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"sing Google Drive, teachers and students can exchange digital work seamlessly. Teachers create and share (view only) a folder or class resources, students make their own copy & edit it, then submit to the teacher via a Google Form linking their work. "

"eMediaVA is Virginia's premier statewide digital media distribution system featuring the best purpose-built educational content available. Brought to you by Virginia's Public Media Stations* and PBS, eMediaVA is constantly evolving to better meet the needs of Virginia's teachers and students. What's even better, eMediaVA is free for Virginia's teachers and students! Please visit the About Us page to get connected." Teachers can use their HCPS username and password to access the content.

"Teachers might use only a fraction of the tools launched by Silicon Valley, but some are using them very effectively. There are no computer labs at Philadelphia Science Academy. Instead, high school kids carry Dell Chromebooks around with them and even have their own school email addresses. It's all part of the school's strategy to make technology "ubiquitous, necessary and invisible" in the classroom."

Teachers can have students create 15 second movies via Instragram. #tag it with a common class tag and video themselves reflecting on the content or over-arching question for the unit. (Requires students to use phones to video, teacher will need Instagram account and dropbox.com account to post the videos or have students use their own accounts if they have them)

"Using rubrics is an easy way to grade student papers and projects. Rubrics let students know what teachers expect on assignments and give teachers a standardized, compact checklist from which to grade. The best part about rubrics is that they're easy to make; you could make a rubric for almost any assignment in less than five minutes! Read on to learn how."

A very interesting article that simplifies technology integration in the classroom. Don't forget -- your ITRT is a great resource to help plan and implement this.

Teachers, There is a great professional development opportunity on January 27, sponsored by the Department of Instructional Technology. UNConferenceRVA will be held at Glen Allen High School from 8am-4pm, bringing together teachers from all over the region to share ideas and strategies on how 21st century skills and digital tools are used in the classroom. The event is FREE and lunch is provided. You will need to fill out a school-related leave form to attend the event. If you have any questions, let me know.

This is a pretty cool event being run by our Math division. Teachers are encouraged to participate.

Teacher directions with best practice on how to use Google Docs in your classroom. This includes a link to the student instructions document that will help set up a good way to deliver and receive content to/from your students.

Did you know that HCPS has its own blog system for teachers to use with students? Or students to have their own blog? Here is some basic information about the instructional uses of blogs.

"Teacher sent his students through Function Carnival where they tried to graph the motion of different carnival rides."

"Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension and vocabulary development software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, helps them learn words in new ways, and helps teachers create high-interest learning materials from any English text passage."

An actual example of a hybrid-flipped Geometry classroom. This Tucker HS teacher uses ActivInspire's screen recorder to record lessons every day and post them to his own YouTube channel.

An actual example of a hybrid-flipped Geometry classroom. This Tucker HS teacher uses ActivInspire's screen recorder to record lessons every day and post them to his own YouTube channel.

"Dr. Marzano describes a six-step process in the instruction of vocabulary (Building Academic Vocabulary).  The first three steps are to assist the teacher in direct instruction.  The last three steps are to provide the learner practice and reinforcement."

Virginia's Holocaust Museum is expanding their oral history collection to include stories from survivors and witnesses of other genocides/mass atrocities, in addition to the Holocaust. There was a story about this on NPR/WCVE this morning, which referenced how an AP English teacher at GAHS is using this resource with his students. News story -- http://ideastations.org/radio/news/virginia-currents-va-holocaust-museum-expands-oral-history-collection

You may have gotten this information from your principal but I wanted to be sure you had it. This is a great opportunity to fund a project. They always look for unique, innovative projects. Things like I want 5 iPads for my school won't work. Has to be an amazing things you are going to do with those 5 iPads. * Have a great idea you want to try next year to impact students and teachers? * Will your idea need funding? * Need help in grant writing? Then consider applying for a Henrico Education Foundation grant! HEF's 2014-2015 grant application is now available at our newly designed web site. Navigate to http://henricofoundation.org/ then click on the "Grants" tab and you'll see a link to the current application. Note that a grant consult is required prior to applying; however, none will be available during the month of July so you will need to schedule yours now. They will come to you at your convenience and promise the time will be well spent! Go to this website and ask for a consult.

"1455 free maths diagnostic questions to identify student misconceptions. Join 462 other teachers in sharing questions and creating quizzes."

Allow teachers to formatively assess their students using the teacher's cell phone to scan Plicker cards.