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My co-author Willyn Webb and I had the opportunity to speak with "Tech Page One - Insights from the Evolving World of Tech" to explain why cell phones should be allowed in the classroom. You can read the entire piece at BYOD Goes to School, Here is what we said during our interview with the author of the article.

This discusses the differences and misconceptions that people have regarding tradition versus online education. As pointed out, online was never meant to replace traditional. Rather, we should focus on the benefits of each education style. The author concludes, " All modalities serve a specific student population and purpose. The question should not be which is better, but which is more functional for each individual student."

YouTubers, Authors, Philanthropists - John & Hank Green provide high quality educational videos in a variety of educational content areas. Economics, World History, US History, Literature, Astonomy, Chemistry, Politics & Government, - the list goes on! Very engaging and relvant videos for students. TLB

I think this is a great channel of video resources that my coworkers can use to change it up a little for students. They will find many topics/lessons that they currently teach on this channel. I will encourage them to use them in their classrooms, assign them for homework, assist with studying for a test or any other ways they see fit!

I would use this site to introduce concepts to students. These short videos are great attention getters. For example, I could use the video on Diseases to help students understand how far we have come in medical advances and to assist them in gaining an understanding of how easily diseases are transmitted. These could also be used as a flipped classroom format. Students could watch the content, take notes, and come prepared for the activity the next day.

One of my favorite book resources for teachers! It is listed on Badgerlink and definitely worth highlighting during a staff PLD. Two of my favorite features are the meet-the-author recordings and book excerpts. Many of the book have links to activities or lessons, and some books have links to book trailers. Plus, you can print QR codes or directly link to the books in its database!

Teachingbooks.net Book Trailers Collection https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?adv=title&go=1&bookResource=trailer

This handout describes how I plan to integrate social media (Twitter) into my online astronomy class. With minor modifications, it would work equally well in a face-to-face class.

What are OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost. Unlike fixed, copyrighted resources, OER have been authored or created by an individual or organization that chooses to retain few, if any, ownership rights.

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WebHostingHub Glyphs are free. This font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License for download and using in personal and commercial projects. PNG icons are distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Redistribution is not authorized. (just link to this page to let people know where they can download those awesome glyphs!) Icons!! An excellent way to help students remember!

Create acct. in Edmodo to see this OER lesson: This presentation is a basic introduction to visual notetaking or sketchnoting for students. During the presentation, students will watch an overview video, look at examples, and discuss the elements of sketchnoting. The presentation concludes with two practice exercises where students work on creating their first sketchnotes. Sketchnoting is a notetaking technique that students can utilize throughout the year and for different purposes in the classroom. Students can use sketchnotes to take notes on literary periods, histories of famous authors, visually represent the plot and analysis of a piece of literature or engage in listening to group presentations. This presentation is a Google Presentation, so in order to utilize it, you will need to make a copy by clicking on file<make a copy. Once you have your copy, you can edit or modify the presentation to fit your class.

"A selection of resources to help teachers learn more about and get started with Google Expeditions." This resource will help teachers learn how Google Expeditions works and see which Expeditions are available. This is a resource that many teachers may know very little about. If devices for VR are a difficulty to obtain, there are also free resources for them. Cellcom in our area allows classroom kits to be shipped out to a teacher for a short amount of time.

The basics of coding will be the focus of this unit, while also learning to read, write, and debug code.

The positive and negative impact of social media on kids and some tips regarding internet safety for kids

This resource is designed to help high school students build a positive online presence. Students will explore ways to use social media in professionally responsible ways, create an online portfolio, and review the legal and privacy issues surrounding an online presence.

This resource is one I would like to share with my teachers because it gives 12 easy to follow ways to build real-world STEAM applications in their classrooms. It supports the design-thinking model that we are trying to grow as a process for reflection in our building, and supports the work we are doing to grow use of our maker program. Great Resource!

This lesson walks students in grades 2 and 3 through the process of creating a research paper on a US state. The slides document is interactive and provides a step-by-step method for creating a final product.

One area for which I'm always searching for more resources and information is resources that can be shared with parents and families to support the digital citizenship learning students are doing in the library. Just because most parents many parents are comfortable with technology, that doesn't 'mean they know how to talk to their children about internet safety and ethics. This includes a good list of resources that are available.

This provides a fantastic list of resources for parents (or teachers) to utilize to support the teaching of digital citizenship skills! I'm always looking for tools to share with our families to help them better understand their role in creating good digital citizens at home.

This is a great lesson for teaching middle and early high schoolers how to evaluate internet sources using the CRAAP test (giggle). As an LMS, I would ideally co-teach this lesson with history and English teachers of 9th and 10th graders.

This is a lesson to help MS students to learn about evaluate sources using the CRAAP method. It includes links and supplementals to have students practice the skills being taught.

A resource adapted from the CCBC for examining and purchasing materials by authors and illustrators of color. Also includes articles and references that outline the importance of multicultural education.

A summative assessment for TKAM novel w/ rubric and standards.