Monday, March 28, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Google Expeditions comes to Yarmouth High School
Recently, Yarmouth High School was invited to take part in the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program. This program uses virtual reality to take students on tours of different kinds of places they may never be able to visit in real life. There are hundreds of curriculum based “tours”. The Expeditions Team will be coming to YHS on Thursday, April 7th for the entire day.
Coincidentally, our Teacher Technology time on Wednesday March 30 will be about using Google Cardboard and virtual reality. Teachers will have some time to try it out and see what it’s like.
The idea is for a teacher to pick an expedition and then create a mini lesson around it. Many expeditions fit with what we are doing right now in our curricula. Google brings all of the equipment. The list of expeditions is here. There are over 180 options, so be prepared to browse! Use Command-F to search for keywords to see what is available (try World War, Rome, Asia, Biome, etc.).
You can read more about Expeditions here. We are very excited to be able to bring this opportunity to our students. Stay tuned!
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Weekly Links (weekly)
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What Does Every Teacher Need to Be Successful? - Starr Sackstein, MJE, NBCT
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The Benefits and Challenges of Student-Designed Learning | MindShift | KQED News
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Teachers, Ideas and Mark Cuban: Adapting 'Shark Tanks' In Your School | EdSurge News
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Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Reflection Makes Us All Better
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Copy of SAMR Model: QR Codes - Google Drawings
From Alice Keeler
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Student created virtual reality expeditions.
Student created virtual reality expeditions. #edcampme @alicebarr https://t.co/5JWx9QEHUT
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When you put today's tech tools in their hands and
When you put today's tech tools in their hands and give freedom to use them, they do amazing things. #threerivers @TRMCwolves #NESSC16
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"Questions & comments to facilitate Continuous Learning"
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How To Cite Social Media In Scholarly Writing
Social Media Citation Guide
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Snapchat, Kik, and 6 More Iffy Messaging Apps Teens Love | Common Sense Media
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Develop a Google Cardboard Virtual Reality Application Using Unity SDK - DZone Mobile
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Weekly Links (weekly)
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The Overselling of Ed Tech - Alfie Kohn
- If you haven’t given much thought to the kind of intellectual life we might want schools to foster, then it might sound exciting to “personalize” or “customize” learning. But as I argued not long ago, we shouldn’t confuse personalized learning with personal learning. The first involves adjusting the difficulty level of prefabricated skills-based exercises based on students’ test scores, and it requires the purchase of software. The second involves working with each student to create projects of intellectual discovery that reflect his or her unique needs and interests, and it requires the presence of a caring teacher who knows each child well.
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5 Tips for Dealing with Haters and Trolls Video | Common Sense Media
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Agree! Support the #MaineEdCampFamily @EdCampHMW @EdCampWME @EdCampBgr @EdCampME @EdCampOOB @MooseCampME #edchatme https://t.co/cCFp2nTnAX
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YouMeScript: screenplays in Google Drive
A free program to write scripts for plays using Google Drive
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"Players aged 8 and up shape the future of a new society while learning how to recognize ethical issues and deal with challenging situations in their own lives."
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Teach the Teachers: Google Cardboard - VR Basics (Episode 1) - YouTube
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Weekly Links (weekly)
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Middle School Maker Journey: The Making of a Mantra | Edutopia
@alicebarr yup yup student (and parent and colleague) voice all over this one! https://t.co/nY3tCA4Squ #googleei
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amen sister we're living the dream here!
@alicebarr amen sister we're living the dream here! #googleei
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Sexting Handbook for Teens Get the facts on sexting with our handbook for teens and parents. Use this important resource to teach teens about the impact sexting can have on their futures.
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That has happened to me. I found my value with my
@GeoffCyr @DrMerriRajaniem @alicebarr That has happened to me. I found my value with my Ss and my PLN, and that saved my spirit. #edchatme
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alleviating pressure from the millions of stnds ou
@alicebarr alleviating pressure from the millions of stnds out there would go a long way. Acad time + Prof time are very scarce #edchatme
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William Joseph Corcoran - YouTube
Recordings of GHO On Air sessions. #EdChatME @alicebarr engaged Ss in activities! #EdChatME https://t.co/g2MEwUfpjr https://t.co/NYTRtffk0n
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After this I started to see literally EVERYWHERE!
After this I started to see @jbailey8 literally EVERYWHERE! #edchatme
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A2: I am also going w my first EdCamp, which was
A2: I am also going w my first EdCamp, which was @EdCampME Changed a lot of how I approach PD. #edchatme
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Building on that, @alicebarr … ones that do the same, but in re: students. Really gets under my skin. #EdChatME
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A2: will remember the SEED days. On going PD wi
A2: @alicebarr will remember the SEED days. On going PD with people who understood adult learners and listened to our voices. #edchatME
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Yes....just making the time and opportunity for th
@alicebarr Yes....just making the time and opportunity for that to happen is a great idea. #edchatme
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Picture worth 1000 words? Awesome! Great day for
Picture worth 1000 words? #edcamp #edcampME Awesome! Great day for everyone. THANKS! https://t.co/ux0xKDVQOr
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TONIGHT, 8:30pm, - Let's explore PD that WORKS. W
TONIGHT, 8:30pm, #EdChatME - Let's explore PD that WORKS. We're thankful for so many killer PD offerings in Maine! https://t.co/TldxGZsjbg
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A1: Support teacher champions! #GoOpen advice from @ccpsinfo https://t.co/gHqAv1zIqZ #edtechchat https://t.co/Kl9aIRgaps
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The 8 Best Chrome Extensions As Chosen By Teachers - The Gooru
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Control Alt Achieve: 3 Cool Countdown Timers for your Classroom
"Countdown timers can be a useful tool in the classroom for many reasons:"
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alice barr on Twitter: "New post: Weekly Links (weekly) https://t.co/kcgy3eV0Se"
Love this! https://t.co/QYMv6wTqDH
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Creativity takes time! So important for us to rem
Creativity takes time! So important for us to remember in our rushed school environments. @marsenault @EdCampME
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60-word Wednesdays at the start of class summarizi
60-word Wednesdays at the start of class summarizing a recent science article...cool idea! #EdCampME
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Looking forward to a great conference!
