Using Google Forms for peer critique
By Tim Bedley Tweet Students use iPads to peer critique. I use Google forms to help guide my 4th and 5th graders through the writing peer critique process. I have created tailor-made forms for Response...
View ArticleAdding Text to Your QR Codes
By Tim Bedley Tweet PhotoString App well worth 99 cents. If you’re like me, you love creating QR codes but find it very frustrating to keep track of them because all your QR codes look basically the...
View Article16 Tips for Clean Slide Presentations
By Tim Bedley Tweet One AWFUL slide! I have been assigning slide presentations to my elementary students for many years. I found myself repeating the same critiques to group after group. Now, I don’t...
View ArticleiPads and Google Drive for Collaborative Writing Instruction
Tweet In this 2-minute video, I show how I am currently using Google Drive with my 4th/5th grade class to enhance my writing instruction. My learning environment is BYOD with iPads. I set up an account...
View ArticleFaceTime for Absent Students
Tweet Last week, Jordan, one of my fifth grade girls, was caught doing something without permission! AND I LOVED IT! Jordan’s classmate, Koral, was on a trip out of town to attend a funeral. During our...
View ArticleThe Bedley Bros. #EdChat Ep. 16: Rebecca Wildman and Fred Sitkins
Tweet Teacher Rebecca Wildman and her principal Fred Sitkins are changing the face of education through their use of iTunes U for elementary students in Michigan and around the world. Watch as they...
View ArticleiPad vs. Chromebook
Tweet Follow @tbed63 Summary: iPad is still the king of creation tools. Chromebooks are great replacements for laptops due to cloud computing. I just bought a Chromebook this week so I would know if it...
View ArticleThe Bedley Bros. #EdChat Ep. 18: Kyle Pace
Tweet Scott and I had a great discussion with Kyle Pace about effective professional development and Google Apps. Kyle is on the cutting edge of EdTech and trains teachers throughout the United States....
View ArticleThe Bedley Bros. #EdChat Ep 20: Alice Keeler
Tweet So the planning for this episode went something like this… Hey Tim, we’re having Alice Keeler on the show! Cool. What are we going to discuss? We’re going to try something new. We are going to...
View ArticleDevelop Reading Fluency with Spaceteam App
Tweet Spaceteam app probably wasn’t created to help kids learn to decode rapidly, but it just might be the best method available. Spaceteam requires 2-4 players who all work on their own device to...
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