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Lesson Planning with Google Calendar

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Are you looking for a way to a lesson plan that can be digital without paying for a service? I will admit that I love paper planners. They are beautiful! I've used Limelife Planners for years because of their amazing customer service and the quality of their products. But this last year, I couldn't spend the $60 that my planner was worth. So I got creative and started lesson planning with Google Calendar.

Keep reading to learn how to use Google Calendar to organize my lesson plans and organize my materials.

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GC Fever

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Way to go! Congratulations! You found all of the different parts of Google Classroom. Enjoy your digital sticker below! Be sure to add it to your Sticker Pad. Don’t have a sticker pad yet, no worries! Click on the button below the image to get your own sticker pad.

Google Classroom Parent and Student Guides

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I haven’t blogged in a long time. Since then, many things have happened. The main one being that I no longer teach 2nd grade. I have moved to a new school within my district in order to teach College and Career Explorations, aka Intro to Career Tech Education. I love it! It’s the best job Read more about Google Classroom Parent and Student Guides[…]

Meet the Teacher Tour and Tips

Meet the Teacher Tour and Tips

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A new start! A new class!

Whew! I can't believe it's already been 3 weeks since the start of a new school year! In my neck of the woods, school started on August 7th. And every year, my favorite thing is to record a video of my classroom! It's like the feeling you get when you move into a new house or redecorate after a long period of time. This recording was done the morning of the day that I had Meet the Teacher.

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Breaking News from ClassDojo Toolkit- horizontal

Have you heard about the new ClassDojo Toolkit?

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Exciting News!

I hit publish on my Intro to ClassDojo Post and went to sleep on July 13th. I woke up on July 14th to a whole new ClassDojo World! I had spoken to ClassDojo on Wednesday and they had mentioned their new features coming out in two weeks but I didn't realize that announcement was coming out today! You are not going to believe what they have added to ClassDojo! They are bringing their game to try to give teachers more use of their product.  If you want to find out about the ClassDojo ToolKit, scroll on to read more!

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5 Tips from an ISTE Newbie

5 Tips from an ISTE Newbie to help prepare for ISTE18

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I just got back a few days ago from one of the most exciting conferences in the edtech world. I had the chance to go to ISTE 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. Because I am a planner, I scoured the internet and all Social Media for tips for an ISTE Newbie like myself. There were many good tips but here are a few that I wish someone had told me before going to ISTE17. I hope these will help you prepare for ISTE18 in Chicago.

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