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…
There are often times when we find a website with information on it that we want to share with others. Instead of just giving them the website to look at, we now have tools that allow us to annotate that page and use highlighting or notes to add our own content to that site. Scribe…
There are often times when we find a website with information on it that we want to share with others. Instead of just giving them the website to look at, we now have tools that allow us to annotate that page and use highlighting or notes to add our own content to that site. Scribe…
Google Hangouts has been updated. The video below will go over the basics of Google Hangouts including how to get started and the uses for a teacher in the classroom. 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…
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…
Google Presentations is the Google version of Powerpoint and Keynote. It is cloud based which means the files are store online and you can access it from any computer that has internet access. You do not need to worry about having the correct version of the program anymore, a big problem we had with Powerpoint.…
Creating a Group in Google Apps is an easy way to quickly communicate and share with a group of people or even a whole class. Once the group is setup, you can easily send emails to everyone in the group or share with them in any of the Google Apps. Steps 1. Sign…
One thing that has been used a lot during 1:1 implementations and in general, is the production and use of videos by teachers for students. You can record yourself working through problems for students to review or see if they were sick, you can record a discussion to have your students analyze and you can…
One of the things I disliked the most about teaching, was the constant collections I seemed to acquire throughout the school year. Students would turn in things and many would get handed back, but some would just collect dust. I remember during my first year of teaching buying a box with a handle so I…
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