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30+ Short films for students with ready-to-use lesson ideas

Who doesn’t like short films? They’re often innovative, funny, or surprising, and always to the point. There are hundreds of great short films...

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15 Creative and digital book report ideas that will get your students excited to read

Not all students are excited to read a book. So how can you make reading a book more engaging and fun? This is a huge challenge for most teachers, so...

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7 ideas to get your students excited about podcasts - The podcast guide for teachers

In today’s digital world, students are constantly bombarded with distractions—social media, online ads, short-form videos, and endless notifications....

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20+ ready-to-use digital lesson activities for the first day of school

The first day of the new school year is coming. It's almost as exciting as your own birthday! New students, and with them, a whole lot of new...

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25+ free and ready-to-use Spanish lesson activities for a fun ELE class

¡Hola, profes! ¿Listos para compartir con sus estudiantes increíbles actividades digitales gratuitas para clases de español o español como lengua...

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Physical education and technology: 15 digital PE lesson ideas to use in class

PE, YES! As a child, I was the biggest fan of physical education. But as I grew older, the excitement slowly faded. Over the years, the same PE...

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25+ Chrome extensions and Chrome tips for teachers that will save you time

As teachers take on many jobs at a time, I wanted to make sure you can save time on other tasks. First time-saver: I looked up and tested over 50...

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10 Fun digital book creator tools and lesson ideas for students

In this blog post, you’ll learn how student authoring tools scaffold students in inquiry-based learning. You’ll see that you can use online...

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60 Digital exit tickets for teachers - The ultimate exit ticket guide

There is nothing more annoying than a student who doesn’t understand something at the end of your lesson, but doesn’t dare to ask you for...

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