As a teacher, I never envied the teachers who did large projects and had to lug around huge collections of binders as part of the final project. As a science teacher, I did not even like to haul around the science journals my students would turn in. Collecting resources and developing different parts of…
Case Study in relation to lessons/activities that have been changed before and after 1:1 implementation. Technology use not for technology sake but in order to increase effectiveness and/or efficiency. (Names have been changed to protect the innocent or I just made up the whole thing from a mixture of examples that I have observed.) Mr.…
Often times in class there will be a point where the class is having a discussion and there needs to be a record of the ideas and thoughts/conclusions being created. Typically the teacher will write these on the board and then students will copy them down. There is a big disruption in the thinking process…
The updated Google Maps tool allows you to easily create maps that contain any information you want. You can create a map showing places you have visited, a map that contains information about certain events, or even a map that includes stories written by students and the locations that they took place. The Google Maps…
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…
1. Make sure you are logged into your google account. 2. Go to maps.google.com 3. Click on “my places” 4. Click on “create map” 5. Give your map a title and a description. 6. Select “public” or “unlisted”, if you are using this for a class and do not want everyone else…
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