May 1, 2014
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Remind 101-Updated It was about a year ago that I first wrote my post on a great little app called, Remind 101. In that post I laid out all the features and the basics on how to set up your account and classes. I won’t be revisiting those items in this post, so if you
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September 14, 2013
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| All Categories, Educational Theatre, Lighting, Technical Theatre, Tips, Tricks & Resources
Focus Buddy Focusing lighting instruments can be a long and tedious task for a small group, but especially cumbersome if you have to accomplish the task alone. So when this idea of a “Focus Buddy” dawned on me last year, it drastically sped up the time I had to spend focusing lights when I had
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April 18, 2013
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Remind 101 Communication. The ever so important aspect of…well…everything! As a director, sponsor and classroom teacher I’ve worked my way through my share of phone trees, as I’m sure many of you have. Phone trees are tedious, take way too much time and in today’s world, honestly, aren’t that effective. Many studies are now
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April 5, 2013
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| Acting, All Categories, Apps, Educational Theatre
Improv Who doesn’t love to watch some great improv? One of the highlights of our school year is always the improv shows put on by our team. Whether you coach an improv team, participate on one, use improvisation in the classroom or just like to have fun with it, this app is a great tool
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March 3, 2013
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The Idea Any theatre teacher who has ever taught a technical theatre or stagecraft class has at one time or another likely asked the question, “How do I deal with keeping our tools organized while having students use them?!” I tried to find a good solution to this question for 10 years, but no more!
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