Yarmouth Tech Team

"Because Google Apps for Education accounts are tied to your school district, when a staff member or student leaves, they are not able to take their school issued Google account with them."

Teaching Screenagers

You know what the iGeneration in your classroom looks like. They're the students willing to experiment their way through anything, confident that trial and error can crack the code better than reading manuals or following directions. They're turning to the Internet first and the library second when assigned research projects. Their minds are working fast, but not always as deeply or as accurately as the adults in their lives would like. Yet teachers can capture the attention of the iGeneration and help them grow by integrating technology into classrooms in a way that focuses on the skills that have been important for decades. Teaching the iGeneration shows how to integrate proven instructional strategies with 21st century tools to make learning more accessible to today's technology-savvy students. Each chapter identifies an enduring skill that students need to acquire-information fluency, persuasion, communication, collaboration, and problem solving-and offers a digital solution to enhance, rather than replace, familiar practices to teach that skill. With this book, educators can make learning more efficient, empowering, and fun. Authors William M. Ferriter and Adam Garry provide: Practical solutions for using technology to teach essential skills A guide to understanding the pros and cons of Web 2.0 resources Over 70 handouts and activities for each skill and digital tool

"Volume Purchase Program The Volume Purchase Program allows educational institutions to purchase multiple copies of the same app at once. Developers may also offer a discount for these multiple purchases. To use this program you must have a Program Facilitator account, which can be obtained by any Authorized Purchaser from your institution. To get started, redeem a Volume Voucher by clicking Redeem Voucher, below. For more information, see our Frequently Asked Questions."

Nice tutorial for administrators to do aan evaluation

Fix the time zone problem with your Google Calendars embedded in Sites.

Adam Bellow's take on Technology Integration.

"iPads. Interactive Whiteboards. Netbooks. Video games. Although educational technologies are being implemented more and more in classrooms across the country, we don't often stop and ask students - or their parents - what they think their technology needs are. But the newly-released Speak Up 2010 survey has done just that. "

Save online video in multiple formats

Tutorial about self grading quiz

American School of Bombay These are the R&D Task Forces that have been formed this semester. Updates about the Task Forces explorations will be shared once a quarter. If you have questions or ideas for the specific topics, please contact the Task Force facilitator.

"How can we use social networking tools, or Web 2.0, to bring out new voices and ideas, rather than repeat the same old power struggles and pedagogy? What steps can we take to bring the social media revolution to the classroom (and not simply digitize the sage-on-stage tradition)? "

"Welcome to the PLP Pregame Festivities! Your success this year is built upon how well we mesh as a community of learners who understand how to leverage networks in the co-constructing of knowledge. The following activities are designed to get you in top physical shape for understanding many of the concepts we'll be covering in our professional development experience this year. We encourage you to work through the ten plays in order to have the winning advantage. Don't worry if you can't get to all of them. Any you do will help you get up to speed as we get started."

"The more I talk to administrators, present to school boards, and persuade educators that we can no longer ignore social-networks the more I am understanding that what schools/districts need is a new position. Now I'm sure in this current state of economy we find ourselves in that this won't happen for a lot of schools, but I do believe private schools and those who are in highly competitive areas (like here in Bangkok) can not ignore this position any longer. "

February 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 5 Meeting Students Where They Are Pages 73-74 Why Teachers Should Try Twitter William M. Ferriter I've got an embarrassing confession to make: Until recently, I wasn't convinced that differentiating learning opportunities for students really mattered. Like many teachers, I would deliver one lesson each day, keeping my fingers crossed that I met everyone's needs. And even though I've always had a sense for the strengths and weaknesses of my individual students, I rarely drew on that knowledge to make specific changes in instruction or assignments.

Google links

"Online social giants YouTube and Facebook have taken big steps to attempt to provide guidance on digital citizenship for kids online. Google (which owns YouTube) just launched its ten-step online program for smart and safe YouTube use, with a series of instructional videos that hit on topics from cyberbullying to privacy. And Facebook has teamed up with Edutopia to help schools create social media guidelines."

Jane Hart's 2011 Reading List These are Jane's recommended reads month-by-month (in reverse chronological order) Not got much time - the MUST-reads are marked ►

Some ideas on implementation

'Sesame Street' launches anti-bullying campaign : http://t.co/v8fFfTgr via @CBSNews