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Mr. Barnett

The Tech Savvy Science Teacher: Doctopus - easily share documents with students via goo... - 0 views

techsavvyscience.blogspot.com/...sily-share-documents-with.html

tech science web literacy

shared by Mr. Barnett on 09 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Mr. Barnett on 09 Dec 13
     
    "Doctopus" is a script that makes it easy for students to submit assignments via Google drive, and it allows you to send them feedback. This looks very useful for what we are trying to do will Google Docs!
  • Julie Merrill on 10 Dec 13
     
    Jake, have you tried this out at all yet? It does look like it might be useful. We have been using google docs in 6th and I've done some commenting on student work. So far I've just used the commenting tool right on a google document and it appears to the right of the students work. They can comment back to me, and if it's something to do with editing, I can click "resolved" when the issue has been addressed, and I believe the comment goes away. I'd be curious to see the advantages that using Doctopus may have over just responding right on the google doc? I do agree with the blogger, however, that it's so much easier not having to track and carrying home the papers when you know you can just access everything through google drive. It makes it easier for the students, too, which is especially great for kids with organization and management issues.
JDeeatRMHS

Google For Doodle Sponsored by Discovery Education - 1 views

www.discoveryeducation.com/doodle4google

art google creativity

shared by JDeeatRMHS on 07 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • JDeeatRMHS on 07 Feb 14
     
    The Google for Doodle Competition has been transformed in to activities and virtual field trips for all grade levels.
  • Kerry Gallagher on 07 Feb 14
     
    I saw this in my Twitter feed a few times today. Definitely intriguing.
cms share

Search Tips for Google Drive - 3 views

www.digitallearningseries.com/...rch-by-owner-in-drive-and.html

shared by cms share on 08 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • cms share on 08 Nov 13
     
    If you use Google Drive this is probably one of the best search tips... so useful!
  • Julie Merrill on 09 Nov 13
     
    I agree, so useful, and I had no idea about it! I've been using Google Drive a lot for myself, and to share/collaborate with colleagues. Within the last week, I've been using it with students so that I can have access to their writing folders and give feedback more efficiently, or see from home what they've been working on, without having to have access to the school server. In just that one week, I was getting a bit overwhelmed with all of the files and trying to keep them organized into folders for easy access. It's great to know that if I can't locate something I can try this out. Keep the tips coming!
Julie Merrill

A Quick Comparison of Blogging Platforms - 2 views

feedly.com/1hnOSaP

ebtl2 technology education web literacy

shared by Julie Merrill on 04 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Julie Merrill on 04 Jan 14
     
    This is a quick way to compare different blogging platforms that can be used with students in the classroom. Seventh and eighth grade teachers have had a lot of success with Edublogs at Parker, and we've been looking into beginning blogs with the sixth graders. I've also heard good things about Blogger, from Google, and wonder if others have used it? The students already have Google accounts and use Google Drive regularly to save and revise writing assignments. I believe it's also free, which is the right price in the world of public education, but often free accounts also come with limits. Curious to hear about others' experiences.
  • Steve Olivo on 06 Jan 14
     
    The chart mentions a $39.95/year fee for an Edublogs Pro user to access a lot of the features. A partial work around for this is to buy a bulk upgrade for $99 dollars. This gives you 5 credits to update accounts to Pro accounts. They roll over from year to year, so you could update your own blog account for 5 years for half the price.
  • Sharon Burke on 06 Jan 14
     
    I love Tumblr as a blogging tool, also. It's easy to use and provides a very polished looking site.
Kerry Gallagher

How to Embed YouTube Videos on Edline - 4 views

docs.google.com/...edit

shared by Kerry Gallagher on 10 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Kerry Gallagher on 10 Jan 14
     
    It's so obvious! Why didn't I figure this out? Awesome step by step guide in the form of a Google Drive Doc.
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  • cms share on 10 Jan 14
     
    Fabulous step-by-step directions. I will be passing this along to more teachers at Coolidge. Thank you.
  • Meg Powers on 11 Jan 14
     
    Thanks for sharing Kerry - great directions - very easy to follow. I like the format. I was curious as to whose directions they were so I followed the URL at the bottom. It's from Brevard School District's technology page and it has some great information and links for all grades.
  • Jan Rhein on 24 Jan 14
     
    Thank you! I'm always looking for new ways to use Edline! I'll be trying this out soon.
Sharon Burke

Social networking is transforming teaching and learning - 1 views

You know the app I truly dig? Google alerts. Currently, I have one set up for RMHS, GLBT youth, and SCOB but they change all the time. Any time those keywords appear on the web, it sends me a l...

