Evernote is a tool that has a lot of potential to do a lot of different things in the classroom. It can be as basic as a sharing spot for articles and other resources for your students, a place to put all of your lesson plans so you can access them at any time from…
Just like in class, in Moodle we can create different groups according to whichever variable you choose. You can create groups to work on different projects, to carry out different discussions or you can even use the groups to differentiate your class based on mastery of a learning standard. The groups feature can easily be…
The Forums option in Moodle is a great way to carry on a conversation or discussion online. Students could have to respond to a question, pose an idea, work collaboratively to answer a question or just even ask questions of each other and the teacher. Forums in Moodle are controlled by the teacher and it…
In Moodle we have a few different options when it comes to adding resources for our students. We can add a file, a folder of files, create a page or use a url to send our students to the resource. There are different viewing options and you can even assign different resources to different groups.…
Moodle can also be used to create and assign quizzes. These quizzes can either be used as a formative assessment or a summative assessment. There are advantages to having a student type out their answers instead of writing them, especially if they do not have great handwriting. I will point out that there is no…
Moodle is a useful LMS (lesson management system) and there are many things you can do for your classroom. The video below will go over the basics of creating assignments in Moodle. YOUTUBE VIDEO
One of the things we can easily change now with technology, is to turn what is normally a very disengaging lesson of watching a video into one with more engagement and learning. How many times have you walked by a classroom and saw the lights off with the glow of the screen shining off of…
While many classrooms are getting sets of iPads, we have even more teachers that are getting iPads to use in their classrooms and for their personal use. There is a learning curve to using an iPad or any tablet, but that is quickly overcome by playing around and using it. I have had an iPad…
A nice feature in Google Spreadsheets is the ability to use functions to sort or manipulate the data. If you are using a Google Form to collect data from students or just using data that you have collected yourself, sometimes you want to be able to look quickly at the data relevant to some variable…
One of the greatest advantages to being a 1:1 is the chance for increased communication between teachers and students as well as parents. Through the use of websites, blogs, Infinite Campus and email we can keep everyone in the loop as to what is going on in the classroom. You can even use Twitter to…
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