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Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers | MindShift | KQED News
Some diverse tech tools sorted by subject and skill.
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Tinkering & Making | Learning Is Open
Article describes what making and tinkering look like and gives an example of a making project.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/30/2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/29/2015
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Tips for parents about preventing and dealing with cyberbullying.
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How to Create a Jeopardy-style Game in Google Spreadsheets
This post has a video with directions on how to set up this game.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/28/2015
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Guide: Using the SAMR Model to Guide Learning | That #EdTech Guy's Blog
Examples in here of what an assignment would look like at each stage in the SAMR Model for tech integration.
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Enhancement (Substitution and Augmentation) – technology is used just to enhance a task
– Transformation (Modification and Redefinition) – tasks are designed in a way which would not be possible without the use of technology
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The Importance of Low-Stakes Student Feedback | ASSESSMENT | MindShift | KQED News
- “If a course lacks formative feedback, that’s often a strong drawback,” Bull said
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Lots of great templates in here to use for Google Slides! To access the templates, click on a template and then hit "Use this presentation template". Once it opens in Google Slides, go to File and click on "Make a Copy".
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5 Research-Based Tips for Providing Students with Meaningful Feedback | Edutopia
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Pittsburgh Children's Museum Makerspace. The blog has lots of resources to inspire creativity.
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View Chandler's solar output.
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/24/2015
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Example of a leadership board.
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Training for social emotional learning.
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Mindful Schools: Training the World's Educators in Mindfulness
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Copy of Gamification & GBL- An Overview.pdf - Google Drive
PD presentation on gameification and game based learning.
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What Is the Smithsonian Learning Lab? | Smithsonian Learning Lab
Coming in Fall 2015, Smithsonian quests with games and badges.
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Teaching Resources - Coding 101: How to Introduce Coding to Your School
Coding resources.
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Copy of Gamification & GBL- An Overview.pdf - Google Drive
Gamification and game based learning PD presentation.
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Simulations-games-interactives for teachers of US history.
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Games | Center for Game Science
Games that focus on the STEM subjects.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/17/2015
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Newsela | Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events
Current Events news that can be read at different lexile levels.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/16/2015
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Nonfiction news stories about young children or topics that children can relate to. Differentiated reading levels and vocab and comprehension questions.
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Take PPTs and make them into interactive presentations with questions embedded in them. Helps with formative assessment.
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These tools integrate with Google slides and other presentation tools.
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"COMMONLIT is a collection of poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and literature for classrooms." Discussion questions are limited, but it's a good starting point. Could be really useful if it continues to be built out.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/10/2015
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Science games, interactives, animations, lessons and more! Integrates with Google Classroom. Need to sign up.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/09/2015
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Labs for science classes with games, videos and lessons. Well reviewed on Graphite.
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Timelapse: Photosynthesis Seen From Space | California Academy of Sciences
Lab from CA Academy of Science. Video is accompanied by lesson materials.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/08/2015
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The How (and Why) It’s Time to Create Digital Student Portfolios
- We MUST Archive Student Work
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Digital Portfolios Pull Double Duty | Edutopia
- Requiring students to compile their work also reinforces Martin's lesson plans, prompts self-reflection, and fosters peer collaboration. Although it's possible to do all this on paper, Martin prefers digital media, which not only help students develop computer skills but also allow them to easily share their work with peers, mentors, admissions officers, and potential employers.
- Showcase portfolios, such as those produced by Martin's students, display their best work to demonstrate the achievement of specific goals or educational outcomes. Learning portfolios, on the other hand, can comprise a student's entire body of work and document learning over time.
- Learning portfolios emphasize the process, whereas showcase portfolios emphasize the end results.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/05/2015
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Free Resources and Tools for Replicating Project-Based Learning | Edutopia
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Teacher Tools for the Critical Skills Classroom
Highly adaptable forms for scaffolding PBL and assessing it. These are vague on purpose so that teachers can customize them, but they are a good starting place for teachers new to PBL.
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A World of Project Ideas (You Can Steal) | Edutopia
PBL prompts to modify for your classes.
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How does PBL support Differentiated Instruction? | Blog | Project Based Learning | BIE
"How does PBL support Differentiated Instruction?"
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5 Good Tools to Differentiate Instruction | Opening Paths
"5 Good Tools to Differentiate Instruction"- low tech tools
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A Teacher's Guide to Differentiating Instruction | Education.com
- Taking stock of student knowledge and understanding is a key first component of successful differentiation.
- An initial skills assessment can be conducted at the beginning of the school year, but teachers also should gauge student knowledge and needs before introducing a new concept, starting a new unit, or when developing lessons to review or expand on topics already covered.
- But skills assessments also can be informal.
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Individualized vs. Differentiated Instruction | Teaching Techniques - Understood
"Individualized Instruction vs. Differentiated Instruction"
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Enhancing Learning Through Differentiated Technology | Edutopia
Differentiation Tools for writing, literacy, and flipped teaching.
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Teach21 Project Based Learning
This is West Virginia's database of resources for PBL. Lessons can be sorted by grade-level and subject.
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Friday, October 2, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 10/03/2015
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These four lessons come from Trash for Teaching and have students use ziplines and car design to understand forces and motion.
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