Google alerts

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Taylor Pelletier

Group 65's Thoughts on Technology - 0 views

youtu.be/yOza3oKTf70

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  • Taylor Pelletier on 05 Dec 13
     
    I'll be presenting at the Blue Ribbon Confernece next week (along with several other people in our cohort). For part of our presentation, I asked my sixth graders questions about their thoughts on our classroom iPads and other technology we use in the classroom. I was happy to see that all of my students seemed to be enthusiastic about and enjoying some of the changes I've made this year! Some of the topics included are apps students find helpful, how we've been using Google Drive, and now having a set of iPads on our team has enhanced learning in all their classes - not just ELA.
Kerry Gallagher

6 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2014 - 4 views

www.edudemic.com/social-media-changes

shared by Kerry Gallagher on 06 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Kerry Gallagher on 06 Jan 14
     
    I guess I need to look into Google+ and start teaching kids more about how to create and produce a good audio/video podcast!
  • JDeeatRMHS on 06 Jan 14
     
    Google+ is very handy. It helps to be part of a community. Maybe we should start an Expanding the Boundaries community and see who joins.
Steve Olivo

Greg's iOS Experiment by Greg Kulowiec - 1 views

gregios.postach.io

ebtl2 technology teaching learning iPad

shared by Steve Olivo on 07 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Steve Olivo on 07 Feb 14
     
    Perhaps you've come across Greg at MassCUE presenting on iPads in the classroom, or perhaps you're familiar with his blog "The History 2.0 Classroom" at http://kulowiectech.blogspot.com/. This is a new site of his that is documenting "the process of only using an iOS device for one month." A few posts in, and there are already some great demos for using iPads for classroom work flow.
  • Kathy Santilli on 09 Feb 14
     
    This was a very interesting article. Greg was able to complete many tasks using his iOS device. I noticed he used quite a few Google tools to complete them. I agree there are some good examples of work flow for iPads here, which I find is always a challenge, but never impossible!
JDeeatRMHS

These Gorgeous iPad Notes Could Lead to the Paperless Classroom Read more at http://the... - 3 views

thejournal.com/...o-the-paperless-classroom.aspx

paperless ipad

shared by JDeeatRMHS on 14 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • JDeeatRMHS on 14 Nov 13
     
    Great evidence for the potential for taking visual notes.
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  • Amy Dyment on 15 Nov 13
     
    Very interesting article, now the next question is where do you get a fancy stylus. I feel like my stylus is not precise enough.
  • Kerry Gallagher on 15 Nov 13
     
    I have a few students who are doing this! Mixing visual media with their notes in Evernote, Penultimate, Skitch, Google Drive, etc. They included images of European Romantic art with their analysis of scholarly article excerpts today. Seriously, their notebooks are amazing and Ovenell-Carter takes it to even another level. Can't wait to see what they're doing in a year or two once more students are coming to school with their own tablets instead of having to rely on ours. Next question: How do we convince parents of the value of this kind of note-taking and that putting a tablet in their child's hand will change the way they think about education?
  • Kerry Mullen on 01 Dec 13
     
    I love these notes and took pictures in sessions at MassCue to jog my own brain. How do we encourage young ones to keep doing this as they grow in their learning in school. I watch the early childhood group already doing this naturally. I wonder when my own children will do this.
Kerry Gallagher

A Teacher's Defense of Homework - 6 views

www.theatlantic.com/...279967

shared by Kerry Gallagher on 26 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Kerry Gallagher on 26 Sep 13
     
    This is a real and current issue. I assign homework. I believe it helps me assess that students have mentally digested what happened in class through their reflections, and helps my students prepare for class when we are operating in a flipped capacity. Tough issue with people who feel strongly on all sides. This is one teacher's perspective.
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  • Laura Warren on 26 Sep 13
     
    I give homework too, Kerry. for some of the same reasons that you do. I think the issue of homework is often simplified in the media (I don't think elementary kids need much-certainly not all of these "creative" projects that kids can't do without Mom and/Dad helping them and believe me, I've often been angry at my children's teachers for the fifty math problems when ten would have sufficed!), But I get also tired of all of these "kids need the time to unwind and play" arguments that seem to come out of affluent parent's mouths. Many (not all!) kids when they are not in school (especially in our community!) have lives that make me exhausted. Kids are on millions of teams and seem to spend lots of their lives in structured activities. When I ask kids if they enjoy these activities, many (not all) seem very unenthusiastic about them. So I don't think they are doing a lot of "unwinding: or play. I have never done anything in my life that was worthwhile that didn't involve of lot of hard and sometimes routine work. I don't want to see young kids stressed and burned out-but I think the debate over homework sometimes is so intense because it is a diversion from the larger issue how we are raising our children today which is more nuanced and painful debate.
  • Sharon Burke on 27 Sep 13
     
