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Apps: Camera, iMovie, and others Teacher: Debbie Wing Debbie describes a great learning experience her students had thanks to iPads and the iMovie App. Students captured and edited videos and then watched the videos and completed a self-evaluation of their work. Click to learn more! There's also additional information about other ways she and her students are using iPads in the LS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv6RNEjqvxc For more information about using iMovie on the iPad, click the link above created by Laurie Bartels at the LS (who also created the video right on her iPad using the iMovie app!).

App: Explain Everything Teachers: Nicole Weiss and Stacey Cummings

Want to learn how your colleagues at the lower school are having their students create multimedia books, screen recordings, and written/photographic reflections of their work? Click the link to view their documentation. Teachers: Meg Krause and Annie Massie Apps Used: iMovie, Explain Everything, Educreations, Touchcast, Camera App, and Speaker DJ *links to the apps in the App Store are available in their documentation*

App: Book Creator Teachers: Leah Sills Book Creator is another awesome app students/teachers can use to create multimedia based content. Click the link below to learn how Leah used the app to have LS students create virtual books. https://docs.google.com/a/riverdale.edu/document/d/1W91TlpYyrVVEN4AZhin54xM9ph7H3NDOCg2GiIAeh7E/edit

Interactive resources for learning languages. Check out #5, Lingt Classroom.

3 great tips on how to use Google Docs for teaching and learning.

The National Archives Digital Classroom: Primary Sources, Activities and Training for Educators and Students (documents are organized by date/time period).

Great article about the role blogs can play in improving students writing ability. "I believe it's important for students to have their writing read by more people than just their teacher. When they know that their families, their classmates, and people from around the world can read what they write, the impact is measurable. Students pay closer attention to everything from the mechanics of writing to word choice to structure to clarity."

Excellent article about why emphasizing effort and behavior qualities has a powerful impact on student learning, motivation, and attitudes towards school.

Great new resources from PBS about famous American abolitionists. Includes a variety of interactive links (see the map), videos, and high quality content from a very trustworthy source.

Totally free, totally awesome resource for learning programming.

A concise look at the role homework may play in student learning and academic achievement. Two key quotes: "Our results hint that maybe homework is not being used as well as it could be," Maltese said. "The results from this study imply that homework should be purposeful," Tai said, "and that the purpose must be understood by both the teacher and the students."

Link to the author's full study (very interesting): http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/high_school_journal/v096/96.1.maltese.html

From Infotopia: "Infotopia is an academic search engine accessing only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers, and library and educational consortia. Infotopia is recommended for students, teachers, and especially, homeschoolers. Infotopia was created by, and is maintained by, Dr. Michael Bell, former chair, Texas Assocition of School Librarians, and Carole Bell, former middle school librarian and director of libraries."

"Official Google Earth Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using Google Earth and other answers to frequently asked questions."

"Visit this site to learn all the tips and tricks for using Google Earth as a teaching tool. You can view lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and subjects, discuss Google Earth teaching tactics with fellow educators, see student-created work, and read how other teachers are using Google Earth in the classroom."

From Free Technology for Teachers: "Using Blubbr you can create interactive quizzes that are based on YouTube clips. Your quizzes can be about anything of your choosing. The structure of the quizzes has a viewer watch a short clip then answer a multiple choice question about the clip. Viewers know right away if they chose the correct answer or not. Creating a quiz on Blubbr could be a good way to develop review materials for your students."

"Google Forms allows teachers to collect information quickly and effectively which is what the goal should be for utilizing new technology in the classroom. Rather than illegible entry or exit slips, Google Forms allow teachers to know exactly what their students know at the beginning and end of a lesson."

Date: Thursday - April 04, 2013 Time: 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM Location: The Hewitt School Speaker: Jenny Kirsch   The Hewitt School 45 E 75th Street New York, NY 10021 Grades 4-12 With just a few great tools, teachers can easily provide students with a broader, more vivid learning experience. This workshop will begin with an introduction to Google Chrome, featuring specific Chrome Extensions geared to helping teachers become more efficient in their daily tasks. The morning will be devoted to exploring filters for Google and YouTube searches, and learning how to build custom Google search engines. In the afternoon you will hear from teachers and students who are using concrete applications of Google Apps for Education in their classrooms. The end of the day will be reserved for experimentation with your newly acquired knowledge of Google Apps, so be sure to come with a laptop* and a few curriculum ideas you'd like to enhance!

This is an excellent resource for Math teachers in all grade levels and topic areas. Mathalicious helps engage students in the study of math because it uses problems that are related and relevant to students lives. There are some really great ideas in here, along with sample lesson plans, teaching worksheets, and step by step guides. For a great overview of Mathalicious, click the link and watch the short video.

From Education Week: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook/2011/05/karim_kai_ani_founder_mathalicious.html "Mathalicious builds high-quality, standards-based math lessons designed to transform how students learn math, and how teachers teach it." "Mathalicious is rewriting middle school math around real-world topics that students care about, from sports to music to technology. By contextualizing math for their students and making math real, teachers can cover more material in less time, and with better results."