What began as an email to staff at my school has become something that I look forward to each week.  I love to investigate new resources for those that teach and for those not necessarily in a classroom.  I hope that you can find things here that you can use!

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Using LEGOs in the classroom
2021-04-13 12:13 Good morning and welcome to Tech Tuesday w/ Mr. Reece!  Today's edition is about one of my favorite things - LEGOs!!   First, I'm excited to announce that LEGO Education has rolled out a new PD Plat...
Solving Simple Tech Issues
2021-03-28 11:46 Good morning and welcome to today’s edition of Tech Tuesday!  I wanted to share a couple of issues that I have helped teachers resolve this week, in case you might be having the same issue with your l...
Using NearPod
2021-03-23 07:59 Go to www.nearpod.com and click “Login” in upper right corner.     The NearPod platform has updated since this tip was first published.  The new images have been used to update instructions.  ...
Voice Over in PowerPoint
2021-03-16 07:40 Here are the steps for creating a screen recording in PowerPoint.        1.  Make sure that the PowerPoint that you want to record is open.        2.  Open the slide that you want to put the scree...
Using Stations
2021-03-09 05:42 At one point in my career, I was a math teacher!  I spent some years in the regular ed math class and I spent some years in the REP math class.  I really enjoyed my time teaching math and all of the t...
Creating an eBook
2021-03-02 05:31 Have you ever wanted to write a book and have it published, but you thought it was a journey too difficult to take?  Well, it’s not!  In fact, it’s a very easy process!!   You can create an eBook in...
Digital Portfolios
2021-02-23 05:24 Many years ago, I worked in the graphic arts industry and we kept a portfolio of our past projects on a table in the lobby.  This allowed our customers to see things that we had created – t-shirts, ca...
Assgnments in Canvas
2021-02-09 05:14 Hey.  Are you getting assignments from students in Word Pad or they are telling you that it doesn’t look right?   It might be related to how you are loading the lesson in Canvas.  Remember, students...
Liven Up Your Graphic Organizers
2021-02-02 05:03 Hey friends!  In a digital world, we may have lessened our use of Graphic Organizers, but we don’t have to!  Today I’ll show you how to use shapes, text boxes and creative coloring to liven up your Gr...
Remote Learning & SEL
2021-01-12 05:00 Well, “Remote Learning Day 1” is in the books!  I went home more exhausted than I do on the first day of school…but it was an AWESOME DAY!    Students showed up to virtual classes!  Teachers were re...
Canvas Reminders
2021-01-05 08:00 Good morning friends!   Today's edition brings you a coupld of reminders/tips for navigating through Canvas.  There have been some changes to the Canvas platform that I will talk about today as well...
Liven up Canvas Announcements with JPEGs
2020-12-15 06:31 Are you regularly sending announcements to your students in Canvas?    Do they look like this?   With just a couple of minutes in PowerPoint, your announcements can look like this:   To crea...
Bulk Progress Reports in Canvas
2020-12-08 18:43 Good afternoon!  I hope that you are having a great day!    If you’re like me, you miss the ability to print bulk progress reports in Canvas, like we’ve been able to do in other programs.  There is ...
2020-11-17 18:49 Have you used LockDown Browser in Canvas yet?    It’s an awesome addition to Canvas that is invaluable during Quizzes and Tests.  With students switching between desktops (Tech Tuesday ~ 11/4/20), ...
Classroom Mobility
2020-11-10 06:54 Are you “tied” to your SmartBoard (or Promethean, etc.)?    During presentations do you stand close to the board or your computer because you know you’re going to have a “click” coming up?   Do yo...
Students Using Multiple Desktops
2020-11-03 19:00 Just a reminder…   Students are using the Multiple Desktop feature to hide tasks (Email, Minecraft, YouTube, etc.) during classes.                                                       They are ...
Make Your Bitmoji Talk
2020-10-20 08:00 As the Bitmoji craze continues, I was asked this week, “Can I make my Bitmoji talk?”  Well, actually, you can!    It’s a process of creating two PowerPoints slides of your Bitmoji – one with the mou...
Presentation Reminders
2020-10-13 08:00 Have your classroom presentations become a bit…stale?  It happens.  Creativity gives way to deadlines.  Excitement gives way to redundancy.  If you’re giving the same formatted presentation/class, you...
Windows Key + Alphabet Shortcuts
2020-09-29 06:00 Last week, we looked at keyboard shortcuts using the “Ctrl” key + letters of the alphabet.  This week, we will look at the keyboard shortcuts using the Windows key + letters of the alphabet.   Press...
Ctrl + Alphabet Shortcuts
2020-09-22 06:00 I’m sure that most of us are familiar with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V for Copy/Paste, right?  But what about the rest of the alphabet…    Here’s a list of the “Ctrl+” shortcuts…   Ctrl+A : Select All objec...
Editing PDFs with PDFCandy.com
2020-09-15 09:41 I recently found a webpage that allows me to edit PDFs for FREE with their online program.  I often find myself needing to make some changes to a PDF and often times, I can do it with an Office produc...