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"third-party applications and services can be added to your Google Drive account so that in addition to applications like Docs, Slides, and Sheets, you can access a large variety of other online services which can all save their files directly to your Google Drive account for safekeeping. Here are ten Google Drive apps which teachers in particular will find useful."
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"By dissecting the tweet into its constituent parts and showing students what each part is about, they will not only make a head start in tweeting but will also transform their tweeting experience."
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2013 Horizon Report
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Mobile apps for paperless grading
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Educator Community for vetting apps from Common Sense Media
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This Taxonomy wheel, without the apps, was first discovered on the website of Paul Hopkin’s educational consultancy website mmiweb.org.uk That wheel was produced by Sharon Artley and was an adaption of Kathwohl and Anderson’s (2001) adaption of Bloom (1956). The idea to further adapt it for the pedagogy possibilities with mobile devices, in particular the iPad, I have to acknowledge the creative work of Kathy Schrock on her website Bloomin’ Apps
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Lists
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Populate a form with spreadsheet data
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- Browswer extension
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"Taking Your Site to the Next Level:
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Google Sites How tos
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Maine Summit 2012 Resources
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Today's schools are at a crossroads. The old standards have become roadkill under the wheels of the new Common Core standards vehicle, which are rocket-fueled by cutting-edge classroom technologies. But without the multiple paths of Project Based Learning (PBL) to take us where we want to go, the future is still out of reach. We must partner the use of high-quality technology with rigorous and relevant standards, while providing student-created learning paths with PBL. There is a strong need for educators to understand the ties between each of the pieces and the understanding the differences between the old standards and the new Common Core is a great place to start. Teachers will understand that our classrooms will look radically different than what they have in the past, with students being empowered, active learners. The use of technology will fuel the shift from straight row "sit and get" to a more active, dynamic, and connected learning environment. As active learners themselves, participants will explore provided tech tools as they pertain to learner work inside of Project Based Learning. Participants will experience this process through inquiry, discovery, discussion, cooperative grouping, and hands-on exploratory centers, and leave with a lesson plan, activity, or project that incorporates the Common Core Standards, Project Based Learning, and technology.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
Summer Learning Opportunities
This is one of most favorite places on Earth! I hope that you are enjoying your favorite spot(s) as summer gets going. But after a week or so I get antsy to keep up with my learning. If you're ready to take on something new when you're not able to bask at the beach, camp, or the weather outside is lousy, why not try some new learning with technology? Here are a few courses and workshops that you might be interested in:
Technology Teacher.ME - July 8 - 10, 2013
Cloud Camp New Hampshire - July 11, 2013
21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology - July 15 - 19, 2013
MLTI Summer Institute - July 23 - 25, 2013
Technology for Innovation at Tilton Academy - August 1 & 2, 2013
Maine Google Summit and PreSummit - August 6 - 9, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
The School Year in Review
I just finished writing my portfolio for the year at school. I don't always love the process of writing portfolios, because I am not very good at it. I also get interrupted a lot during the day and so I never seem to be able to finish it on time. (Excuses, excuses!) So I went in to finishing it today with a sort of negative attitude. I really thought I didn't do much. I started at noon and it's now 8PM. I guess I was wrong! Here are a few highlights to share:
We continue to have many visitors from nearby districts as well as from around the world ostensibly to see our laptop program in action. After Student Ambassadors take them around to classes, meet with them in panel format, and explain our beliefs, visitors often leave understanding that technology is just one piece of the culture of student centered learning. The Student Government Tech group and ultimately Student Ambassadors continue to make an impact on our program.
We continue to have many visitors from nearby districts as well as from around the world ostensibly to see our laptop program in action. After Student Ambassadors take them around to classes, meet with them in panel format, and explain our beliefs, visitors often leave understanding that technology is just one piece of the culture of student centered learning. The Student Government Tech group and ultimately Student Ambassadors continue to make an impact on our program.
YHS beliefs:
We believe the best learning occurs…
The Summer Technology Course (June 17-19 and in September and October) started off really well. We introduced two concepts to the teachers that I think will be adopted in Classrooms. The Edcafe model and the EdCamp model. Teachers really seemed to like the structure. Both of these models promote student choice and voice.
