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Grab your coffee or tea and enjoy these tech tips and tricks.
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- Always start with your lesson objective, then think...
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Using Chromebooks, students will be able to communicate and collaborate using 21st century tools. See below for a variety of ways students can use Google Apps for Education (GAFE).
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The GAFE Core Tools
Google Drive (storage)
Google Docs (word) Google Slides (powerpoint) |
Google Sheets (Excel)
Google Forms (survey, quiz) Google Sites (Website builder) |
Basic Ways You Can Use Google Apps for Education
- Google Docs: documents, paragraph writing, narratives, fiction stories
- Google Sites: student e:portfolios, collaborative Research, presentations
- Calendars: classroom projects and assignments
Basic Ways You Can Use Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a blended learning platform for schools that aim to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way.
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Google Classroom is a blended learning platform for schools that aim to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way.
- Create Assignments
- Share Resources
- Assess Students
- Opportunities for Group Work
Helpful Links: TeachThought Ditch That Textbook
"Just In Time Support" has the potential to personalize learning for everyone. Please just ask if you'd like help. I'd be happy to help personalize your learning.
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Source http://alicekeeler.com/ A great website with a great deal of information and many helpful ideas. Looking for Educational Videos? Check out YoutubeEDU Khan Academy Gooru LearnZillion EDpuzzle Zaption |
Research Tool on Google
"The Research tool is one of the most useful classroom tools built into Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings.
When you open the Research tool (by clicking on Tools > Research) it will automatically search for any highlighted terms you have selected in your document.
When you open the Research tool (by clicking on Tools > Research) it will automatically search for any highlighted terms you have selected in your document.
- Select Preview to see a preview of the website; click on the site link at the top of the preview pane to open this page in a separate window, or click the arrow on the left edge to close the preview
- Select Insert link to add a link to the website into the body of your document
- Select Cite to create a footnote citation of this web result within the body of your document
Ways You Can Use Other Technology
- Document Cameras - Great for modeling, reading, or sharing
- iPads for apps, photographs, videos, making iMovies, etc.
- SmartBoard - note taking, interactive lessons, modeling, games, presentations, videos, etc.
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Want to learn about Blended Learning? http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning/
Technology Stress? Wondering How, Why, If?
Are you doing what you've always done but with tech. ?
Are you doing what can't be done without tech.? |
Above image created by Patricia Brown, found at edsurge.com
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I recently heard one metaphor that I really like that uses a swimming pool. There are lots of cool things to do in the deep end of the pool, and you want to make sure that everyone is comfortable enough to swim in the deep end. But there are plenty of fun (and important) things that can only be done in the shallow end. Teachers need to be comfortable swimming in both ends of the pool, but they should not be pressured into shoe-horning a “deep-end” activity into their curriculum because they think that is what is expected of them. |
Taken from: Trevor Shaw http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/04/27/samr-model-problems-842/
Trevor Shaw has worked as an ed-tech leader, speaker, writer, consultant, and classroom teacher for over 20 years. He is currently the director of technology at the Dwight-Englewood School and can be reached at @shawt, +TrevorShaw, and shawt at d-e.org.
Trevor Shaw has worked as an ed-tech leader, speaker, writer, consultant, and classroom teacher for over 20 years. He is currently the director of technology at the Dwight-Englewood School and can be reached at @shawt, +TrevorShaw, and shawt at d-e.org.