#EdCampME Looking forward to a great conference! @SarahHirschfeld @alicebarr @marsenault @cathywo
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Oh, the places you can go with Google Street View | TechCrunch
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Free Online Animated GIF Maker & Video Maker - Make A GIF or Video Easily
"GIFMaker.me allows you to create animated gifs, slideshows, and video animations with music online freely and easily, no registration required."
- So this won't work on the iPADS cause we need flash, right? But it would work on the laptops. - post by Bianca Vega
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Random Name / Random Item / Person selector / Generator fruit machine
Random Name Generator
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7 Google Tricks to Learn During Spring Break! | Shake Up Learning
"Google has officially made the new Forms the default version, and they have added a lot of the features that we have been waiting for, including Add-Ons. The new Google Forms has a purple icon instead of green. You still have the option to run back to the old version. For all the details from Google, click here. Here are some new features to check out in the new Google Forms:"
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"Every Monday my students ask me, “What did you talk to your teacher friends about last night?” When I first told them that I spend an hour on Twitter every Sunday evening, talking to other teachers about teaching, they looked at me like I was crazy — and this response hasn’t been limited to students."
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Class Twitter Account: How Your Students Can Tweet | Teacher Tech
"several teachers how they can have their students tweet without having a Twitter account. I highly encourage teachers to have a class twitter account and a class hashtag. Here is how to use the class Twitter account." -from Alice Keeler
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EdcampMaine Schedule 2016 - Google Sheets
2016 Schedule
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TY to Waynflete for hosting,, , , for organizing
TY to Waynflete for hosting, @plennig, @alicebarr, @T_HEB, @MsRedmanEnglish for organizing, & all who came to #EdCampME. Well played today!
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Google cardboard is very cool. So many application
@mollyfrommaine @mollyleding Google cardboard is very cool. So many applications to learning. Thanks @alicebarr
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Five years in, is still rocking it. Nice work an
Five years in, #EdCampME is still rocking it. Nice work @plennig and @alicebarr and all other organizers. Great to network and learn.
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just asked me what this is. https://t.co/LxnGv7s
@ShyanneJacqulin just asked me what this is. #Iamsoold #EdCampME https://t.co/LxnGv7sAEA
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Sunday, March 06, 2016
EdCampME #5
We were debriefing EdCampME at the afterparty and everyone agreed this was our best one yet. The sessions were wide and varied and there were so many great tweets and ideas. Along with scheduled sessions, there was a Makerspace with challenges and a Minecraft lab. We had 40 people who were first timers, and 9 who had attended 5 or more Edcamps. We had a large number of pre-service and first year teachers, thanks to @edcampWME who started the wonderful idea of reaching out to that community.
I facilitated two sessions on Google Cardboard. Participants were excited and we talked about ideas for how to use them in the classroom. Feel free to contribute to the ideas shared so far. Here's my collection of Cardboard activities, it's a work in progress.
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Weekly Links (weekly)
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BreakoutEDU Intro for Students - shared - Google Slides
Great intro for students
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Good point. It really does depend on the learner
@alicebarr Good point. It really does depend on the learner and their motivation. #gafechat
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@alicebarr @thomascmurray thanks for joining Alice!
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Wait, power hungry people in education? No! Say it ain't so #netp16 https://t.co/5b6nQSKCHS
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"Persistent access to high-speed Internet in and o
"Persistent access to high-speed Internet in and out of school" is new equivalent to ensuring each student has paper, pencils, books.#NETP16
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Alice always sharing such great thoughts around ,
@thomascmurray @alicebarr Alice always sharing such great thoughts around #NETP16, can't wait to chat tonight!
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Yay @alicebarr! Welcome to the #NETP16 chat. :)
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NETP Graphics | Office of Educational Technology
Questions from the #netp16 Twitter chats
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Homework ideas!
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Tapping Teachers’ Intrinsic Motivation to Develop School Improvements | MindShift | KQED News
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How to Become a Google Certified Trainer [infographic] | Shake Up Learning
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Edtech Tofu: How to Host Images on a Google Site for the Web
How to host images on a site to be used with Awesome Tables. Great for student art gallery!
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Edtech Tofu: An Interactive e-Library of Student Work Using Google Apps
Describes using Awesome Tables for submitting student work. Can collect pdfs and jpgs
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