Blended Learning

This week, I’m chatting about Blended Learning best practices with the blended learning guru, Dr. Catlin Tucker. Catlin has written several books on the subject of Blended Learning, and she has been sharing many ideas to support teachers during this time of remote and hybrid learning. In this inspiring interview, Catlin and I chat aboutContinue Reading

In this post, I am going to give you 13+ Google Classroom Quick Tip Videos for Teachers! Each week on The Shake Up Learning Show Podcast, I share a quick Google tip. The podcast is an audio format, so I started creating Quick Tip tutorial videos on YouTube each week. (You can access all ofContinue Reading

One critical characteristic of Dynamic Learning is going Beyond the Walls! Go global and consider online publishing for all students. Every student should have the opportunity to publish their work and learning for a global audience! This will change the quality of their work and help them build a positive online presence. This episode andContinue Reading

It’s time to chat about Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Online Learning! With teachers learning so many new tools and strategies this year to facilitate remote learning, I thought it would be useful to discuss the idea of synchronous vs. asynchronous online learning. I’ve seen a lot of confusion about what these words mean, and I thinkContinue Reading

One of my favorite Dynamic Learning strategies is collaborative note-taking with Google Docs. Hands down, collaboration is the number one reason to “Go Google!” The beauty of G Suite lies in the collaborative features. When students are able to take notes together, it allows them to learn from each other AND gives the teacher aContinue Reading

Education is undergoing a much-needed shakeup, and there are 5 Shifts We Need Now! I strive to remain as positive as possible, but I hit a boiling point, and I’m standing up for the teachers I know in love. While I can’t express every concern in this one article, I hope that this post willContinue Reading

Remote learning has sent teachers and schools into high gear! We are all trying to figure out what works. In this post, I’m going to show you 10 Google Tips for Remote Learning. This has never been done before, not like this, so cut yourself some slack. We are all learning together! Most schools haveContinue Reading

I have long been a fan of Tony Vincent and his website and resources at LearninginHand.com. Tony is one of the most creative educators I know. One such creative project that has blown me away is his Shapegrams projects (grades 2-8), an image challenge for students to recreate images using Google drawings. In this post,Continue Reading

Flipgrid has become the go-to remote learning tool for teachers! When it comes to digital learning tools to support blended and remote learning, one tool has stood out above the rest in 2020, Flipgrid. In this interview episode with three AMAZING “Flipgridders” and educators, Ann, Jess, and Jornea, share how you can use Flipgrid toContinue Reading

New Google Books from Kasey Bell COMING SOON! Two new Google books from the Shake Up Learning series by Kasey Bell are coming soon! (1) Blended Learning with Google, and (2) Google A to Z: The Google Glossary for Teachers. Sign up to get updates about the release, pre-order bonuses, and more!

In this guest blog post by Mike Mohammed, Mike shares a fantastic, yet unconventional idea: read-along storybooks using audio in Google Slides! I’m always amazed at how Mike innovates in his classroom. You’d never guess from this post’s title that this idea is from a high school physics teacher! But we all have stories toContinue Reading

Creating an engaging classroom is harder than ever in these post-COVID hybrid learning days. Joe and Kristin Merrill literally wrote the book on the subject, however, and they joined me to chat about their favorite tools and resources, what they are doing to keep the kids off the screen as much as possible, and differentContinue Reading

I talk about the wonders of Google Slides CONSTANTLY and frequently refer to it as the Swiss Army Knife of G Suite. It can do all kinds of things! In this post, I will show you 25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do. Since originally sharing this post in 2018, it has becomeContinue 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

In this guest post by Lisa Johnson (a.k.a. TechChef4U), Lisa shares a great idea for some creative journaling. In the age of COVID-19, stress, anxiety, has pushed many teachers and students to the edge. Journaling is a healthy way to express your emotions. Some have even called it a “Quarantine Journal.” With the 30 Day PhotoContinue Reading