gMath is an Add-on for Google Forms (and Docs, Sheets) that allows you to easily create, and insert, mathematical equations and graphs. It uses the LaTeX equation editor to allow you to quickly use buttons, or write it all out yourself, to insert the equations or graphs into a Google Form. With the recent update,…
I was challenged by another educator to respond to the challenge by Scott McLeod to post 5 things we must stop pretending to do in education. I think there are many things that, as educators, we need to stop doing or allow to happen in our schools. I will post 5 now but I am…
Friday, April 10th 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology – article talking about some of the qualities effective teachers have who use technology effectively. Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom – article talking about how we need to look at the use of technology in the classroom with a focus on how…
I started this week off by heading down to Fort Madison, IA to talk with their MS and HS teachers about effective technology use in the classroom and to conduct some Google Apps workshops as part of their professional development day. The main focus of my talk started with a simple slide that asked “What are…
As part of my job I have to have a focus on data collection, whether that data is from students or from teachers. Google Forms is a great tool to collect this data and when Google introduced the ability to have custom themes last Fall, I was very happy to test this out. The nicest…
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…
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