Saturday, February 28, 2015
Rough Guide to Punctuation
By the Learning Centre at UNSW. Would make a good poster.
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/puct.pdf?utm_content=buffer9bae9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/puct.pdf?utm_content=buffer9bae9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
A Very Good Google Doc App for Helping Students with Their Learning ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
A Very Good Google Doc App for Helping Students with Their Learning ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Texthelp Study Skills is a very good Google Doc add-on. Students can use it to help them with their studies. It allows them to select, highlight, and group content for review and learning. The process is very simple: open a Google Doc, highlight the key areas in the text you are interested in and click on “Collect Highlights” to extract and place it in a new document (by color or location) for students or others to review.
6 Great Tools to Create Educational Flyers and Posters for Your Class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
6 Great Tools to Create Educational Flyers and Posters for Your Class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: some of the best options we would recommend for teachers who would like to create beautiful digital and printable posters and flyers. All of these tools are simple and easy to use. They provide pre-made templates to choose from and support a wide variety of multimedia materials that you can to your flyers including images, text, charts, maps, forms …etc.
An Easy and Quick Way to Grade Quizzes on Google Drive Using Super Quiz Tool ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
An Easy and Quick Way to Grade Quizzes on Google Drive Using Super Quiz Tool ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Super Quiz is an excellent Google Sheets add-on that allows teachers to add some amazing functionalities to the quizzes they create through Google Forms.
Edutech for Teachers � Blog Archive � Spotlight on Strategies: 6-Word Stories
Edutech for Teachers � Blog Archive � Spotlight on Strategies: 6-Word Stories: This week’s spotlight: 6-Word Stories, a digital media strategy that focuses on summarization skills related to an image. Check out this simple but effective idea below.
The Best Simple Tools to Create Infographics for Your Class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
The Best Simple Tools to Create Infographics for Your Class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Infographics has been gaining in stature in education and several teachers are integrating them in their instruction. Some are using them to teach language and fine �arts; others are using them to teach science and health. By definition, infograhics are visual representation of data. This representation can take multiple forms and based on the purposes for which we are creating them, infographics can be categorized into different types such as Timelines, visualized article, flowchart, statistical infographics, informational infographics and so on.
Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right. - The Washington Post
Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right. - The Washington Post: Although American University student Cooper Nordquist, 21, uses his laptop most of the day, he still likes to read from the printed word for enjoyment. Despite that fact that most college students do a majority of their socializing and school work electronically, many still like to read from actual hard copy printed books. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)
Technology Tuesday - Virtual Reality in the Classroom | Knowledge Quest
Technology Tuesday - Virtual Reality in the Classroom | Knowledge Quest: Have you seen�Google Cardboard? It’s�a kit that brings virtual reality to anyone with an assembled cardboard viewer and a smart phone. You can buy the cardboard holder for between $15 and $30, or download the directions and assemble it yourself with a few simple�items and a piece of cardboard.�
Free Paper Toys From The Toymaker!
Free Paper Toys From The Toymaker!: Here are some free paper toys that you can make yourself. Just print them out, cut, glue and enjoy.
Official YouTube Blog: Introducing the newest member of our family, the YouTube Kids app--available on Google Play and the App Store
Official YouTube Blog: Introducing the newest member of our family, the YouTube Kids app--available on Google Play and the App Store: introducing the YouTube Kids app, the first Google product built from the ground up with little ones in mind. The app makes it safer and easier for children to find videos on topics they want to explore, and is available for free on Google Play and the�App Store�in the U.S.
Writing Contest -- Digital Storytelling Festival | American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Digital Storytelling Festival | American Association of School Librarians (AASL): Contest Focus
The focus of entries will build on the 2015 School Library Month theme, “Your School Library: Where Learning Never Ends.”
How does your school library and/or your school librarian help you learn new things?
How do the resources (print and digital) of your school library enhance learning?
How do the skills acquired in the school library enable learning?
