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Kenneth Griswold

How QR Codes In The Classroom Can Empower Student Voices - - 1 views

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    This blog offers some good ideas about how teachers might use QR codes in the classroom to give "voice" to student work. I can see this adapted to almost any grade level or subject area for adding value to student work. via TeachThought http://www.teachthought.com
Kenneth Griswold

Apple Award Winner Teaches With 'Avalanche' - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • Remember “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek,” the multimedia project called “the future of Web storytelling,” which we chose as our Reading Club selection in January?Well, given that our mission is “teaching and learning with The New York Times,” when we came across this video of Russell Loucks, a Language Arts teacher at Mountain Ridge Middle School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., using it to teach his students to tell their own multimedia stories, we had to post it.
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    This video and article who how an award winning teacher uses an amazing example of digital storytelling from the New York Times to teach about the "future of storytelling" to his middle school students and to inspire their own multimedia digital stories.  Check it out!
Kenneth Griswold

PD360- Common Core Resources - 0 views

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    As part of your PD360 account, you have access to a wealth of excellent resources to help you unpack common core state standards and "see it in action" from real teachers in real classrooms.   The Learning Progression tool makes it easy to browse the standards, see how they spiral from grade to grade, and see videos from real classroom aligned to standards.  Additional videos are being added regularly. 
Kenneth Griswold

Free Technology for Teachers: How to Insert Videos Into Google Forms - 1 views

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    How to Insert Videos Into Google Forms via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
Kenneth Griswold

Here is how to Take A Screenshot of Your iPad ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 1 views

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    How to take a screenshot on iPad ? This is a question I have been asked so very often and the only answer I have is the traditional way I have always been using on my iPad 4.
Kenneth Griswold

Google Art Project - 0 views

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    Take a virtual field trip to art museums around the world. Get "up close and personal" with works of art. High-resolution images allow users to zoom in to see individual brush strokes. Rich information is included. An education section includes lesson plans and ideas for how to use the site in the classroom.
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    Love this! This is one of my favorites. Perfect for the interactive whiteboard.
Kenneth Griswold

Where the Common Core Meets Common Sense | November Learning - 1 views

  • Research shows that students primarily use one search engine and then only look at the first page of results.
  • our students have weaker research skills as a result of not being taught the rigor and discipline of using Google and other search tools across the curriculum in all grade levels
  • Our general analysis is that our students don’t know that they don’t know.
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  • common sense and the Common Core.
  • Most states will have to rethink their approach to teaching critical analysis of all kinds of information, as the standards require that students be able to: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism; Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research; and Interpret mathematical results in the context of a situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.
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    This article from Alan November discusses "web literacy" and the kinds of skills essential for digitally literate students and where these skills are found in the Common Core State Standards.   He makes a compelling argument for teaching these skills to students and provides some ideas about how it may be accomplished.
Kenneth Griswold

Synchronous Editing with Google Docs to Teach the Common Core | Catlin Tucker, Honors E... - 2 views

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    One of my favorite bloggers, Catlin Tucker @CTuckerEnglish, describes how she used Google docs to give real time feedback to student writers.
Kenneth Griswold

6 Days and 78 Resources for Digital Literacy Internet Safety | iLearn Technology - 1 views

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    6 Days and 78 Resources for Digital Literacy Internet Safety There are links to great examples of resources that can be used to teach kids how to stay safe online and develop digital literacy
Kenneth Griswold

Documenting Learning in Mathematics (or any other subject) using Padlet - 1 views

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    A math teacher demonstrates how he and his students use the web tool, pad let, to collaborate on and assess math tasks in a lesson. Padlet is a free tool that allows users to upload notes , images, and more to a common online bulletin board or workspace.
Kenneth Griswold

40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive - 1 views

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    40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive via Best content in educators | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/educators A great presentation chock-a-block with great ideas for how to use Google Apps in the classroom.
Kenneth Griswold

17 Measurement Apps for Math and Science From edshelf - 0 views

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    "If you teach math or science, you will likely find yourself asking your students to take out their rulers, compasses, protractors, thermometers, altimeters, and other measuring devices. Being able to see with a ruler and a protractor how a triangle with two equal sides really does have two equal angles can be powerful. Glenda Stewart-Smith of Surrey School District #36 in Canada put together this collection of iPhone and iPad apps that offer all of these measuring abilities and more."
Kenneth Griswold

Google in Education - LiveBinder - 0 views

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    Here is a large collection of resources curated by a high school librarian on how to use Google apps in education. There are many excellent ideas here organized into a tabbed "live binder" for you to explore. Enjoy! via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation
Kenneth Griswold

Google Docs: Voice Comments - 1 views

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    In this short screencast, a teachers shows how she adds voice comments to google docs when giving feedback on student writing. Pretty simple! The video is hosted on YouTube, so access from the faculty wireless network or an off-campus network will be required to view.
Kenneth Griswold

Assessment Blueprints and Test Specifications | PARCC - 0 views

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    PARCC releases the Assessment Blueprints and Test Specifications for ELA and Math.  This collection of documents will help any teacher understand how the common core standards will be assessed.  There is a lot here, but there are helpful guides, an FAQ, and narrated powerpoints to help you navigate.  See especially the Evidence Statements in math and ELA that clarify the student behaviors that will be measured to assess mastery of each standard.  These are very helpful.
Kenneth Griswold

Free Technology for Teachers: Create Flashcards from Google Spreadsheets - 0 views

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    Richard Byrne, edtech blogger, describes how to use ready-made scripts and templates in Google Docs to generate flashcards from a Google Spreadsheet.
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Kenneth Griswold

Haiku- how to enable SMS text notifications. Works for parents, students, teachers - 0 views

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    Haiku users can enable SMS text notifications in Haiku. If students enable this, they will be able to receive a text message when a teachers he's an announcement in the class.
Kenneth Griswold

40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive - 0 views

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    This presentation has a number of good ideas and examples for how to use Google Apps for Education. A nice introduction with plenty of "goodies" for more experienced users.
Dorie Kisner

Computer Games in the Classroom - 1 views

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    How computer games can be used to teach different topics
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    Nice. There is a lot of interesting research in this area. One place to follow some of the latest research is the Game Learning Society at UW-Madison. http://www.gameslearningsociety.org/ Read about some of the interesting games they have developed. http://www.gameslearningsociety.org/games.php
Anne Marie Littrell

Week in the Classroom"Wiki Collaboration Across the Curriculum" | K12 Online Conference - 0 views

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    Article and video on how to effectively use wikis in your classroom.
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