of The OC Blog’s Terrific Teaching Tools!   Today, I ran across something I think could be fun in any classroom (well, unless you don’t have access to a

Ok - so we created a Google Docs quiz in the video tutorial and blog two days ago, have gotten some answers and feedback from you, and now it is time to grade our quiz! Using Flubaroo, I show

I am reviewing the website http://www.spaceracekids.com/ this week and was quite impressed with what I have found!  Space Race is a website that has several webisodes of animated shows that give

Today’s video shows you how to create a quick quiz for your students in Google Docs (which is free!) and how to customize it. After watching the video, could you please head underneath it and ta

Today’s video is about using Google Reader to manage all of your blog feeds.  It is sort of like the master meeting room that holds all of the new content so you don’t have to go to each blog indi

Mother’s Day crafts can get pricey and be time-consuming for many teachers. Not to mention the glue, glitter, and chaos that sometimes accompanies it! I prefer to try something different when p

Welcome to today’s video, which is about using a sqworl to organize your websites and electronic media in your classroom. This idea could actually piggyback off the video about File Organization fo

I came across a fun, free resource from a YouTube user in the UK:  Searchon.  With this great little tool, you are able to create  a mini-snapshot video of whatever you like.  It can be personal, b