A meme, a comic, and a Chrome extension – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2021/01/another-ed-initiative-eduk8meme/
https://eduk8.me/2021/01/the-teachers-lounge-comic/
https://eduk8.me/2021/01/full-page-capture-in-chrome/
https://eduk8.me/2020/04/scanning-documents-at-home-with-your-smartphone/ https://eduk8.me/2020/04/apple-adds-assessment-mode-for-mac-and-custom-school-apps/ https://eduk8.me/2020/04/comic-family-drive/
Google Cast for Education is a free Chrome app that allows students and teachers to share their screens wirelessly from anywhere in the classroom. Cast for Education carries video and audio across complex school networks, has built-in controls for teachers, and works seamlessly with Google Classroom. Source: Google Cast for Education Help And here I’ve…
I want children to read literature that is conducive to their age and leave those mystical and frightening texts for when they can discern reality, and when they have first learned to love beauty. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, and Terry Pratchett, to mention only a few of…
Data-driven instruction is one of those buzzwords in today’s educational landscape. We hear all about data, but if your experience is anything like mine, you’ve never really been trained to do much with it. Sure, we give pre-assessments and set goals for post-assessments, growth, and student success, but it often feels like we’re doing so…
I fired up Google Slides yesterday like I do every day and was greeted with a new feature, Presenter View: I have already used Presenter View, but the Accept audience questions option had me intrigued. Starting Presenter View Presenter View is still not as polished as it is in Keynote or Powerpoint, but it does get the job done….
This week it’s all about the teachers hacking their own learning. 1. Blogging (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning) Using blogging to share, publicize, and reflect. 2. Use Twitter (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning) Teachers can use Twitter to collaborate, publicize, and reflect. 3. Participate in a Twitter chat (13 Ways Teachers…