Any Stranger Things fans out there? Stranger Things is a Netflix horror series about a boy who vanishes from a small town, and in the process of investigating his disappearance, the locals discover some supernatural things. (I’ll keep it at that, so I don’t spoil anything!) It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I do […]

I just finished presenting, connecting, and learning at the Future of Educational Technology Conference, or FETC, in Orlando, Florida. It is one of the biggest edtech conferences in the U.S., and I want to share all of my presentations with you! Missing out is the worst! So no FOMO for Shake Up Learning readers! I’ve […]

YOU are invited to join the Shake Up Learning Fall Book Study! I am #superexcited to launch the official book study of my book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic. The Shake Up Learning book was designed for book studies! I couldn’t just write a paper book. I had to […]

Here are the BEST Blog Posts of 2018! I have put together a list of the BEST and most popular Shake Up Learning blog posts from 2018. There went another year! Shake Up Learning will be five-years-old in January (gasp!), and I want to take a moment to THANK YOU! You have helped me learn and […]

The 18 Challenges for Teachers ONLINE COURSE! Now FREE for Subscribers ($60 value) That’s right! Subscribe to Shake Up Learning emails and you can get this online course for FREE! (details and form below) What’s This Course About? The 18 Challenges Course is the companion course to the FREE 18 Challenges ebook announced earlier this […]

Let’s have some fun with Winter Magnetic Poetry with Google Slides!   Winter is coming! Well, at least for some of you. Things are still pretty warm here in Texas! This is the third installment of magnetic poetry templates that I have shared. The first one was Collaborative Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings. The second […]

Let’s Talk About How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites! Online student portfolios are a great way to showcase student work and show growth over time. Google Sites is the perfect tools for you and your students to create ePortfolios. Yes, folks, we are officially dropping the “e” from ePortfolios. Since digital is […]

What if I told you that you could create a class template inside Google Classroom? You can! I’m going to show you how to create a class template in Google Classroom that can be reused over and over again. In 2018, Google released several significant updates to Google Classroom. One particular update allows us to […]

The Shake Up Learning community is always chatting and sharing digital tools and lesson ideas for the K12 classroom. Recently, we discussed our favorite formative assessment tools for the classroom, and I wanted to share these here for you as a resource. In this post, you will find 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! […]

Google Slides is my absolute FAVORITE G Suite tool! It is really the most versatile tool in the Google toolbox. So today, I’m giving you 12 Google Slides Resources That Will Make Your Day! Yes, I’m going to say it. Google Slides is like a Swiss Army Knife for your classroom. It is so much […]

It’s finally here! The Google Slides Online Course You Have Been Waiting For: The Google Slides Master Class for Teachers. I frequently refer to Google Slides as the Swiss Army Knife of the G Suite tools because it is capable of being so much more than a presentation tool. In this course, you will learn […]

The New Google Earth is a fantastic way to flatten the walls of your classroom and explore the world with your students. Did you know that Google Earth has been around for more than 17 years? That just seems crazy. The first time I saw it, it totally blew my mind. And I did what […]

Wondering how to organize Google Classroom? This post will give you the five most common organizational strategies for the Classwork page and topics. With all the new updates, many teachers are finding themselves in a bit of pickle trying to organize Google Classroom assignments in the new Classwork page. Deciding what topics to create and […]

Guess what? Season 3 of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast returns next week! Look for the first episode on Monday, September 17, 2018. The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by me, Kasey Bell, and my buddy Matt Miller from DitchThatTextbook.com. In each episode, we share what’s going on with Google–The Google […]

5 Things to Know About the New Google Classroom Google released some pretty big updates to Google Classroom in 2018. Here are 5 Things to Know About the New Google Classroom. One of the things I love about Google Classroom is that it is one of the only products that Google designed for K-12 teachers and […]