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"Silk Slides - An Easy Way to Share & Discuss Slides"

Tweetchat for Twitter chats

Keynote speakers Sir Ken Robinson and Marc Prensky discuss what it takes to get students engaged

"help students answer questions completely, effectively, problem-solve and discuss deeply learned concepts."

"you should consider as you work through your own BYOD plans and implementation."

Definitely going to pin it up at family meetings.

Intel offers free, easily integrated tools and teaching resources to support collaborative student-centered learning. Our online thinking tools provide active learning places where students can engage in robust discussions, analyze complex information, pursue investigations, and solve problems. You'll also find teaching resources such as exemplary lesson plans, assessment strategies, and technology-enriched project ideas for all K-12 subjects. Developed by educators, these free tools and resources support 21st century learning, with project-based approaches in the classroom."

This post not only discuss what a twet chat is but also list some great educational tweetchats that happens reglarly.

"1. Post Questions Phan explains, "You can post questions to your class and allow students to have discussions by responding to each other's answers (or not, depending on the setting you choose). For example, you could post a video and ask students to answer a question about it, or post an article and ask them to write a paragraph in response." 2. Reuse Assignments If you reuse curricula year after year-or at least reuse documents, there is an update you might like. Phan explains, "Now you can reuse assignments, announcements or questions from any one of your classes - or any class you co-teach, whether it's from last year or last week. Once you choose what you'd like to copy, you'll also be able to make changes before you post or assign it." 3. Improved Calendar Integration We love changes that improve workflow. Phan: "In the next month, Classroom will automatically create a calendar for each of your classes in Google Calendar. All assignments with a due date will be automatically added to your class calendar and kept up to date. You'll be able to view your calendar from within Classroom or on Google Calendar, where you can manually add class events like field trips or guest speakers." 4. Bump a post Sticking posts on blogs, tweets, or facebook updates has long been a thing. Now you can do it on Google Classroom as well by moving any post to the top. 5. Due dates optional Project-based learning, Self-directed learning? Maker ed? If you use long-term projects or other due-date-less assignments, you can now create assignments without due dates in Google Classroom. 6. Attach a Google Form to a post If you're a fan of Google Forms (here's a post on using Google Forms to create a self-graded exam), this is a change you'll appreciate. Phan explains, "Many teachers have been using Google Forms as an easy way to assign a test, quiz or survey to the class. Coming in the next few weeks, teachers and students will soon be able to

"Are corporate certification programs, like the Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Teacher, or Microsoft Innovative Educator, valuable in Educational Technology? I discuss this from two vantage points: that of a teacher or practictioner and that of an administrator evaluating and hiring staff."

Lots of links to educational sites here.

Hi Maggie. As you know I've created the support group on FB for the BEdHon students. We're going to attend a one day discussion class. Not all students can attend, so I want to share via twitter. So, 1st I'll have to set up an account. How do I do it? How do I set it up? I'm going to try...

Ways to capture a learning session - no paper involved

"The Heart of Teaching: What It Means to be a Great Teacher"