Chalkup is a useful tool in many ways, as an LMS (lesson management software) or even just as a way to annotate Google Docs for students. Chalkup has the usual features of being able to create classes, have students join using their Google accounts and a classroom key code, discussion posts, creating assignments, and all…
I am a big proponent of using digital tools to provide better feedback for students as part of their learning. Too often we may give “feedback” that consists of a score or a grade, which does not help the student continue in their learning in an effective way. It is like expecting a blind person…
Yesterday I decided to try out a new tool that others were talking about on Twitter to create images for presentations or to just share out. Unfortunately that tool had a lot of paid features and that means it will most likely not be one I would suggest to other teachers, unless those paid features…
Last week we rolled out the use of #ameshighpride to all students at the high school through homeroom. Teachers were introduced too the use of the hashtag in the fall and there have been a lot of great posts using that tag before we rolled it out to students. There are a couple reasons why…
Actively Learn is a digital tool that allows you to easily add notes/questions/resources to digital texts, ones provided for you or ones that you upload yourself. You can easily create a class, add students, add the text and resources; all in a very short time. Students then can use the notes/questions/resources you provide to help…
During our Cognitive Coaching class this week, all of our current instructional coaches are taking this course, we were to focus on an issue that was making us “stuck”. For me this was easy, I was “stuck” on how to develop the last round of professional development times with our teachers that was going to…
Friday, February 6 Newsela – Find nonfiction articles by subject with varying Lexile levels for readers. Apple TV post by Tony Vincent – Great tips on how to setup and use your Apple TV for the classroom. Teacher Share page updated – Examples of how technology is being used in the classroom have been added…
Transferring to the Makerbot The next step was to export from Sketchup into a file format that the 3D printer software would recognize. As we were using a Makerbot as our 3D printer, I was able to download the software for the printer for free. I exported from Sketcup, imported into the Makerbot software and…
One of the subjects getting a lot of focus on lately is the idea of makerspaces and 3D printing. I work at a High School where we do have some classes that work on creating things and even using a 3D printer as part of their assignments, but I had never used a 3D printer to…
Recently Google released a huge update to their Google Translate App for iOS and Android. The updated app can now use the camera to translate printed text into the language of your choice. It does this on the fly and creates an almost augmented reality where you see the previous word changed into the translated…
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