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  2. Tyler Hart

    Find Your Back to School Motivation!

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    August 17, 2020
    Back to School is right around the corner! This is the time when educators really start hearing and seeing amazing motivational speeches to get them pumped for the upcoming year. One of my favorite educational based motivational speeches comes from Rita Pierson titled Every Kid Needs a Champion. If you haven’t seen this one, I highly suggest watching … Continue reading ?
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  7. Tyler Hart

    Banning Fidget Spinners in the Classroom? Why????

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    May 16, 2017
    The Fidget Spinner craze that is blowing up all over the United States has had me intrigued.  It is even a huge at my small little Sandston Elementary School in Sandston, Virginia.  Some teachers are banning fidget spinners from their classrooms because they are causing distractions, some teachers are allowing a select few students to use them at certain times, and … Continue reading ?
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  8. Tyler Hart

    Word Problem Haikus

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    April 5, 2017
    April is #NationalPoetryMonth, so why not try a fun lesson with poetry AND math?! Try integrating Haikus into your Math Unit! Many times I see students struggling to come up with an idea for a poem, such as a haiku. Writing Haikus has just taken on a whole new purpose with trying to write word problems in the … Continue reading ?
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  10. Tyler Hart

    Relationships Reign!

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    January 12, 2016
    Today, I attended the first day of the The FETC Executive Summit in Orlando, FL. The Future of Educational Technology Conference is one of my favorites to attend, and being invited to the Executive Summit that includes state- and district-level IT leaders, superintendents and administrators was a huge honor to me. This is the 2nd year … Continue reading ?
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  11. Tyler Hart

    How do I…. Sign Ups and Subscriptions

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    August 27, 2013
    Welcome Back to School Teachers! With all the meetings and convocation going on, I hope you have had time over the past few days to get into your classrooms to start making them look amazing. With having a new school and many teachers at my other schools asking, I wanted to make a video showing […]
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  12. Tyler Hart

    List of 170 Online EBooks

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    August 20, 2013
    Teachers are always looking for new ways to get their students into reading. EBooks have been a hot thing recently, and I ran across a great website! 170 Online EBooks for Young Students Some of these books aren’t your “typical” ebook in the fact that they are books that are being read by actors. That […]
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  15. Tyler Hart

    Tech Tip Tuesday – Picasa

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    August 13, 2013
    Adding pictures to your blog posts can enhance the look and feel. The more files you upload to your blog, the more space it takes up. You might consider trying out Picasa when added pictures to blog posts. It will definitely help save room on your blog! Check out this week’s Tech Tip Tuesday and […]
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  16. Tyler Hart

    Get Ready for a Glowing Year!

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    August 8, 2013

    August 1st has passed, and as many teachers were still vacationing and taking their last little bit of summer sun, I was reporting back to work at 7:00AM. As sad as this was, I was pumped when I walked through door. I was quickly reminded about that same feeling I …

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  17. Tyler Hart

    Post to Your Blog From Email!

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    June 10, 2013
    Teachers are always trying to find new ways to cut down on their work flow. With classroom blogs becoming more of the norm, many teachers are finding it hard to keep up with updating their blog page with everything else they have to do. That being said, it is really easy to write a quick […]
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  18. Tyler Hart

    Google Tribute to Sendak’s 85th

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    June 10, 2013
    Today is Maurice Sendak’s 85th Birthday. You may know him as the author of the book Where the Wild Things Are. Google has created a Doodle Tribute in memory of him and to honor his birthday. Go to Google to check it out, or just watch the clip I recorded below! Happy Birthday Mr. Sendak! […]
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  19. Tyler Hart

    #TodaysMeet SOL Encouragement

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    May 13, 2013
    A little over a week ago, I wrote a post about different ways to use TodayMeet in the classroom.  Well I have run across another one thanks to Ms. Armstrong and Mrs. Edelblut at Seven Pines Elementary.  They are using TodaysMeet as a means of having teachers, parents, and family members give words of encouragement […]
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  20. Tyler Hart

    #ClassDojo – Classroom Management

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    May 7, 2013
    I heard about ClassDojo.com a few years ago while I was still a classroom teacher.  When I first saw this program I was excited, but I didn’t take the plunge of using it because it was in the middle of the school year.  I didn’t want to reinvent the classroom management system that I already […]
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  21. Tyler Hart

    #TodaysMeet Ideas

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    May 2, 2013
    TodaysMeet is an awesome website that allows “backchannel” communication among the users. The website defines itself as a website to “encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.” The creator simply goes to the website […]
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  22. Tyler Hart

    #WordProblemHaiku

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    April 15, 2013
    Today I am sitting here in a small claustrophobic office getting my MacBook re-imaged for next year’s image. As I was sitting and watching my computer load and hoping I backed up everything correctly, I pulled out my iPad to get on Twitter and check up with my awesome PLN. It’s amazing how you can […]
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  23. Tyler Hart

    Talking Simple Machines

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    March 29, 2013
    Over the past few weeks, I have been teaching students and teachers how to use Photobooth, Keynote, and Pixie to made “Talking Heads” of Famous Americans and Explorers. We have moved on from having only people talk, and now we are making inanimate objects come to life. The third graders at Seven Pines Elementary are ...
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  25. Tyler Hart

    Augmented Reality in Education: Is it Real?

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    March 15, 2013
    Today, I had the opportunity to present on Augmented Reality in Education at the University of Mary Washington for an EdTech Conference. Over the past few months, since going to the VSTE Conference in VA Beach, I have been researching different apps that use some form of Augmented Reality. In my brief research, I have ...
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