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With the recent announcement of Google Classroom, school districts and educators across the country that are currently integrating Google Apps for Education into their classrooms are awaiting the opportunity to gain access to Google’s workflow solution. While there are currently a number of workflow solutions and approaches within Google Drive that classroom teachers can take …
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For school that support Google Aps the introduction of Google Classroom may become a great workflow solution for students and teachers. This post provides an introduction to Google Classroom. There is a brief explanation of the features listed below: * Classroom Setup * Google Drive Integration * Student Organization * Automation * Due Dates * Turn in and Return * Big Picture View * Communication There is also a video tutorial of many of the features. 
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There are a boatload of awesome Google tools that we use every day. And they’re free, too, which tends to be a big winner for teachers and students. Free is probably the number one reason for giving Google’s tools a try – you haven’t lost anything but a bit of time if you decide you …
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Google provides so many tools it is hard to keep track of all of them. This post provides information on 7 tools that may find a place in your classroom. Do you have a student that needs a clean and clear space to write, with no distractions? If Chrome is available as a browser consider installing the app Write Space, a "minimalist text editor." If students are working in Google Drive and are researching a paper they may have found the Research Tool that allows you to quickly search the web for specific information, make suggestions and more. Google Forms continues to add features, including the ability to create surveys. Have your students design a survey and graph their data, or use it the survey tool to do a quick formative assessment as an exit ticket. Learn more about Moderator, Image Directory, and Google Templates (that's right, Google has templates designed for students and teachers) in the post. Chances are you will find at least one or two tools to use for yourself or with your students (or both)!
LibrarianLand's curator insight,
March 26, 2014 7:20 PM
More from Google. Maybe useful, but all-knowing. 
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
March 28, 2014 8:12 PM
I love my Google tools! What do you use them for?
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This infographic shows you the 7-Phase Model and the 7 Essentials of Project-Based Learning. The 7 Phase Model information comes from an article published by Edutopia (and is linked to in the post) and The 7 Essentials is based on a PBL GUide: A Resource for Instructors and Program Administrators, published by the National Academy Foundation and the Pearson Foundation. For more information on this topic be sure to check out these two resources.
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"Parents are famous for their ability to reminisce about days gone by. It always starts the same way, “Back when I was your age, we used to walk 10 miles to school barefoot—in the snow.” Or, “I remember when school lunch cost a nickel.” Thanks to the integration of technology, schools, and classrooms in particular, have changed so dramatically in recent years that some parents might not even recognize them. It’s a classic case of old school versus new school."
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This infographic looks at how the integration of technology into schools has made major changes. Learn how many parents used software in school compared to their teenage students; how collaboration has changed; if technology is important to student success (parents view) and much more. If you have an upcoming Open House this might be an infographic that would elicit comments from parents.
Nancy Jones's curator insight,
September 15, 2013 11:37 AM
Spot on. Although I am still trying to get the hang of printing these out to share with faculty And parents by display ongoing in a public area
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![Where Teachers REALLY Want Parents to Volunteer [Infographic] | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/eVoDbZlhm1DX5EFdLjsuOjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
"A recent survey by WeAreTeachers and VolunteerSpot of more than 1,000 parents and educators indicates that there is strong support for parent volunteers in the classroom, critical gaps between teacher needs and how parents are currently pitching in, and a wish from both groups to see the current parent volunteer roles grow."
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Sections in this infographic include: * We can work it out * Beyond the bake sale * Teachers say the need help with.... * One last tip (click through to see it) This poster would be great to have in your classroom for Open House and to share with the PTO/PTA or whatever oganizations of parents you have that support your school!
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Recently, I've been spending quite a bit of my time researching how to use Pinterest in the classroom in a way that is meaningful and relevant. I've posted a couple of articles about Pinterest befo...
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If you have considered using Pinterest in your classroom and also design lesson plans with Bloom's taxonomy then this post will provide you with 2 ideas on how to combine the two!
Ricard Garcia's curator insight,
June 11, 2013 4:23 AM
Pinterest is a vast source of possibilities for the classroom... here's a good article with different ways to make the best of it. 
AlGonzalezinfo's curator insight,
June 21, 2013 6:56 AM
This is a great example of how to use the Infographic format to educate and share knowledge with others. It make sense that a teacher would do it. Fantastic! 
Audrey's curator insight,
March 8, 2014 5:38 PM
Once you start using these two learning strategies teaching becomes a real pleasure as students will be teaching the topics. In addition they will be able to give evaluative and analytical commentary. Audrey for www.homeschoolsource.co.uk .
