Challenges of AI in the Classroom: Practical Tips for Teachers
On a ferry, wondering about AI…and when this 2-hour ride will be over. I’m still processing this whole thing. Like when I was a middle schooler and heard the dialup…
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Farewell Google Expeditions. Now What?
Let me be clear. I LOVED Google Expeditions when it first came on the scene. Cramming a smart phone inside a piece of 80’s tech…a Viewfinder, and getting clear 360…
Create Your Own Digital Stickers and GIFS
I remember getting stickers on my paper school assignments…mainly because it was a rare occasion. But in those rare times, this simple action made me feel special, ESPECIALLY if these…
Random Instagram DMs and Teacher Appreciation
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week all across the USA, perhaps in other places too. *Thanks to my readers throughout the world! Despite the many ways teachers are shown appreciation, one still…
Making The Most of Virtual and Bitmoji Classrooms
Here we are in Spring 2022, with many students back to in-person learning and a hefty dose of optimism that they stay that way. Remember those cute Bitmoji and Virtual…
The Buff Nuggets Cover Song Collection
Me and Buff Nugget Nation compiled some of our favorite cover songs to make the supreme playlist to rule them all. There’s a little bit of something for everyone! Many…
10 Ways To Get Teachers To Stay
Thanks to Val Brown and her legion of Twitter followers for shedding some very important light in 2022. The narrative is usually set as, “Why are teachers leaving schools?”. But…
10 Things Teachers Dislike About PD
As someone who delivers a truckload of PD each year, I would be wise to know what negatively triggers my audience to want to throw a shoe at me. Thankfully,…
Screencasting with Screencastify: Buff’s #1 Tech Tool
Screencastify is the peanut butter to my jelly. It’s the Sonny to my Cher. It’s like oxygen to my lungs. It’s the wind beneath my wings. Screencastify is my NUMERO…