Collaboration Coaches

"The Innovation Math is a challenge for educators, student teams, gamers, programmers, and anyone who has a great idea to create fun and engaging math educational media. "

"Clear communication with students and their parents is one of the primary goals of every teacher. Start this year with just that by using a variety of tools to share your plans and expectations for the coming academic year."

"Google Forms are amazing tools, allowing you to do some really advanced tricks with forms as the front-end and spreadsheets at the heart. Once you get started you'll be amazed at just how much you can achieve with this basic premise. Today we'll look at how to create a self-grading quiz using Google Forms. From there, you'll no doubt find a lot more ways to use forms and spreadsheets"

Might be a good way to make a connection, and a good opportunity to talk about digital citizenship... and discuss academic conversation/vocabulary into conversation.

Might be a good way to make a connection, and a good opportunity to talk about digital citizenship... and discuss academic conversation/vocabulary into conversation.

I know several of you are using Pinterest, so these tools will be of interest.

Focus on 21st century skills rather than knowledge

Info about what's different with using a Chromebook vs other devices, and what teachers (and students) need to know to use them. Note: 9th-10th students will use Chromebooks as their 1-to-1 device; Title will get some carts at CCJH: and each elementary school will get 6 carts at each of their schools

"Technology is a tool. It's not a learning outcome."

great for introducing what a blog is (for students, parents, colleagues, ...)

Lots of global collaborations listed here by Miss W, who creates the Edublogs Student Blogging Challenge

Great for our iPad teachers

Great list of Google tricks for Google Apps, Google Ed, Internet search, calendar, gmail, Chrome web store apps and extensions, ...

This is a fantastic program for anyone who teaches about space/astronomy. You get matched with an astronomer partner for a whole year and get lots of great resources. If you want to participate you have to attend both days of the workshop in Tucson, but it's worth doing (and it's free). I did it a few years ago if you have any questions. 

Google script which creates "dropboxes" for every student in a class. Works with Doctopus.

Very cool tool that lets you make your own posters. Use their images or your own. Create your own title and text. This could be dangerous.