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…
Newsela is a great resource for any classroom. It is a site that has a collection of nonfiction articles and stories, including current events articles, that allow you to select the reading level you need to understand the text. There are usually 5 levels available for students so they can select the level that best…
This last weekend I attended EdcampIowa in Ankeny, IA. This was one of the 4 (was supposed to be 5 but there was not enough interest at one site) sites across the state to make up what has to be the largest Edcamp (if you combine all of the participants). There were some great discussions…
Recently my school was lucky to be part of the Iowa Teacher Leadership Grant that allows us to gain funds to support the hiring and placing of teacher leaders into positions to help our school improve and move forward. The grant money goes towards paying for various positions such as Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSAs),…
Google updated Classroom last week and added some features that teachers were asking for. (This shows that Google is listening to the feedback that teachers are leaving and that if there is a feature you want, make sure to suggest it.) Classroom now gives you a way to view all assignments in one place, for all classes…
One thing that should be easier than ever, thanks to the technology that is readily available to us, is the ability to quickly communicate with others, including students. There are various ways we can get information out to our students using the tools we already have, or by learning how to use some new ones.…
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