We believe the best learning occurs…
- when positive relationships form the foundation for learning;
- when students engage in high-level learning and access appropriate support;
- when students have an active role in their learning and in the school community;
- in a culture of collaboration;
- when students and teachers extend their learning beyond the school;
- in an environment of creativity and innovation.
The Summer Technology Course (June 17-19 and in September and October) started off really well. We introduced two concepts to the teachers that I think will be adopted in Classrooms. The Edcafe model and the EdCamp model. Teachers really seemed to like the structure. Both of these models promote student choice and voice.
A new project that we (the tech integrators) have worked on is the Lead Learners. We adopted the model from Wayneflete School. This was absolutely amazing. Each Lead Learner was given an iPad to use. We had a professional day in October to unpack and introduce the iPad. The energy around learning and trying new things was fabulous. We also did an activity where everyone had to work in pairs to learn a new app and then present it to the others. We meet monthly to share and support one another. It has been a very positive experience for everyone. We asked some of the lead learners (in addition to the student helpers we have) to "TA" for us in the technology course. It helped promote the vision of impacting technology use at each building. We are pretty happy with the way this has turned out and hope to be able to continue this project in some way next year. The great part about this format is the exchange of ideas shared, a little learning community.
Digital Citizenship. We changed our Digital Citizenship day to Living Your Life. Online. It took place during two period 3's. Students could sign up for 4 sessions. The things students liked were our visitors and anything hands on. One Student Senate member suggested that we do some small group discussion at the beginning of the year.
Just a few nuggets, but I guess I feel like I did something this year! If you have questions about any of these programs, please feel free to leave a comment.
Reading for June 28, 2013 at 11:02PM: Millennials and the Job Market
Posted by Jeff Utecht at The Thinking Stick
There is a great article over at Mashable titled: Why Can’t Millennials Find Jobs? That as I read it I kept shaking my head and thinking about schools, education and where this is all going. What I want to do is add my own thoughts to the research the article points to. via Pocket http://www.thethinkingstick.com/millennials-and-the-job-market/
Cool little hack: Adding my Reading list from Pocket as a blog post
A lot of people probably already know how to do this, but I wanted to share this in case it helps anyone!
I used to have a Posterous account where I posted items that I was reading and wanted to share with my classes or teachers. On the sidebar of my blog was a little feed to the articles. Posterous has shut down, so I now save links that I want read to Pocket. I really liked having the articles on the sidebar and I still wanted to be able to replicate something like I used to have , so here's what I did:
First, I used IFTT. If you've never used IFTTT, it has all kinds of cool tools to help you automate things. I used a recipe for Pocket
created by arunchathamvelil. When a new item gets saved in Pocket, then create a blog post with the date and a label. I set up the title of the blog post to be the name of the article and the data. The recipe automatically creates the post and puts the caption with the URL to the article. I added a label of "reading".
I next wanted to have a gadget in my sidebar and have an RSS feed to the label Reading. On my blog, I clicked on the label reading and it pulled up the two posts I had under that label. I used an RSS gadget and I copied and pasted the URL from the label above into it. But it didn't work. It was pulling everything from my blog, like a regular RSS feed. However, I googled how to make an RSS feed from a label and voilà I got http://
I used to have a Posterous account where I posted items that I was reading and wanted to share with my classes or teachers. On the sidebar of my blog was a little feed to the articles. Posterous has shut down, so I now save links that I want read to Pocket. I really liked having the articles on the sidebar and I still wanted to be able to replicate something like I used to have , so here's what I did:
First, I used IFTT. If you've never used IFTTT, it has all kinds of cool tools to help you automate things. I used a recipe for Pocket
created by arunchathamvelil. When a new item gets saved in Pocket, then create a blog post with the date and a label. I set up the title of the blog post to be the name of the article and the data. The recipe automatically creates the post and puts the caption with the URL to the article. I added a label of "reading".I next wanted to have a gadget in my sidebar and have an RSS feed to the label Reading. On my blog, I clicked on the label reading and it pulled up the two posts I had under that label. I used an RSS gadget and I copied and pasted the URL from the label above into it. But it didn't work. It was pulling everything from my blog, like a regular RSS feed. However, I googled how to make an RSS feed from a label and voilà I got http://
blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/labelname. So now I have a little Sidebar that has a list of my reading from Pocket!
