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"I'm Not Surprised that Older Teachers Experiment More with Technology"

Goals for using technology. Nicely synthesized.

Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards for Information & Technology Literacy"

Free technology toolkit

"This Wiki will house information related to the iPad in Education sponsored by the Department of Educational Technology in the School District of Palm Beach County."

How to start with student blogging.

create quizzes in edcanvas

Info about Flubaroo, gClassFolders, and Doctopus. All Drive resources.

"Google Docs, which is now a part of Google Drive, now has more than 450 fonts available to all users. To access all of these new fonts select "add fonts" from the bottom of the font selection menu that you've always used. Selecting "add fonts" will open up a new menu in which you can mix and match fonts to your heart's content."

google sites

Search tools and tactics that every teacher and student should know.

"Tag My Doc - Assign QR Codes to Your Documents"

National tech standards and performance indicators

"Developing Independent Learners The ultimate goal of education is to produce students who can learn on their own. This is especially critical in the 21st century, a time of rapid technological change, when skills must be constantly learned and relearned. Self-directed learners are efficient at planning and following through without prompting. They know how to identify and use a wide variety of resources and tools. They take appropriate risks and learn from their mistakes. "

google drive folders for students and teachers

Pixabay Find free images clipart

typing keyboarding practice

PDF Mergy is a free tool for combining PDFs. The service does not require you to register unless you want to select files from your Google Drive account. To merge files just select them from your desktop or your Google Drive account and PDF Mergy does the rest. When your merged files are ready you can download them. The video below shows you how the service works (the video does not have sound).

Co-creating Flipboard magazines could be a great activity for students studying current events. Your students could share the articles that they're reading and put them into one magazine for the whole class to read.

As a professional development activity co-creating Flipboard magazines could be a great way for teachers to share articles with each other.

Three Approaches for Getting Content to Elementary Students' iPads - No Email, No Problem