Digital portfolios, audience polling & Q&As, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2019/07/create-digital-portfolios-in-bulb/
https://eduk8.me/2019/07/live-polls-and-qas-with-xprim/
https://eduk8.me/2019/07/comic-getting-excited/
The tagline for IFTTT is Put the internet to work for you. What then mean is that you can automate tasks, allowing for you to create workflows that you didn’t believe were possible or were too time consuming. IFTTT is short for If This Then That. To begin using IFTTT, you add channels for services…
Scratch Blocks brings together two different programming “grammars” that we have designed over the past decade. The standard Scratch grammar uses blocks that snap together vertically, much like LEGO bricks. For our ScratchJr software, intended for younger children, we developed blocks that are labelled with icons rather than words, and snap together horizontally rather than…
The one application that is probably used the most by teachers is email. Here are 13 hacks for Gmail, although a lot of them would work with any email system. These are the tricks I use every day to manage my email and make myself more productive in reaching inbox zero. Inbox zero is a…
This is part 8 of 13 things to do before the first day of school. I’m a firm believer that a checklist, while not the solution to all problems, can be instrumental in organizing an efficient day. Research at John Hopkins University shows the value of a simple 5 step checklist for inserting an IV….
https://eduk8.me/2017/08/use-conditional-formatting-google-sheets-analyze-data-grades/ https://eduk8.me/2017/08/running-twitter-book-club/ https://eduk8.me/2017/08/securly-offering-chromebook-filtering-free/
If you use Google Forms for assesment you’ll want to check out Super Quiz Analyze Google Forms quizzes. Sorry science teachers, history is a better subject for teaching critical thinking Research into teaching critical thinking. “Don’t think someone is the system. You are the system.” Sir Ken Robinson is still at it!