We’re ringing in the New Year with some exciting product updates over here at Showbie HQ. Showbie 3.6 gives you more colors to choose from when annotating documents, and the ability to change the order of items added to your shared folders. Sortable Shared Folder Items Assignment folders in Showbie have always been sorted in reverse chronological…
The English language is one of the crucial requirements for functioning in the modern world. Beyond being just an essential job requirement, it is also valuable for finding your way in any country around the world, accessing brilliant research papers at university, or even just understanding the settings on your smartphone. Children learn languages more…
While learning a second language it can be scary for students to speak up in class to answer questions, read out loud or even just say one word. Showbie is a way that I am able to hear all of my students read and speak in a second language. By giving my students homework on…
One of my brightest AP English lit students turned to me the other day before a Socratic seminar on Wuthering Heights and said, “You are really trying my set today.” Apparently, my challenge to her quick and superficial analysis of Heathcliff’s character did not sit well. To be fair, she was kidding. To be brutally…
I never had teaching down as a career but after being in retail over a decade I found that I liked helping people too much and the job restricted how much help I could give. I did not plan on becoming a tutor but knew I wanted to help people so when a job came…
The Edinburgh Academy is an independent day school in the heart of central Scotland. They are a 1:1 iPad school and are in their fourth academic year of their deployment project. This content has been re-posted with permission by Martin Willis, Apple Distinguished Educator, Showbie Champion, and Head of e-Learning at The Edinburgh Academy, who’s been leading…
