Scriveners' Trappings

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Dennis Swender

Discover WriQ, a Google Docs add-on that automatically marks the basics in student writing so that ELA teachers can concentrate on more difficult concepts.

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Kenia Yarelis

"How do you get Google to visit your small, remote island group with its Street View vehicles, and digitize your roads for the benefit of locals and tourists alike? If you are the Faroe Islands, then you exploit your local resources to roll your own Street View, in the hopes of attracting Google's attention. Behold: Sheep View 360, a solar-powered 360-degree camera, mounted on a sheep's back. Sheep View takes advantage of one great Street View feature: You can upload your own images to Google's service. So Durita Dahl Andreassen, working for the tourist site Visit Faroe Islands, decided to kick-start the Faroe Islands' entry by putting the camera on a sheep and letting it wander free, then uploading the photos."

 

Jim Lerman's insight:

 

This is such a rich story; using technology in a pre-industrial way to exploit the attractions of an isolated set of islands. This could make a marvelous multi-disciplinary inquiry and I can just imagine students mounting cameras on their pets to tell the stories of their neighborhoods.

Two new Google Docs features are rolling out to all G Suite users beginning today. Today, Google announced the addition of Smart Compos

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Jim Lerman

This is a little cheating as some of these features are new so you could not have known!! Google Slides is one of my favorites. I use it to have students GIVE ME information rather than get information. Truly transformative for teaching.

Via John Evans

A blog that documents the use of BYOD, cooperative learning, flipped instruction, and therapy dogs in the HS English classroom.

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , michel verstrepen