With the Common Core’s emphasis on data-driven instruction there is a misguided focus on using technology to deliver content and collect data rather than cultivate learning and stimulate cognitive development.Using education technology isn’t so much about students mastering a device or procedure so much as it is about mastering themselves first. Source: Use edtech to maximize student knowlege, skills and…
Students creating screencasts instead of presenting A great use of screencasts in the student centered classroom. Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting A way to highlight an entire row based on conditional formatting in Google Sheets Adding a timer to a Google Slides Use a Youtube video to add a countdown timer to…
It’s been a week of screen casting, and here’s a wrap up of the week. Why you want to create screencasts What are screencasts and why would you want to create them? Screencasting tools for teachers, free and non-free So how do you create screencasts? This post will show you the tools to use. I…
When a class is assigned to do a presentation for a subject, students groan. Maybe screencasts can bring back the magic? Not only do they have to stand in front of the class and present, they have to sit through 25 other presentations of students, done in the exact same manner. What if you mixed…
With all of this talk about screencasts, what about flipping your classroom? Flipping a classroom doesn’t involve gymnastics, trampolines, or basically any physical activity. Which is good, because my balance is on par with Weebles. When you flip your classroom, you provide your lecture or some other support materials to your students as homework before the…
We’ve answered why to screencast and what to use to screencast, but now, what do we do with the movies of the screencasts? Screencasts to YouTube The biggest video sharing site is also a great place to share out videos. YouTube takes care of converting the video so it can be viewed on almost any…
There are many tools out there to help with creating screencasts. Some are free while others have a cost associated with them. Here are some of the screencasting tools that I use. When looking at screencasting tools, pay special attention to the work flow. If creating screencasts is too cumbersome, then you won’t want to…
What are screencasts A screencast is a recording that usually includes a computer display or some other device’s screen. Although a screencast is normally a display, it can also include live video such as from a webcam or document camera. For teachers, a screencast can be as simple as recording a presentation to introduce or…
Adding a timer to a Google Slides A neat little hack to show a timer on a Google Slides. Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting Use conditional highlighting to highlight an entire row, not just a cell. ⓔ Use Google Photos for managing your classroom photos Getting started with using Google Photos in…
Liliputing is reporting that several more models of Chromebooks now support Android. These Chromebooks are the Acer Chromebook 14, Acer Chromebook 15, Samsung Chromebook 3, and Toshiba Chromebook 2 (2015). The downside is that while the first three models (the Asus Flip, Acer R11, and Pixel 2) can now run Android running the stable version of…