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Here are a few blog posts and series to get you started on your blended journey!

I'm going to make this a quick post, but I'll share what I hope are helpful ideas. I'll follow technology suggestions with workarounds when I can. None of them will be perfect, obviously. A device of some kind will be necessary, even without wifi. So we have to be flexible with due dates and understanding our students' limitations.
Keep Distance Learning Simple in Times of Crisis
This is a Free distance learning template to help your lessons stay targeted and organized.
Grab This Free Distance Learning Template to Help Your Lessons Stay Targeted and Organized.
If we have a few basic tools, we already have the resources we need to provide students with quality distance learning opportunities. So we can end the resource scramble. Click through to see how—there’s a video and a cheat sheet to help!
Don’t Replace Your Resources–Re-purpose Them. Here’s How.
Tips for infusing tech one lesson at a time
Infusing Tech One Lesson at a Time
Click through to find easy tools to techify your classroom.
Easy Tools to Techify Your Classroom
Use tech to turn your vacation into a lesson!
Turn Your Vacation into a Lesson
Learn how to use simple tech to gamify your classroom
Use Simple Tech to Gamify Your Classroom
Harness the power of Gifs for classroom instruction!
Harness the Power of Gifs for Classroom Instruction!
Use the dimple and free learning apps tool to impress your students!
Use Learning Apps to Impress
Use simple tech to keep parents in the loop.
Easily Keep Parents Updated with Simple Tech
Save yourself time by linking data in Google Sheets.
Save Time by Linking Data in Google Sheets
Use Google Tours to go places without leaving the classroom!
Use Google Tours to Go Places without Leaving the Classroom!
Are you looking to do more with Google Forms? It's easy! I've got images with step-by-step instructions for doing so, and I've also got a link to a video tutorial. You'll be using Google Forms like a pro in no time, and you'll be well on your way to being ready for your 1:1 classroom!
Make Your Google Forms Dynamic with Images and Film
No more grading?! (Well, almost!) I'm sold! Flubaroo is an add-on for Google Quizzes that takes care of the grading for you. You can not only incorporate technology by assessing your students with Google Quizzes, but you can also have it take care of the grading for you. Just another tool to make your foray into the digital classroom a little easier!
Even Though You Can Now Create Self-Grading Quizzes in Google Forms, Flubaroo’s Pretty Cool
Have you heard of Screencastify? It's a simple app that allows you to flip your classroom! Technology has made it super easy for teachers to deliver content outside of the classroom, which is one use for Screencastify. However, you can also use during station rotations. The possibilities are endless!
You Will LOVE Screencastify for Your Blended Classroom!
It's easy to get caught up in the classroom technology bandwagon, but it may not be for the right reasons. In this post I share three ways to prevent your 1:1 classroom from turning into the old "book work" classroom. In short it's best to break up your technology use with other activities, employ the use of stations, and integrate some play with technology games from time to time. Cheers to your digital classroom!
Be Careful Not to Make Tech the New Book Work!
What have you taught your students about digital citizenship? There's a lot of groundwork that needs to be laid before we can jump right into a 1:1 classroom. Teachers can't assume that students know about copyright laws and plagiarism, and they also can't assume that students have been taught how to use the Internet safely. This post will help you get your classroom ready for 1:1 technology integration by giving you tips for teaching these important concepts.
Teaching Your Students to be Digital Citizens
Technology in the classroom can be a huge help -- and sometimes it can be a burden. To enhance learning and really help students comprehend, this blog post shares 10 simple tech tools that will get the job done. Click through to read about all of the tech tools!
10 Tech Tools to Help Your Learners Grow

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