As amazing as classroom technology can be to increase student engagement and motivation, it can also bring on its own challenges. Check out this podcast episode to learn how to avoid common mistakes that teachers make when it comes to classroom technology.

Are you feeling the temptation to replace all your printable resources with digital resources? Technology has made it so easy to create a more paperless classroom - but should we? Check out this episode to learn how to strike a balance with blending digital and technology learning with tried and true traditional methods.

A 21st century classroom is all about collaboration, student-centered activities, and…multimedia. Tune in to learn about the impact that multimedia learning has on today’s elementary classroom and how to create a media-rich learning environment

Successful lessons are designed with intention and created to be align with best teaching practices. Learn exactly what makes up a successful lesson— I’m spelling it all out in this podcast episode!

We all want one thing as a teacher: for our students to succeed. In this episode we’ll explore 3 actionable ways that we can help set students up for success in the elementary classroom.

What’s a 21st century classroom? How do you provide students with interactive, effective, and engaging learning experiences that prepares students for a 21st century world? Check out this episode during out Teacher Summer Road Trip to find out!

Join us again this summer as we revisit some of the most popular tourist destinations (AKA - popular podcast episodes) from the past school year! This summer slow down with us and get re-inspired with our best teacher tips, strategies, and ideas for the 21st century classroom.

We know that using videos in the classroom as a learning vehicle can be powerful. But what about creating them? In this episode, I’m sharing a FREE and easy App that teachers, and even students can use to create video for a unique learning experience!

If you’re an elementary teacher, then you likely know that the summer learning slide is a real thing! Let’s help avoid the summer slide with summer learning opportunities that feel more like playing!

When summer vacation finally arrives, the LAST thing you want to do is have to clean and organize your classroom to ready it for summer. Learn how your students can actually help you box up, wrap up, and tidy up your classroom so that you can get to summer faster!

Cyberbullying is a beast all on its own. It’s easier to control bullying when it's within the walls of the school - but once bullying is taken online - schools have less control. This makes it all the more important to help students know how to identify when they see or experience cyberbullying, and how to respond.

Every teacher, at one time or another, has instructed students to work independently at their seats while he or she walks around the room monitoring students as they work. But - what if you could see how students were doing at THEIR seat - from YOUR seat using the power of Google Slides? This Google Slides hack is the tech tip you need to see your students working in real time on individual digital devices.

Using games as a mode of learning in the classroom can be powerful. Kids love games. When they play games in the classroom, they have fun, and when they have fun - they learn. So, what is it about games that are so attractive? And how can we capture those elements and apply it to other areas in the classroom? Well - that’s exactly what we’re about to explore.

We know that offering choice to students is a powerful motivator. Choice boards provide a simple way for teachers to encourage students to ownership of their learning and helps develop students’ abilities to make key decisions. In this episode we explore how to use choice boards with meaning and purpose in the classroom.

Our students are digital natives, leaving behind digital footprints that track their online activity. As 21st century teachers, we can help our students learn the impact of their digital actions and help them learn to be positive, responsible digital citizens.

Classroom technology can often make us want to pull our hair out! As powerful as using technology with student can be, there are several pitfalls and mistakes that teachers often make that can be avoided for more effective, less stressful digital instruction in the classroom!

Ever wish you could make an infinite clone of an image or object on Google Slides so that students don’t have to copy and paste? This Google Slides hack for the classroom is just what you need!

Ever wish you could create beautiful classroom resources, but don’t feel like you’ve got the design skills? Then let me introduce to you a powerful, user-friendly design tool: Canva! With Canva anyone can create stunning classroom printables, décor, digital anchor slides and so much more!

The LINKtivity® Learning Membership serves upper elementary teachers by supporting them with unique engaging and interactive 21st century digital resources. Is the membership right for you? In this episode we’re answering all your questions!