April 20

Website Worth Sharing: Google Experiments

Google encourages experimentation with their staff and other contributors. I found this collection called “Creatability” which incorporates music with visual arts and movement. I think the kids might have fun with some of these: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/creatability

The Arts and Culture Experiments also look interesting: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/arts-culture

Digital Wellbeing experiments would be good for older students: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/digitalwellbeing

For the older students, it could be interesting to have them explore one of these and share with the class.

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September 27

Website Worth Sharing: Plickers in PE

I found this interesting article/video by a teacher who uses Plickers in his PE class. He customized the back of the Plicker cards to make it easier for the students to use them. I thought this was a great idea! I also didn’t realize that you can purchase Plicker cards laminated and ready to go on Amazon for $20.

If you’re not familiar with Plickers, it’s an app you can download onto your tablet/smartphone that allows students to respond to questions similar to the more expensive clickers. The cards (which you can print yourself for free) are assigned to students who hold them a certain direction to answer multiple choice questions. You control the questions from your app, scan their responses with your camera, and see the results. Nice way to use formative assessment.

If you’re not interested in Plickers, you may like how he uses magnets and student numbers for student interaction.

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June 12

Website Worth Sharing: Periodic Table of Exercises

I found this website that PE teachers might want to bookmark for future use. There is a “period table” of workout videos that aren’t on YouTube so they’re easy for students to play from Chromebooks. Check out the menu at the top as there are an abundance of resources for PE teachers who are using Chrombooks, but even lots for those who aren’t.

https://www.cbhpe.org/periodic-table

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