Teacher Tech Tip Tuesday

So I decided that every couple of weeks, I’ll share a tech tip to help (hopefully) make your teaching life easier!

I’m going to start with my FAVORITE classroom tool, which is a totally FREE resource, tho it does offer even more features for a paid membership. I just use the free version.

Classroomscreen.com is epic, yall.

A view of my screen for this elective rotation

Easily customize your screen with lots of background options, clock, count down timer, and more! You can add images, and can even totally customize a traffic light. (Mine says “No talking” for red, “Quiet Table Talk” for yellow, and “Inside voices” for green).

If you’re running it off of a device with a microphone, you can even set a volume detector alarm in case your class has a tendency to lose track of their volume when working on projects. (Note- some classes respond well with this, while others will simply try to make the alarm go off to hear it make a noise… so, know your audience! Ha!)

There is also a recently added feature for smart boards which allows you to write on top of your classroom screen instead of having to open a new window or switch over to your whiteboard feature. This is PHENOMINAL! I love being able to write a quick note. It also erases super cool- by taking away the whole line or letter you wrote all at once, not having to swipe over the entire thing. Swipe one line thru the center of your word, and the whole word disappears! Super cool.

Here I’ve shown the write/highlight/paint/draw shapes feature. LOTS of options I haven’t even used yet.

You can also type on the screen, attach youtube videos (as long as they don’t have a live chat- I haven’t ever been able to get it to show a video that had live chat attached), and do so much more!

I attach photos of my tasks for each class, as well as my inspirational quote for each rotation, and it’s easy to switch out the photos for each grade level in just two clicks after the intial morning set up.

Once you get used to the format, I can go from a completely blank Classroomscreen to ready to use in literally two minutes. I highly recommend this program for ALL teachers- it WILL revitalize your classroom instruction.

I am NOT a paid affiliate for this program, just a teacher who has used it over a year now and absolutely love it so much, that I had to share!!

Here’s a couple of other times I’ve snapped pics of my screen. You can do as much or as little on the screen as you’d like- fun picture background, or solid color/gradient.

Let me know if you try it- I’m sure you’ll love it, too! I have shared with so many teachers who have started using it and love it! Enjoy!

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Author: Mrs. H

I am a former SPED Teacher turned Technology Paraprofessional who is mom to three beautiful children, a wife to a fabulous man, and blessed beyond compare!