How has/does the school librarian encourage learning?
The focus of entries will build on the 2015 School Library Month theme, “Your School Library: Where Learning Never Ends.”
How does your school library and/or your school librarian help you learn new things?
How do the resources (print and digital) of your school library enhance learning?
How do the skills acquired in the school library enable learning?
How has/does the school librarian encourage learning?
What Kids Are Reading 2015
What Kids Are Reading 2015 Which books are popular with British kids? How does this compare with your kids?
free-programming-books/free-programming-books.md at master � vhf/free-programming-books � GitHub
free-programming-books/free-programming-books.md at master � vhf/free-programming-books � GitHub Lots of free books about programming for many platforms.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Speech Recognition - Google Docs add-on
Speech Recognition - Google Docs add-on: The Speech Recognition add-on will allow you to use speech recognition to write your Google Docs documents. Express yourself as you've never done. Be free from the keyboard and faster than ever.
The 8 Digital Literacy Practices Required for 21st Century Learners ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
The 8 Digital Literacy Practices Required for 21st Century Learners ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: authors Jones and Hafner provide a detailed analysis of what it means to be a digitally literate in the light of the social media revolution and the widespread of web 2.0 technologies.
PDF to Word on the App Store on iTunes
PDF to Word on the App Store on iTunes: The most praised PDF to Word converter on the market. Reuse and edit your PDF documents. This fast application allows users to turn their PDF texts, forms and tables into editable Microsoft Word documents.
| I Love Libraries
| I Love Libraries: Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media.
Augmented Reality | Engage Their Minds
Augmented Reality | Engage Their Minds: Here are some Augmented Reality Resources for Education.
This Is Why Handwriting Helps Students Learn Better ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
This Is Why Handwriting Helps Students Learn Better ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: The visual features some really interesting facts about the impact of handwriting on our cognition. It also provides some useful tips to help students improve their handwriting.
Read&Write for iPad on the App Store on iTunes
Read&Write for iPad on the App Store on iTunes
The Read & Write iPad app and Android app provide text-to-speech functionality for free forever. The other features are free as a one month trial. But teachers who use their Google Accounts to sign into the apps (use your school-issued Google Account) can get all of the features for free.
The Read & Write iPad app and Android app provide text-to-speech functionality for free forever. The other features are free as a one month trial. But teachers who use their Google Accounts to sign into the apps (use your school-issued Google Account) can get all of the features for free.
Connect Fours - Quiz Template from ClassTools.net
Connect Fours - Quiz Template from ClassTools.net Connect Fours is a game in which that you have to create four sets of four related terms from sixteen terms displayed on the game board.
Web 2.0 Tools | Instructional Technology
Web 2.0 Tools | Instructional Technology: HCPS-Approved Web 2.0 Tools
With the growth of the internet, it is extremely important that we utilize Web 2.0 tools which are safe for our HCPS students. �In order to help facilitate the safe use of these internet resources, we have compiled a list of tools which may be used for classroom curricular purposes. �We have also highlighted those policies and forms which MUST be considered PRIOR to using these wonderful resources.
With the growth of the internet, it is extremely important that we utilize Web 2.0 tools which are safe for our HCPS students. �In order to help facilitate the safe use of these internet resources, we have compiled a list of tools which may be used for classroom curricular purposes. �We have also highlighted those policies and forms which MUST be considered PRIOR to using these wonderful resources.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
What Kids Are Reading: And Why It Matters
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Welcome to What Kids Are Reading: And Why It Matters, 2015 Edition. This year’s report is based on data for more than 9.8 million students in grades 1–12 from 31,633 schools nationwide who read more than 330 million books during the 2013–2014 school year.
Welcome to What Kids Are Reading: And Why It Matters, 2015 Edition. This year’s report is based on data for more than 9.8 million students in grades 1–12 from 31,633 schools nationwide who read more than 330 million books during the 2013–2014 school year.
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