Blended Learning

Online teaching is DIFFERENT! Let’s prepare for the new normal with some online teaching best practices, tips, and tools. In this episode, Kasey shares her best tips for teaching students online. COVID-19 has changed education forever, and now it’s time to regroup and redefine teaching and learning. We don’t know what school will look likeContinue Reading

Sink or swim, teachers and educators across the globe have clung to tools like Google Classroom and Google Meet to survive school closures and remote learning. Building capacity and increasing your Google skills is more important than ever. Google Certification changed my thinking, my career, and gave me the skills to teach and learn online.Continue Reading

YOU are invited to join the Shake Up Learning Book Study! I am #superexcited to announce the 2020 dates for the official book study of my book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic. (Scroll down to the bottom to see ALL of the book studies for 2020!) The ShakeContinue Reading

Last week we explored the remote learning situation from the student’s perspectives. This week I’m chatting with a highly-respected leader and author. Evan Robb has been a building level principal for over 20 years, and he’s sharing what this time has been like from his perspective, and lessons learned from remote learning. We all knowContinue Reading

Leading from home through a crisis is a whole new beast. We, as educators and leaders, find ourselves leading from a very unexpected place. Home.  Good leaders step up and lead through hard times, and that’s exactly what I see happening every day. I have never been more proud to call myself a teacher. TeachersContinue Reading

YOU are invited to join this special Shake Up Learning Book Study for school leaders! I am #superexcited to announce a special study of my book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic, for school leaders. If you are an assistant principal, principal, superintendent, curriculum specialist, tech director, tech coach,Continue Reading

Y’all know I love choice boards (aka learning menus), and especially Tic-Tac-Toe boards! As more and more teachers are relying on the flexibility of choice boards during remote learning, I thought I’d create a template that would give teachers a bit more space to explain the tic-tac-toe choices. So today, I’m giving you the FREEContinue Reading

Education has forever been changed by the coronavirus and subsequent school closures. Let’s explore ways to move forward into the “new normal,” of school. Digital learning is now more important than ever. In this webinar, I will share tips for survival now, what’s next, and a framework for meaningful digital learning that will take usContinue Reading

Google Classroom is more popular than ever! Many teachers are searching for help and tips, so I decided to put together a Google Classroom FAQ – your most common questions answered, based on the questions I receive from teachers. I see the same questions asked over and over again, so I hope this page isContinue Reading

FREE Google Templates for Teachers from Shake Up Learning Get FREE activity templates for your Google Classroom–choice boards, drag-and-drop, fake Instagram, and more!

When you find a free or paid template that is in Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, or Google Drawings, do you know how to save that to your Google Drive and assign it in Google Classroom? This video will show you how to use Google templates and assign in Google Classroom. There are freeContinue Reading

It’s finally done! I have finally completed a brand new set of Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers AND Students. Who needs a Google Classroom Cheat Sheet? I know teachers are seeking lots of extra resources to help with home learning during this unexpected school closure period. So I’ve been working as quickly as IContinue Reading

Everything is so crazy right now, and we are all faced with a lot of uncertainty. Some teachers are on spring break, some are on an “extended” spring break, while others are making a go of home learning. Life looks different. Teaching looks different. I have created hundreds of free resources, podcasts, videos, webinars, templates,Continue Reading

Let’s face it, not every topic or subject is something intrinsically interesting to young learners. This is why I have a special on-air coaching episode for you with Debra Copeland and Rebekah Munoz.  Get ready to learn how you can start engaging students who aren’t interested in the content you’re presenting to them.  I wishContinue Reading

In the midst of the coronavirus chaos, the anxiety, the fears, and the extra time at home, I would like to come back to an idea that Jennifer Pearson shared on a special BONUS episode of the Shake Up Learning Show–grace. Jennifer, an American teacher who evacuated China in January, and has been teaching herContinue Reading