Reading for June 28, 2013 at 05:45PM: Students First, Not Stuff
Putting technology first—simply adding a layer of expensive tools on top of the traditional curriculum—does nothing to address the new needs of modern learners. via Pocket
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar13/vol70/num06/Students-First,-Not-Stuff.aspx
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar13/vol70/num06/Students-First,-Not-Stuff.aspx
Reading for June 28, 2013 at 05:29PM Data Security Is a Classroom Worry, Too
LIKE many privacy-minded parents of elementary students, Tony Porterfield tries to keep close tabs on the personal information collected about his two sons. So when he heard that their school district in Los Altos, Calif. via Pocket http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/business/data-security-is-a-classroom-worry-too.html
SEA STaff Tech Camp #seatechcamp
The Sebago Education Alliance Tech Camp was a 3 day conference for teachers to learn all kinds of new ways to integrate technology.
If you were in my sessions and want resources, here they are:
Thanks to @topher8 and crew for a terrific three days!
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
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http://sao.nd.edu/studentgroups/groupresources/halls/fyo/FunGames.pdf
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http://www.ocfnl.org/Assets/OCFNLP/Ice+Breakers/Four+Corners+Ice+Breaker.pdf
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10 Little-Known Twitter Tools For Connected Educators | Edudemic
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How To Give Your Students a Voice; Advice From Someone Who Tries
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A Great Digital Citizenship Poster for Your class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
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Combine a Raspberry Pi with Google Calendar for a Smart Alarm Clock
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Free Technology for Teachers: WatchDoc - A Chrome Extension for Monitoring Google Docs Changes
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
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iTunes - Books - Self Publishing Using iBooks Author by JAMF University Press
"Self Publishing Using iBooks Author is aimed towards introducing you to using to Apple's powerful eBook authoring software, the new possibilities it provides, and help start you on the path to creating your very own books to share and distribute. Being an eBook about iBooks Author, created using iBooks Author, we will take advantage of this and explore every facet of this software while demonstrating on the pages how we went about creating the layouts and designs you see using iBooks Author's many features."
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
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esologic.com | Project Blog / Portfolio / Misc. Coolness
Devon Bray's Learning Blog
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Qrcodes
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Seven TED 2013 videos you don’t want to miss | eSchool News
Some youth videos
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What is an EdCafe? | Students in charge of a corner of their universe
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Is Coding the New Second Language? | Ideas & Innovations | Smithsonian Magazine
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7 Things You Should Know About Social Content Curation | EDUCAUSE.edu
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How and why to teach your kids to code - NBC News.com
Here are some of the best tried-and-true apps for teaching kids of all ages how to code.
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FreeBIEs | Project Based Learning | BIE
planning forms, student handouts, rubrics, and articles for educators to download and use to design, assess, and manage projects.
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
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G-Tips by @mdowhower: Updates to Google Apps Management and a New Technical Depolyment Slide Deck
Hey everyone! There has been a lot of exciting things relating to Google Apps management rolling out of Mountain View. The big announcement is that we are getting a new Google Admin Console. This new GAC is vastly different than the old cPanel that we are use to. Google has made it a little more customizeable with drag and drop functionality as well as moved about every setting in the dashboard. I encourage you to check out Google's information page about the transition. If you don't see the changes in your domain yet, you will soon.
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Blogush | 186 Videos that will make you go Huh, Whoa, Wow, Ahhh, and Ha-Ha
"Four years ago I wrote a post simply called 99 Videos that will make you go Huh, Whoa, Wow, Ahhh, and Ha-Ha. I decided to reincarnate that post because many of the videos are no longer on the internet, some of the sites have gone under, and I have always wanted to get to an even 100."
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Education Week: Teaching Students Better Online Research Skills
Good graphic
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