🎉 Our team has seen and been part of some amazing projects this school year in our role as Technology Integration Specialists. MPS teachers are extremely talented, creative, and willing to try new things with technology. Today, we want to share a few projects and, maybe, inspire an end-of-year activity or feed your imagination for […]
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📣 Introducing: Tech Integration Teams Chats
🎉 Today, the MPS Technology Integration Team announces a new way to connect around technology integration to enhance teaching and learning. We are launching a Teams Channel where you can ask questions, get ideas, and share successes and inspiring projects. ➡️ Teams Chats We know that teachers have great ideas. And teachers have questions. And […]
Students Take the Director’s Seat with Google Vids
Hey everyone! Remember that Google Vids tutorial I shared back in December for making videos? Well, exciting news – our students can jump into creating with Google Vids too! Google Vids: Unleashing Student Creativity Google Vids is a video creation tool built right into the Google Workspace. It’s designed to be straightforward, making it a […]
🌼 Spring Into Spring Break 2025!
Well, hello there! Over the next 🔟 days leading into Spring Break, the MPS Tech Diaries blog highlights 🔟 fun digital tools, games, and websites that you can use with your students or just for yourself. We hope you enjoy them as we get closer to a break and some much-needed rest. ☀️⛱️ → Be […]
💙 Show Chrome Some Update Love
❓Ever wonder why something suddenly stops working in Chrome? Or something seems just a bit off? Or someone has a tool in Chrome that you don’t have? There’s a reason and it is time to update Chrome. 💙💚❤️💛 Look in the upper right corner of Chrome, do you see this image? If so, you should […]
Three Cheers for Three Years of MPS Tech Diaries!
Happy third birthday to MPS Tech Diaries! 🎉 It’s been an amazing three years of sharing practical and innovative ed tech tips, tools, and inspiration with all of you, and we’re so incredibly grateful for your support. Thank you for being such a fantastic community! Our mission? To empower MPS educators and ignite a passion […]
Let’s Talk about Data Privacy…and AI
Tuesday, January 28 was National Data Privacy Day, and, it inspired our post this week! While we hear a lot about phishing, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and many other aspects of cybersecurity, there is a new field entering the conversation: AI. How does AI work with data? What privacy issues are important to be aware of? […]
👾 Digital Quiz Games for Your Classroom!
🧩 Introducing content? Need a study guide? Reviewing for a test? Just want to add some fun? Why not host a game? 🧑🏽💻 On the blog this week we share 3 online quiz-style games that you can use immediately in your classroom. We also share a throwback blog post that highlights another game option. 👍 […]
Translating Web Content with Google Lens
Have you ever discovered an excellent digital resource for your students, only to find that language barriers stand in the way? It’s a common challenge: you’ve got a fantastic website or web-based tool, but the usual translation aids like Google Translate Extension or Read&Write Extension don’t work with certain web tools. This roadblock can be […]
Technology Integration & Your Classroom!
2024 was a big year for educational technology (edtech). While we lost digital friends like Flipgrid and Jamboard, we made some new advances, and AI is everywhere. Magic School AI celebrated its first birthday and now has more than 3 million teachers and 1 million students using their platform, and our blog is closing in […]