The students kicked it up a notch during the #BookSnapsWk2 Challenge! We had over 550 tweets made to the hashtag and some of these contained Padlet links of 20+ #BookSnaps each! I didn’t know how the #BookSnaps could get any more creative after week one, yet the students blew my mind once again! Check out the hashtag #BookSnapsWk2 or […]
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This past week we had a little over 300 #BookSnaps entered in the #BookSnapsWk1 Challenge. I thought the final count was 279, but there were about 25 more in a class Padlet! AMAZING! All of the participants totally ROCKED making personal connections with #BookSnaps! In fact, the creativity of the students blew my mind; check […]
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Are your students weary and ready for summer break? Need something to motivate them to keep reading? Look no longer! I got you–for the next three weeks, anyway. The #BookSnaps Challenge! It is as easy as 1-2-3! 1) Simply have the students make personal connections to the text they are reading and create a digital […]
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Lately, I’ve been hosting webinars and sharing #Booksnaps at Conferences, and hands-down the most frequently asked question is, “How do you get around the inappropriate emojis, bitmojis, content on the internet, etc.?” Or, “We ban emojis because some students used them inappropriately.” My response is often to share stories about how to Learn Like a Threenager. […]
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This past Sunday was, of course, Super Bowl Sunday. My Twitter buddy, Denis Sheeran, author of Instant Relevance, had this grand idea to create a cousin to #BookSnaps and call them #SuperBowlSnaps. I was a bit hesitant at first because I typically don’t watch the Super Bowl. However, after seeing one of his examples, I […]
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