Mrs. Tech

Skip Counting is such a fun skill to practice once you have learned it. I remember struggling to learn skip counting, and that it was a difficult concept to grasp at first. I remember saying the numbers between each skip count at a whisper until I figured out which came next. One of the ways that I remember learning was using feet to count by two's (you can also use eyes), fingers to count by 5's, and hands (both hands = 10 fingers) to count by 10's. This was just an introduction to it and something that stuck with me 20 years later. Task Cards are one of my favorite ways to learn and assess student learning. Here's a special skip counting freebie just for you :) Enjoy! -Mrs. Tech Below are some fun ways to practice skip counting with I Have Who Has games. Click on them to download them from my TPT store.

Below are some of my favorite typing games to practice letter recognition & typing in my tech classes! What are your favorite typing activities to use with kids? Happy Teaching, Mrs. Tech Learning Games for Kids Fall Typing Game Kidz Type  ABCYA Typing Games Pacman Typing Slime Kids Kidz Typing These are a few typing activities that aren't game based: Learn to Type Typing Club

With the election getting closer, I thought I would share some websites that I have found that have great election activities for students! I Side With - Great for older students to see which candidate holds beliefs closest to their own Newsela - Student Voting (taking place now!) Scholastic - Meet the Candidates Scholastic - Road to the White House  Scholastic - Electoral College Map American History Vote - History & Future of Voting PBS - Meet the Candidates  (also check out Election Central for more tools) iCivics - Win The White House  (iCivics also has lots of great lesson plans available about elections) Education World - Election Activities And always, if you have a BrainPop membership, check out their awesome videos about voting, elections, and the Branches of Government (free). Don't forget to get out there and vote :) -Mrs. Tech

One of my favorite parts of teaching when I was in the classroom full time was always creative writing. There are so many activities that we do that have RIGHT and WRONG answers, that I loved the fact that creative writing allowed students to express themselves in any way they felt appropriate. Now that I am in my tech classroom, I don't have as many opportunities to do this, but I do enjoy a good writing assignment every once and a while. I just have them type it and turn it in instead of handwriting it {That makes it tech class appropriate, right?} Anyways, here are some of my favorite prompts {the students loved them too}. Grab them free in my TPT store . Happy {almost} Halloween! Mrs. Tech

Check out my Guest Post on  Tie Play Educational Resources, LLC  today where I talk about my newest idea - Pumpkin Olympics!

Technology is SO key to classrooms now a days. As an Educational Tech Specialist, I make it my job to find tools that are easy for teachers to use and have a quick learning curve for students. Wasted class time is a pet-peeve of mine, so why spend a whole class period explaining how to use a new tool. I will detail below some of my favorite Web 2.0 tools, why they are my favorite, and how you can use them in your classroom. No Log-In Required: Build Your Wild Self : This tool is great for students to learn about animal adaptations. Students can create their "wild self" by adding animal body parts to their avatar. Once they click "done" it tells them about each of the animal parts they selected and how each part helps this animal adapt to its environment and the climate around them.  City Creator :  City Creator is great for students to express themselves as upcoming architects. It is a site that I used in my classroom when I was talking about maps and  Comic

Hey Y'all! It's fall (by the calendar, but not by the weather here in Florida)! I love to use activities in my technology classes that have to do with what students are learning in the classroom or with current events. These next few weeks, we are doing lots of online fall activities and I wanted to share some of my favorites with you :) Enjoy! -Mrs. Tech Fall Coloring Sheets Interactive Fall Coloring Sheets  Virtual Pumpkin Carving Decorate a Jack-o-lantern Fall Find the Differences Fall Word Search   Fall Match Game Fall Autumn Leaves (like Candy Crush) Virtual Pumpkin Life Cycle Autumn Quiz Autumn Word Unscramble Online Jigsaw Puzzle Build a Scarecrow Make an Acorn Face Mad Libs