This certainly works for psychology at www.hotmoodle.com
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An overview of Special Education that helps to define the term special education, looks at types of special needs, the percentage of students who receive special education services, and much more. In this infographic special education is defined as "specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability." Today one of the buzzwords in education is personalized learning. As our classrooms move towards this goal it is important to recognize how technology may impact both our special education and our regular education students.
Steven Blomdale's curator insight,
June 6, 2013 12:12 AM
I scooped this info graph to demonstrate to teachers to prominences of the various types impairments in the 21st century. I beleive this is an important issue as teachers need to know as classrooms today are having students with some type of disability or impairemnt. Teachers need accomodate and differentiate the types of ICT skills and devices used within the classroom. The aim of technolgies within the classroom is to allow students to engage confidently with technologies and make informed, ethical and sustainable decisions about technologies for preferred futures including personal health andwellbeing, recreation, everyday life, the world of work and enterprise, and the environment (ACARA, 2013). 
Victoria's curator insight,
June 23, 2015 10:22 AM
@Dennis P. Garland I thought this was a great overview of data on special education.
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Middle-class students tend to learn from their parents that asking for help is one way to problem-solve when completing assignments, whereas students from lower-income backgrounds tend to learn these skills from their teacher. A teacher shares her experience with students in her classroom on ways to help students learn to ask for help. An inspiring article!
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"There is often a big divide between what happens in the laboratory and the way laboratory findings are practically applied. The relationship between neuroscience research and education is no exception. While there are numerous educational products that claim to be based on neuroscience research (often quite dubiously so), the real impact of brain-based research on education has been much more subtle." This article "highlights some of the key ways that neuroscience is changing the classroom of today for the better." Topics include: cognitive tutoring, later start time in high schools, individualized education, making learning fun, and much more.
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"As a result of inhabiting a different world than teachers, policymakers make a consequential error. They and a cadre of influentials confuse teacher quality with teaching quality, that is, the personal traits of teachers—dedicated, caring, gregarious, intellectually curious—produce student learning rather than the classroom and school settings. Both are important, of course, but policymakers and their influential camp followers have accentuated personal traits far more than the organizational and social context in which teachers teach daily. So if students score low on tests, then who the teachers are, their personal traits, credentials, and attitudes come under close scrutiny, rather than the age-graded school, neighborhood demography, workplace conditions, and resources that support teaching. The person overshadows the place.[i]" This article goes on to explore the concept of quality teaching (and teaching quality), what is good teaching, what is successful teaching, and more. There is more to consider as we look at these issues than meets the eye.
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So...you have iPads in your classroom...now what do you do? Here are 103 ways to use the iPad in your classroom...and since this is a Google Presentation you may choose to add your own ideas for others to see.
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I first scooped this slide show in January, but it has been updated with new ideas and tips on how to use Google Forms in the classroom. If you are new to Google Forms, or are looking for some new ideas check out this presentation.
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Bill Gates envisions better teaching methods and new education technologies that will revolutionize the classroom and encourage lifelong learning.
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"Learning Analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs."
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This detailed infographic provides an in-depth look at learning analytics. It begins by describing traditional education as a school bus, with the expectation that all students will get to "the finish line together." The infographic then turns to personalized learning, where students would work at their pace and in their way to master material. Analytics play a key role in personalized education. Why? If you use a tool that provides you with the ability to measure, collect, analyze and report data about your students you have the opportunity to adapt curriculum. The infographic shares seven areas that may be considered. From here the infographic moves to the learning analytics cycle which moves to four areas: * Descriptive - What has happened? * Diagnostic - Why has it happened? * Predictive - What will happen? * Prescriptive - What should I do? What comes next? The role of the teacher, which is followed by a What's Next section. There is much to learn about learning analytics in this infographic. You may download the complete infographic from the site.
miguel a. rodriguez's curator insight,
July 19, 2014 5:24 AM
Interesante infografia de google analytics 
John Lemos Forman's curator insight,
July 20, 2014 10:55 PM
Muita expectativa mas ainda poucos resultados concretos ... De qualquer modo, esta se formando uma percepção de que o modelo educacional vai ser fortemente impactado nos próximos anos
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"Good teaching is a major undertaking. Make no mistake–teaching has never been easy. But as we come upon 2014, as a profession teaching is increasingly characterized by its possibility, accountability, and persistent mutation. Which makes it a challenge to do at all, much do well. The response to these challenges is a mix of building-level professional development, self-directed teacher improvement, and a troubling amount of teacher burnout. So how can you teacher smarter rather than simply grunting harder?"
