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Growth comes from stepping out of our comfort zones, which classrooms can become quite easily. Shifting the paradigm to include a “global classroom” curriculum requires more than theory; it’s actually all about practice. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly. How to build your global classroom in 4 steps.
Setting unrealistic expectations for yourself and for your classroom is detrimental to what you’re trying to achieve. All you need is a centralized library to store and manage different learning resources such as files, class templates, rubrics, and web content. Don’t panic. The previous tip applies to teachers as well.
And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time.
In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. If you have an LMS you love, Google Classroom often won’t work well with it because it isn’t well-aligned with industry standards.
They have hundreds of shapes in their native library, and you can also import Visio stencils and shape libraries, which are available all over the web. Flexibility - Whether you start from scratch or from a template, your diagram is fully customizable. Tweak shapes, text, line direction, and even the size of your canvas.
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech Survival Kits put everything a teacher needs to tech-ify their classroom into one package. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew.
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech Survival Kits put everything a teacher needs to tech-ify their classroom into one package. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew.
Literary review Here are my favorite resources for learning about and using Voicethread in the classroom: Using Voicethread For Digital Conversations -My friend Bill Ferriter has some great student examples of Voicethreads as well as some guides to download to help students through the creation process and to walk them through commenting.
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech Survival Kits put everything a teacher needs to tech-ify their classroom into one package. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew.
If I was still doing that now, I would be incredibly excited because so many wonderful resources would be available to my classroom. We’d also check out the historical photos of Texas, Mexico, and Teddy Roosevelt from Southern Methodist University and the World War II advertisements and posters from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech Survival Kits put everything a teacher needs to tech-ify their classroom into one package. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew.
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech Survival Kits put everything a teacher needs to tech-ify their classroom into one package. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew.
The idea is to help more educators look beyond the walls of the classroom and look to the brilliance of others to learn from and learn with. The heart of any school is the library or media center. The Edcamp Wiki Calendar has a listing of all the upcoming camps. Snacks handy. You are ready. Want to learn more? Read this.)
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. K-5 has a FREE companion wiki with FREE webinars on how to teach each lesson throughout the year and takes questions from anyone who has the curriculum. Who needs this.
Well, at least in the classroom. Summer PD: The Tech-infused Teacher is for credentialed and non-credentialed K-12 teachers, tech teachers/integration specialists, library media specialists, and pre-service professionals. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’ environment.
Google Classroom - web based, integrated with Google Apps, easy to use. My Big Campus - My Big Campus allows schools and teachers to create a virtual classroom to use with their students. There is a resource library with videos, web sites, wiki’s and more. There are some great, free alternatives available.
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Most (all) grade levels include base topics of keyboarding, digital citizenship, problem solving, digital tools for the classroom, and coding. Who needs this.
The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford Take, for example, the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It is one of the world''s literary repositories and one of the largest libraries in the world. Organization is key for such a large library. Others were simply Google Docs presentations shared on my classroomwiki. It takes a while!
Well, at least in the classroom. Summer PD: The Tech-infused Teacher is for credentialed and non-credentialed K-12 teachers, tech teachers/integration specialists, library media specialists, and pre-service professionals. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’ environment.
Well, at least in the classroom. Summer PD is for credentialed and non-credentialed K-8 teachers, tech teachers/integration specialists, library media specialists, and pre-service professionals. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’. The classroom is a wiki.
I imagine it involved a trip to my local library (which I still enjoy doing) and spending hours and hours of research to find the simplest of facts or answers. The argument seems to be, in the classroom, that if a question is asked that Google can answer, then there is something wrong with the question. I''m not so sure about that.
Google Docs : You will be creating lots of presentations and handouts in your flipped classroom. Presentations can be embedded directly into a blog or wiki page. Wikispaces is a easy to use wiki interface that allows you to create a website on which you can post videos, handouts, links, and files. Follow them here.
You can also use this lesson for special needs classes, Library Media orientation, or even re-mix the questions, QR Codes, & hints for just about ANY subject area! QR Codes in the Classroom & the Library, too! To create the hints I used a combination of Photoshop, Flickr, bit.ly Want the whole lesson?
Here’s a long list of websites to address Digital Citizenship topics you teach in your classroom: Avatars. Take the mystery out of copyrights –by the Library of Congress. Wiki Images. to promote digital privacy. Avatar 1–a monster. Avatar 2–Lego you. Avatar 3–animal. MadMen yourself. Curriculum.
Minecraft is easy to use and implement in a classroom. The main difference is that the education edition comes with tools for teachers to make classroom implementation easier. Minecraft is easy to use and implement in a classroom. Want to give Minecraft a whirl in your classroom? Engage kids in conversations.
Remember how intimidating it is to walk into a teacher’s classroom. Encourage parental involvement in the classroom. Show them you value their time by explaining the best way they can help as a classroom volunteer. demonstrate how to use the school online library/lunch order system (or similar). Often, I can help.
They have a large library of music to add to your creation and being able to choose the starting point for the music is a big plus. You will also receive a classroom code that you can give to your students so they have unlimited access also. The Voicethread 4 Education wiki has examples from all grade levels, K-12 and curricular areas.
When done editing, students can add music from an included royalty-free library. Besides saving their own masterpieces, students can view the works of other students in the walled garden of their private Storybird library. However you start the use of digital storytelling in your classroom, just start! Sound confusing?
It provides answers to the administrator who feels just a bit lost when someone starts talking about blogs, wikis, or Twitter, or who isn’t quite sure about all this talk about 1:1 initiatives, open source software, or using mobile phones in the classroom.
But I want to highlight are the best blogs, wikis and people from the past year. Best Librarian/Library Blog: Van Meter Voice : I have been following Shannon and the amazing work she is doing in her library for sometime. So be sure to check out all the nominations and check back on Dec. 15 to see who the winners are.
Or better yet, embed that Google form on a wiki or webpage and make the QR code from that URL! If you district doesn''t have any, create a web or wikipage called Homework Helpers and gather some together from your local library system & feel free to nab the national sources listed on our wikipage ! Create a QR Homework Helpers!
While she learned to navigate and understand the value of her library’s network of databases, she knows that many kids don’t even know what a database is. She recognizes the library as a safe space for the individual and as an important space that creates community. See video at 28:40.) I am standing here in privilege.
The Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference - October 3 - 5 "The virtual Library 2.012 conference is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. Attendance is free; sign up at Library 2012 to attend or to be kept informed." -- from the #Lib20102 site!
Other than libraries and news outlets, students were dependent on the educator to provide them with information. Essentialists argue that classrooms should be teacher-oriented. Teachers prior to the Internet, as we know it today, were one of the primary gatekeepers of information. Education 1.0 With Education 2.0,
A friend & fellow teacher librarian in my district Barb Randolph mentioned that the teachers who posted QR codes in their classrooms had parents lining up to scan them on BTSN! Feel free to go to my Slideshare or wiki to download and adapt it for your school! I wanna "get ''em while the gettin is good!"
I''ve been talking about the Livescribe pen on my Gadget-A-Go-Go wiki & in presos for years now! Created bookmarks or shelf-talkers (you can make your own or download mine from my wiki ) Think up a quick book review or read the blurb as you click the Record button on the Livescribe paper and write the word " HERE !"
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Google Docs : You will be creating lots of presentations and handouts in your flipped classroom. Presentations can be embedded directly into a blog or wiki page. Wikispaces is a easy to use wiki interface that allows you to create a website on which you can post videos, handouts, links, and files. Follow them here.
We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Our vision is to build sustainable libraries and support their custodians and advocates — librarians.
She is a member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisory group. She is a member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisory group. She is a member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisory group.
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