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"What happens when the computers themselves are down-a systemic virus, or a site-wide upgrade that went bad? What do you do with the eager faces who tumble across your threshold ready for their once-a-week computer time? You need something that ties into technology without using it."

"Some of the problems with students turning in their Google Docs to the instructor is they Do not put a correct header on the document They do not name the file according to the class nomenclature They forget to share the document with the teacher They forget to turn the assignment in I have a workflow that will solve this issue.  The autocrat script allows a user to fill out a Google Form and have the form fields be merged into a document and shared with the person who filled out the form."

"I was approached by a teacher who had never redesigned her lessons to take advantage of edtech's potential to transform learning. She was still stuck in the $1,000 pencil phase of using new tools to do traditional work. When I showed examples of how teachers around the country were challenging students to design and find solutions to their own problems, she immediately saw the benefit of shifting her thinking. The good news was that she was reconsidering her beliefs and was now convinced that she had been underestimating her students. The bad news is, she was afraid of appearing vulnerable in front of her students if something went wrong." It is okay to not know everything about technology. Many times your students know more than you do...and that is okay!

Options for using captioning or interpreters for hearing impaired students. "  Deaf/HOH students       Using YouTube translatable captions & Picture in Picture of interpreter signing Translatable captions: I (Tim F) need to create a video showing the whole process of doing this but basically all you have to do to create translatable captions for YouTube is upload a script to a video that you own and YouTube will "magically" sync up the two and then make the captions available in 51 languages). Picture in picture: I used Camtasia Studio to easily add the video with the interpreter signing."

"What any web-enabled device allows us to do in the classroom is build upon the convergence of powerful hardware and dynamic teaching. Teachers need to begin seeing the new tools as supplements to what they're already doing really well."

Interested in what an infographic is and what it can do? Check out Kathy Schrock's website on infographics. Great possibilities with the PLDs. Consider doing this in your classroom.

"Google Docs is a powerful word processing program with many unique features including voice typing, the Explore tool, Version History, web fonts, and much more. However, Google knows that even with all of those features, Docs may not be able to do everything you want it to do. So Google Docs allows you to install Add-ons to extend the capabilities of the program."

"Cite This For Me is one of the most popular citation tools today. Launched in October 2010, we began with the mission of helping students create perfect citations in a fraction of the time. Citing isn't something you usually think about, but it's important nonetheless. Without even realizing it, you do it already in your everyday life in little ways. Have you ever said, "I heard on XYZ News that . . . ," or "I read in XYZ that those two celebrities are dating," or even "Mom said that you can't do that." By saying where you got your information, you are casually citing a source."

YouTube provides an option for doing a review for AP courses. "How do I start streaming? To go live using Stream now, open your encoder and start streaming from youtube.com/live_dashboard. There is no start button in the live dashboard." Here is a link to a web article from Richard Byrne about a teacher using YouTube Live for an AP European History review: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/05/try-youtube-live-for-review-sessions.html#.WRmz7esrKM8

"After years of experimentation and reflection, here's my current take on smart-and not-so-smart-ways to use technology in the classroom."

"In today's world of video recording capabilities, it only seems fitting to utilize this advanced technology to record one's teaching. Teachers can use classroom video recording much like athletes do. Athletes review video tapes in order to critique and analyze their performances, while also generating ideas and ways to improve their next performance."

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"file conversion in the cloud: There is no need to install any software on your computer! Upload your files to CloudConvert and we will do the job for you. Don't worry, your files are safe and only you can access them. They will be deleted again as soon as your conversion is finished."

Formative assessment tool that has a couple features that other formative tools do not have...matching and fill in the image.

"I've found that the best feedback is the kind that can be applied right away. Why wait when we can get help right now with whatever we're cognitively wrestling with? Especially today, where technology is ubiquitous and communication is instant, we can do so much better than tardy feedback."

Free online file type converter with browser extension plugins. Use if you do not have Format Factory.

Do you miss Google WonderWheel? Here is an alternative. Choose a broad topic, and with the use of this website, narrow the scope and focus of your topic.

It is amazing how technology has changed the whole world giving rise to new forms of education we never thought of. Our students are more digitally focused than any time before. They spend more time interacting with their mobile devices than they do with their parents or close relatives.

Do presentations online for your students for viewing at a later time. Good tool if you want to flip your classroom.

"Tablets for Schools recently commissioned research on e-safety  (done by Family, Kids and Youth, an independent research agency) with over 3500 students aged 11-18. We asked for their thoughts on what their schools and parents were doing with regard to internet safety."