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The Get More Out of Google Infographic Summarizes Online Research Tricks for Students

Using Google Docs to Create Digital Kits for Student Projects

Interesting story.  DPS uses Gaggle.  I think Google could do all of these things - if we turned on gmail in the Jeffco domain.

Google Notebooks changing the way Astoria High students learn. Quote: All computing on the notebooks is done on the Internet. Documents, applications and settings are stored on "clouds," and can be accessed from any Chrome Notebook.  "You can't download anything, so you will never have a virus," Scott Holmstedt  Astoria High School technology director. "And every time I open it up, it will be as fast as the first time I opened it up."

Jeffco has one of the most successful and nationally recognized online schools: Jeffco's 21st Century Virtual Academy.  This article highlights the benefits of online learning for certain students, especially GT.

 10 tips for using social media in the classroomTeachers should use social media in classroom lessons, and banning such tools will stifle learning and lead students to question teachers' relevance, university English professor Todd Finley writes in this blog post. Finley provides 10 guidelines for incorporating social media tools in the classroom. He offers several resources and suggests that teachers: create social media rules that are directive, but unrestricted; draw a distinction between academic and informal writing; and promote constructive online discussions. Edutopia.org/Todd Finley's blog 

8 tips for blogging with students.  Includes link to feedback from kids about educational benefits of blogging. We are looking at adding blogger to Jeffco Google Apps for some users.

We often hear: "Teachers won't use tech unless administrators make them..."  This article argues otherwise - and ends with some ideas of tools that should be available to students today.

Resource from University of San Diego to help schools develop policies about student use of "Electronic Communication Devices." (including cell phones, laptops, tablets, etc) - both personal and school owned...

What can we learn from Lady Gaga about engaging and inspiring students?

Turning the Classroom Upside Down Why not have lectures at home and 'homework' at school-and let students learn at their own pace?

In a 1-to-1 laptop class, do students pay attention? Yes No and... It depends

June 4 Webinar. Just picked up this book on "Mindsets" - looks fascinating.  Webinar could be interesting.

Great article about reading, technology and different types of literacies.  Be sure to read the example from Fort Collins about the variety of ways to interact with the book, "Holes." some quotes: "Experts figure that kids today read and write even more than previous generations. And they do so in a broader and more complex environment - though not always in academic ways.""Mastering the technical aspects of multimedia tools is essential. And both reading and writing in the digital world demand a more collaborative approach, played out before an ever-widening audience equipped for rapid-fire feedback."