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Google drive is a great tool for group projects! When you can't meet up in person, using Drive helps so that everyone can collaborate.

collaboration

started by anonymous on 11 Feb 18 1 follow-up, last by jaelfrancois on 11 Feb 18

**Tool Name: **Flipgrid.com (http://flipgrid.com/)** ** **Short Description: **Flipgrid is a video response/discussion platform that, with some educator creativity, can have many valuable uses in...

Teacher Resource communication collaboration Assessment Presentation

started by ntirozzi on 17 Feb 18 no follow-up yet

Today I stumbled upon StaySafeOnline.org, a great resource with which both individuals, businesses and teachers can use to protect cybersecurity and digital hygiene. Great for teachers of grades K-12.

Teacher Resource Digital Citizenship

started by clintboulton on 25 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Student-created radio show episodes on a variety of topics. The program offers a curriculum to help students become audio journalists, which teaches them media literacy skills as they explore topic...

Teacher Resource Media Literacy Communication Presentation

started by elizabethbouvier on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Toontastic One tool that promotes digital and media literacy for students in primary grades is Toontastic. This app gives students the freedom and the tools to design their own interactive storie...

techinpedagogy information and media literacy

started by dempseys1 on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Stumbled upon Evernote, a cool way for students to compose notes in or out of class. The software, available via PC or via slick iOS and Android apps, allows students to create and share notebooks ...

Teacher Resource Study Resource Digital Citizenship Literacy Media

started by clintboulton on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Tired of calling 100 homes to rely messages? Tired of getting the answering machine of parents? Try remind.com. It is easy communication where parents get an email or text with important informatio...

Teacher Resource Communication messages

started by melvincampbell on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Designing a lesson around Google Scholar will help a high school classroom understand how to navigate through scholarly sources, along with the comprehension of what makes a credible source. Using ...

Teacher Resource language arts Research information Literacy

started by hiliarybassett on 22 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Google Search Education promotes information and media literacy in classrooms by offering pre-made lesson plans, an archive of webinars, online courses, and the "A Google a Day Challenge." These f...

Teacher Resource Presentation Critical Thinking reading Research Information Literacy

started by khenderson17 on 22 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Do you want your students to improve their media literacy skills in a fun and interactive way? Check out Project Noah, it's a great app where students become scientist and explore wildlife in their...

Media Literacy Science Collaboration

started by Lineth Angel on 22 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Both great resources for staying on top of the current trends in technology, especially information literacy. Great articles on how to protect students from fake news, and lesson ideas for inquiry ...

Teacher Resource

started by Gregory Foschi on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

WeLearnedit is  a plataform to  promote and foster the critical thinking skills. The app is easy to navigate and it has features for teachers such as progress reports to share with studen...

skills

started by valerialear on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

This educational game allows students to play a role in many major historical events in US history (Revolutionary War, abolition of slavery, etc.) while simultaneously learning about geography, lan...

Teacher Resource Critical Thinking 21st Century Skills

started by arganese on 20 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Check out Math Blaster to help your students improve their problem solving skills while practicing math skills!

Critical Thinking Math

started by Lineth Angel on 20 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

https://newsela.com/ While we have heard about Newsela before, I'm going to give it another plug here. At Newsela, students can find news articles that come from many different respectable and reli...

Teacher Resource Critical Thinking Assessment language arts reading

started by jenilb on 20 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

The Essay Map tool on NCTE's Read Write Think is a great resource to help students develop their critical thinking skills in relation to paper writing. In order to fill out the map, students need t...

Teacher Resource Critical Thinking Writing

started by elizabethbouvier on 20 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Mission US offers 6 missions that take students back to pivotal moments in American history as ordinary children of the time. Students have to interact with characters and rich historical settings...

Critical Thinking Communication Assessment Gaming

started by khenderson17 on 20 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Math Blaster is a fun educational tool for elementary school students. Who said that math has to be boring? Why not learn and have fun at the same time? If that is your aim, then try Math Blaster t...

Critical Thinking Teacher Resource Math

started by melvincampbell on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Have students build critical thinking skills by creating their own puzzles. Everything from a crossword to magic square to cryptograms! http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/

Critical Thinking Teacher Resource

started by achristofer on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

I like the idea of mapping to support student's critical thinking. Being able to visually arrange information to connect ideas helps frame students' critical thinking process. I find creating maps ...

Critical Thinking

started by k8thegr8ssn on 21 Jun 17 no follow-up yet