Nearpod. It’s a digital platform that creates slide decks that are engaging and embeds formative assessment. Although you can upgrade, you don’t need to have a paid account to access the basic functions and the true gem of the subscription: the library of lessons. Take 5 minutes and learn a little bit about this awesome resource.

Have you ever wondered if your classroom instruction was common core aligned? I think we're all looking for answers rather than silver bullets. The Instructional Practice Guide by AchievetheCore.Org is an amazing tool that could organize the path to true implementation.

FlipGrid is an online video-response platform that collects responses to proposed questions. Teachers are using it all across the nation to get students engaged!

Oojot8kiddom by Jenna Rodgers

This week's episode focuses on a fun and useful tool to help make reading instruction a fun and data-driven activity featuring little monster avatars, solid instruction, and fantasy worlds full of lessons.

Your 5-minute professional development podcast. This week's topic is Xtra math. Learn about how by using this completely automated web-based program 10 minutes a day could increase your student's ability to master math facts. Find us on twitter at @oojotpodcast

This episode's companion url: http://tinyurl.com/oojote5

Episode 4 of the Ooo, Ooo, Just One Thing podcast is all about GoNoodle, a fun and free resource that you can use with a second's notice!

This week's Ooo, Ooo, Just One Thing! focuses on Grammarly, a spelling and grammar checker - supersized!

Episode 2 of the 5-minute podcast, Ooo! Ooo! Just One thing!