    I like to think of Homework as "enrichment." What could be more interesting than an inspiring or provocative or beautiful lecture, reading, podcast, data set, etc., to inform the subject matter being taught in class. History has so much to teach us and we are unbelievably privileged to live in a time where information is plentiful and accessible in whatever format appeals to us. I had the best experience this summer reading Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies on my iPad. Being able to tap on a word for a definition (hello etymology!!) and Googling English royalty and the schism between the Catholic church, Henry VIII, and Thomas Cromwell role, i.e., the rise of the middle class, was a total blast. And completely self-directed. Who owns the learning, yup.
  • Jan Rhein on 29 Sep 13
     
    I was going to stay out of this because it is such a hot button issue, but in the end, I decided to comment. I think we all know there is no easy answer. I have a daughter in high school here in Reading who does 7-8 hours of homework per night and spends at least half her weekend, every weekend, studying and doing more homework. It has become a real issue for my daughter and my family. It is September, and to say she is burnt out is an understatement. More balance is needed. An hour and a half to two hours of homework in each class per night equals 7 or so hours minimum every night after attending school for 6 1/2 hours each day. This normally means getting to bed well after midnight each night, and up again by six the next morning to do it all again. She is exhausted. It's not mentally or physically healthy for anyone, let alone an adolescent. This is just my perspective as a teacher and the parent of a high schooler. I am not against homework, and have always instilled a strong work ethic in my kids, but the time and stamina needed to complete the pure volume of homework, study for tests, complete individual and group projects, day in and day out, is not sustainable.
  • Kerry Gallagher on 29 Sep 13
     
    Thanks for posting your perspective, Jan. Indeed, 7 hours of homework after a full day of school sounds staggering. There are other articles at the Atlantics website in which teachers argue against assigning any homework at all (see http://m.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/should-i-stop-assigning-homework/279803/). Both perspectives are interesting and both talk about what their research shows. I think 7 hours a night is too much. I think assigning mere "worksheets" is not helpful. I posted this because I have been considering my own practice. I don't think it has to be 2 hours a night or nothing, though. There is no easy answer.
R Ferrazzani

What Is An Infographic? A Graphic to Define Infographics - 2 views

www.customermagnetism.com/...what-is-an-infographic

visual literacy infographic

shared by R Ferrazzani on 05 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • R Ferrazzani on 05 Dec 13
     
    This is a great site for anyone interested in learning about infographics. I like the fact that it is a marketing company and they use their actual examples to "sell" their product to others. Visual literacy is another 21st century skill that we should be teaching students especially because we are increasingly asking them to produce their own visuals for their work. Like coding, this could be of interest to many kids if they are exposed to it.
  • R Ferrazzani on 05 Dec 13
     
    I've been searching for some great examples this week and am really impressed with what I've found on Google and this site. I'm co-teaching an ABC class with an 8th grade teach and am hoping to have students use Newsela articles as the source of the infographic. I did one myself and it's not as easy as it looks. I was surprised that it took me as long as it did, which will help me determine and appreciate how much time this will take students to complete. The challenge is synthesizing the information without using much text. You could easily use Glogster with an assignment like this.
  • Kerry Gallagher on 09 Dec 13
     
    I haven't tested this out yet, but here is a post by. A blogger I follow and respect (Byrne) on a tool that allows you to make your own infographic. http://feedly.com/k/1bKskyv
annemariecory

Advanced Evernote Workflow Advice - 0 views

www.thenerdyteacher.com/...-epic-evernote-experiment.html

technology learning workflow productivity

shared by annemariecory on 01 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • annemariecory on 01 Nov 13
     
    This is a blog written by a high school teacher who is using Evernote for the entire scope of his classroom workflow. He creates documents in Evernote, shares them with his students, and has set up capability for them to share with him to turn in work. Worth a read!
  • Julie Merrill on 03 Nov 13
     
    Thanks for this, Anne Marie. I just added this teacher's blog to my Feedly. I'd be curious to discuss Evernote with you further some time and see how you use it with students, if you currently do? I saw some neat ways to use it at MassCue and want to try it further with my students. However, we're also trying to have them use Google for many things, since they have easy access at home, and I'm trying to figure out which is a more comprehensive tool for students, and which would be easier for them to navigate - both at school, and at home. It's so great to have all of these tools, but I also don't want to overwhelm them with too many accounts.
JDeeatRMHS

Massachusetts Schools Increase Access to Coding Courses - 0 views

www.boston.com/...story.html

Coding PD

shared by JDeeatRMHS on 25 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • JDeeatRMHS on 25 Oct 14
     
    According to the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, the Bay State is home to more than 10,000 technology companies, representing over 20 percent of state GDP. Top-tier names like Google, Microsoft, and Oracle rely on local offices devoted to research and development.
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