This past week, I set out to lead 11 of our middle school faculty through an afternoon of professional development. For me, it's always a little intimidating to stand in front of a group of teachers and teach them about teaching tools. Nevertheless, I surveyed the teachers before our session to get a sense of what they wanted to learn more about. I LOVE using the scale tool on Google Forms.
I had the teachers rate each topic and then I averaged their scores, and also looked at the mode, to see that I had selected the right sessions for our faculty.
In the end, I chose to offer three half hour sessions on five topics (yes, I repeated a topic.) Here is what happened. The teachers became so invested in their learning that most of them stayed with one topic the entire time. Who was I to say, "stop your learning and move on to something else?" Below I offer up the topics and tools our teachers explored.
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 05/17/2014
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Chrome extension that would likely support English teachers as they develop curriculum based on literature and writing.
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Million Dollar Scholar is an open online platform that teaches high school and college students how to find and win scholarships for school.tags: scholarships
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Animated science mysteries for middle school students.
Labels:
differentiation,
Diigo,
edtech,
English,
gafe,
Google,
pd,
scholarships,
science,
STEM,
technology integration
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 05/07/2014
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- According to Code.org, 90 percent of U.S. schools are not teaching any computer science. Eyebrows have been raised this year as the U.K. passed a plan to educate every child how to code (3).
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Labels:
coding,
digital citizenship,
Diigo,
Edutopia,
Google,
history,
information literacy,
new teacher,
pd,
pln,
social media,
social studies,
twitter,
YouTube
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 04/23/2014
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Commonly used scripts for Google Drive.
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Three activities you can implement tomorrow.
Labels:
blog,
character,
critical thinking,
Diigo,
Google,
Google Drive,
Google scripts,
new teacher,
YouTube
Monday, April 21, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 04/18/2014
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A quick visual on how to read a tweet.
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Type in a URL and see how it relates to other sites.
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Professional development courses that span all subjects and grade levels. Courses range from 1.5 hours to 45 hours.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 04/17/2014
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Flip teaching that matches with math standards.
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This is a PDF of iPad apps by subject and grade level.
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Good presentation on how 21st Century Learning is reflected in tech tools.tags: 21st century skills pd
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21 Day Challenge to jumpstart learning of Google.
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Digital portfolio defense
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Interesting tool for creating lesson plans, presentations and projects.
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Labels:
apps,
citations,
collaboration,
differentiation,
digital portfolios,
Edutopia,
English,
flip teaching,
gafe,
Google,
Google Drive,
ipad,
math
Monday, March 31, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 04/01/2014
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Great chart for applying Bloom's taxonomy with focuses on key words, actions and outcomes.tags: BloomsTaxonomy
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/28/2014
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PBL resources from Edutopia!
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The Buck Institute is website that offers an abundance of PBL resources to teachers and administrators at all levels.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/23/2014
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Create a search engine for your students to use by limiting the websites that they can access.
Labels:
coding,
cue,
Diigo,
gafe,
Google,
Google Drive,
maps,
presentation,
STEM,
storytelling
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/20/2014
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An approach to organizing research that's an alternative to note cards.
Labels:
Diigo,
edtech,
flip teaching,
gafe,
Google,
Google Drive,
math,
pbl,
research,
videos
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/19/2014
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Become a Google Educator by completing these lessons and passing the exams.
Labels:
21st century learning,
Diigo,
DIY,
edtech,
gafe,
Google,
infographic,
maker,
web 2.0
Monday, March 17, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/18/2014
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Math tutorial channels.
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Good for American history and modern world history as well as Western Civ.
Labels:
copyright,
digital portfolios,
Diigo,
gafe,
Google,
history,
interactive sites,
math,
pbl,
pd,
quiz,
social studies,
YouTube
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/14/2014
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Maps that span social and historical timelines.
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This software allows you to pull videos from a variety of sites and then embed questions that can take the form of multiple choice, free response or even audio files.
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"Resources On This Page: Lesson Plans & Rubric - Reteach and Enrich Tools for Data Assessment Culture Websites & Readings"
Labels:
character,
differentiation,
Diigo,
Edutopia,
flip teaching,
Google,
history,
maps,
social studies,
videos,
YouTube
Friday, March 7, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/08/2014
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Has specific links for English and Math.
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Cell animations for life science.
Labels:
biology,
collaboration,
Diigo,
Edutopia,
gafe,
Google,
Google Drive,
science
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 02/15/2014
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Heart will matter more than head as we move forward in the digital age.
- In a world of online distractions, the person who can maintain a long obedience toward a single goal, and who can filter out what is irrelevant to that goal, will obviously have enormous worth.
- Unable to compete when it comes to calculation, the best workers will come with heart in hand
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tags: math math games
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This site is full of lesson plans, interactives, and professional development for teachers of all grades and disciplines.
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tags: science
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Science resources for IPS.
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When in Time is a timeline web application.
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- "You need to insert four comments on your partner's doc -- two things that are working well and two questions that will help the author to improve the piece."
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- Four things that are working well
- Three specific ideas for improvement
- Two specific questions for the author
- One source that you recommend for the author
- At the elementary level when students are providing feedback with one another, I like to use “Two Stars and a Wish”.
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Labels:
art,
chemistry,
creativity,
Diigo,
Edutopia,
English,
gafe,
games,
Google,
history,
lesson plans,
math,
pd,
science,
science fair,
social studies,
Spanish,
STEM,
timelines
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