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Here are seven strategies you might choose to use to make your teacher smarter. They are explained in the post (and listed in the image above). For those whom may see this without the image: * Place the big rocks first * Use technology to automate (with suggestions on what you might do) * Know yourself * Teach in the moment * Advocate for yourself * Find new measures of success * Open your classroom doors wide You may find some new ideas to try out in your classroom!
Audrey's curator insight,
December 9, 2013 4:34 PM
How about asking the student to teach you? They nearly always come up with something different, which you can add to your own notes. Students are also great at acting out scenes, particularly when they are organising other students. Give them a mark for it. Then test their knowledge a few days later with a 30 minute test. curating for www.homeschoolsource.co.uk. Also have a look at www.hotmoodle.com.
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There are a slew of free ways to make digital portfolios with students and for students. These are some of our favorites!
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Have you considered having your students create a digital portfolio? As we move more and more to digital technology the ability to do this becomes easier, and the reasons you might do so seem to increase.A few of the reasons you might consider digital portfolio: * students are able to see their progress over time; * it helps you as a teacher be able to track student progress more easily; * it is easy to share with other teachers as students matriculate; * they provide a tool for teacher and student to communicate. One issue that has often stopped folks is how to save these portfolios. This post share four resources that you might consider using to do this: Evernote, Google Sites, WordPress and Edublogs. Each has a short explanation, oftem providing pros and cons.
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I've had a great time preparing my formative assessment infographic to show ideas for assessment with and without the aide of technology. Do you have ideas for formative assessment? Please share in...
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Are you looking for some ideas on how to use technology to do formative assessment? This infographic may provide you with some ideas. Check it out to find 5 suggestions that do not use technology, a couple of ideas for w white board, and many more ideas for using online resources, smartphones and twitter.
Mounds View High School's curator insight,
January 15, 2014 2:41 PM
Good ideas to make formative assessment part of the "instructional process".
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I would wager a guess that the majority of teachers uses PowerPoint as a way to present information and lecture in class. In fact, PowerPoint has been under a lot of flack lately for being tired, d...
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Take a new look at PowerPoint after you view this table that helps you think about new ways you might use PowerPoint in your classroom. Find ideas on how you might connect Bloom's Taxonomy with PowerPoint in the table created by Aditi Rao.
Sue Blough's comment,
June 21, 2013 4:23 PM
This article is relevant to idea of engaging students in multiple ways and multiple intelligences. Good food for thought.
Alfredo Corell's curator insight,
June 23, 2013 7:47 AM
New ways we might use PowerPoint in our classroom.
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Are you looking for a guide on how you might use YouTube in your classroom. A new guide was published this month which is chock full of advice. Edudemic has also published an article that looks at this guide. This post is from Edudemic to give you a taste of what might be in the future of your classroom. Learn how YouTube might: * "spark lively discussion" * help you organize "video content for easier access" * "archive your work" * "encourage students to dig deeper" * "help both struggling and advanced students" * "review for upcoming exams" * "create a YouTube center in your classoom" * "create interactive video quests" and more. To find the 47 page "YouTube Playbook Guide Education" go to http://storage.googleapis.com/support-kms-prod/SNP_2799330_en_v1.
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A look at 50 education technology tools split into the following categories: * Social Learning - "tools that use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect" * Learning - ways to "make lessons fun, interesting and more effective" * Lesson Planning and Tool - tools that help you design and plan great lessons and student projects * Useful Tools - tools that help you "stay connected, organized and increase the ease of building multimedia lessons and learning tools"
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Intel has released a video of the classroom of the future. Do you think this is what the future will look like in education? Would you like to teach in this type of classroom?
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"Paul Barnwell’s article “Why Twitter and Facebook aren’t Good Instructional Tools” is a ruse…in a good sense. I think it’s a brilliant way to get a whole load of readers coming to the defense of social media tools in the classroom. But take a minute to read what he’s written and you’ll see it’s not an attack, it’s a call to action.
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A group of publishers and tech companies gathered in Washington today to talk about getting digital textbooks into U.S. classrooms. The gathering, convened by the FCC and the Department of Education, included everyone from Apple to Intel to McGraw-Hill, and it was premised on the idea that digitizing classrooms is a good thing.
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Have you thought about using Google Earth in your classroom? This Google Presentation provides a wide range of activities that may inspire you to make use of this tool.
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"As the US Department of Education moves to rebrand No Child Left Behind and increase the significance of high-stakes testing, there is a counter-movement growing in the teaching work-force to provide relevant educational experiences that encourage students to do more than just memorize and recite facts."
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Google has just introduced a feature called Google classroom as part of its education suite of apps and programs. Have a look and see what you think.