RCS Tech Share

Tons of good ideas about how to use Evernote. 

Great information, in a PDF manual.

Many more ideas and use cases.

Introduction to Evernote and tons of materials.

From Evernote's website. Ideas include clipping, organizing, and capturing documents and images.

From the Evernote Blog. Includes classroom planning, notetaking, sharing, grading, and other ideas.

Google's "Teach Parents Tech" site, a great set of video resources for learning basic computer functions.

Video introduction to Moodle rubrics. You can use these in your Moodle assignments!

As you work with digital material (both in your own preparation and with your students), you will run up against the questions of copyright and fair use more and more. Students are becoming incredibly adept at grabbing and repurposing online material. This can result in powerful and inventive work (after all, there's very little created that is truly original, with no influence from prior works) but can also be a way to avoid original thought.  There's a fine line between copyright infringement and fair use. Not to mention outright plagiarism, of course. And educational use is not necessarily fair use; that's a common misconception.  This is a recording of an ISTE web conference on copyright and fair use. It even includes an original fair use rock song!

...before and after Google+ There are some serious changes afoot. If you're a Picasa Web Albums user, this is a good resource for you.

"Edutopia.org's Director of Video Programming, Zachary Fink, interviews UC Berkeley professor Dor Abrahamson about how to increase students' understanding of math."

A list of videos from the likes of Sal Khan, Linda Darling-Hammond, Judy Willis, and other notables. Great minds, not necessarily thinking alike.

What research says about technology integration.

Could apply to lots of other apps and platforms as well, but a great specific example. Passed on to me by Leah Sills, Lower School Librarian.

Pretty much exactly what the subject says. Includes Ken Robinson, Dan Pink, and other good ones.

From the site: "We must first focus on creating the engagement and then look at structures, like the flipped classroom, that can support. So educators, here are some things to think about and consider if you are thinking about or already using the flipped classroom model."

From USA Today: "The In Your Arms video, which has received nearly 4 million views on YouTube since Grannis posted it in November, required creating 2,460 frames, each of which took between five minutes and three hours to fill in with jelly beans. The entire video took 22 months to make." Great inspiration for an animation project, no?

From the site: "We're putting everything you need to know about learning to use iPad at your fingertips. So now is a great time to get started exploring the possibilities. See how iPad gives you and your students the best way to view videos, engage with content, create projects, and turn learning into a hands-on experience."

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!

From the site: "Help your students become better searchers Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training."

For more info, view the link below: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/01/can-google-help-students-master-art-online-search