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Tech Thursday – How to make a transparent background in Apple Keynote

Thanks to the wonderful teachers at Teaching Trio for hosting the Tech Thursday Link up. Have you ever tried to put a slideshow together and dropped on images with backgrounds like this? I would usually resort to using a background color that matched the picture background. Just recently, I discovered a better way to…
Monday Made It – June 29

Happy summer, everyone! I’m linking up with Tara and the other wonderfully creative teachers at 4th Grade Frolics for this Monday Made It. The Made It that I am probably most proud of is our teacher staff videos we have done for the past 3 years. Each year we end the school year…
My Experiences Starting a School Technology Club

I’m linking up with one of my favorite blogs, Teaching Trio for this week’s post. Its been a while, but I’m hoping to get back to blogging over my summer break. Whitehouse Tech Club Members Photo credit:Karen Gerhardinger The Mirror This year I had a group of students that inspired me to do something that…
April Currently

What’s up, peeps? see what I did there? I am currently enjoying my first day at home for Spring Break in not so tropical northwest Ohio. I’ve been enviously viewing many of my friends’ social media pictures with beach and pool scenes in the background. #Jealousy We usually travel somewhere warm as well, but this…
Monday Made It – March Math Freebies!

Top of the morning, friends! Well somehow I missed the link up before it closed, but I wrote the post so I’m doing it anyway for all of my loyal (4) followers! Spring has almost sprung here in NW Ohio as we are expected to crack 60º this week. Hooray! I’m here to share a…
Currently – March

I wasn’t originally going to post to this month’s Currently. But then came our tenth snow day of the year. Ugh! Suddenly, I had some extra time on my hands. Thanks to Farley at Oh, Boy Fourth Grade for creating this popular link up. Listening to Alabama Shakes “I Don’t Wanna Fight No More.” …
How to post to your Blogspot Blog using e-mail

Thanks to Kristen for the Tech Thursday link up. In our 4th grade team, we make communication with parents a priority. Each day we communicate with parents by sending a daily e-mail update with homework, upcoming events, and other newsletter type items. An example of our Daily Update e-mail Parents really appreciate this. We also…
MMI – Four 4th Grade Algebra Freebies!

Thanks to Tara at Fourth Grade Frolics for the Monday Made it Link Up. On the heels of last week‘s unofficial often ignored American holiday Groundhog’s Day, I am reminded of the classic Bill Murray movie, by the same name. In it, Murray’s character Phil relives the same day over and over until he finally…
Currently – w/ February Freebie

Thanks to Farley at Oh Boy, 4th Grade for the Link Up today. Listening to Come Up Man by G. Love and Special Sauce. You might have heard this song from some commercial. G. Love used to be one of my favorite bands – you know, the kind you buy the album before you…
Made It Monday – January (3 Long Division freebies!)

Thanks to Tara over at Fourth Grade Frolics for the Link up. Right after Christmas break we were hit with some nasty, cold weather here in northern Ohio. As a result, we delayed once and canceled 3 days last week. On the bright side, this gave me some time to work on developing some…