How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios. The following post is written by Greg Kulowiec & Beth Holland from EdTechTeacher.
You can hear them both present at the April 10-12 EdTechTeacher iPad Summit in Atlanta! As iPads proliferate in schools around the world, and students as well as teachers create more and more content, questions about what to do with all of those learning objects have arisen. In other words, how can we curate this content into portfolios for assessment as well as reflection. Portfolio Curation with Google Drive Source: The Verge With recent upgrades to the Google Drive app on the iPad, it is now a viable solution for student portfolios that can be created in their entirety on iPad. The Google Drive app now allows for the creation of Documents, Spreadsheets, and Folders.
The video tutorial below explains the process of creating, uploading and sharing within the Google Drive app on an iPad. Using Portfolios to Make Connections with Evernote Evernote provides one possible solution to the challenge. How To Start Using Google Apps In Education. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The Critical Thinking Consortium - Home. Text Complexity Rubrics. Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. The Library of Congress.
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. Common Core Video Series. Education Commissioner John King, David Coleman and Kate Gerson explain every key aspect of Common Core standards in depth.
By viewing this 15-part series, New York educators and administrators will learn step-by-step how to implement the Common Core for ELA/Literacy and Math in their schools and classrooms. You’ll also gain a deeper understanding of the rationale behind the Common Core and what it will mean for students across our state. Produced in partnership with NYS PBS stations WCNY/Syracuse and WNET/New York City, the series illuminates the Common Core through conversations between Commissioner King, a former high school social studies teacher and middle school principal; Coleman, a contributing author of the Common Core State Standards; and Gerson, a Senior Fellow with the USNY Regents Research Fund and a former high school English teacher and principal.
Viewing the Videos The Common Core videos can be viewed online or downloaded from the links below for offline viewing. A Brief Life of Fitzgerald. The dominant influences on F.
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(NPR, 2010) So many websites, blogs, online newsletters … so little time. How One Classroom Actually Used iPads To Go Paperless (Part 1: Research) Last year, with a fearless group of 10th graders in Katrina Kennett’s English class at Plymouth South High School , we attempted to transform the traditional research process to a completely paperless one using a fresh new cart of iPads. Paperless_research_paper. Paperless Research Paper X iPads. How One Classroom Actually Used iPads To Go Paperless (Part 1: Research) The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs - EducationOnAir. Session Description The Paperless Classroom With Google Docs The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs!
Google Docs makes it possible to create and share documents digitally. How To Make Students Better Online Researchers. I recently came across an article in Wired Magazine called “ Why Kids Can’t Search “. I’m always interested in this particular topic, because it’s something I struggle with in my middle and high school classes constantly, and I know I’m not alone in my frustrations. Getting kids to really focus on what exactly they are searching for, and then be able to further distill idea into a few key specific search terms is a skill that we must teach students, and we have to do it over and over again. We never question the vital importance of teaching literacy, but we have to be mindful that there are many kinds of “literacies”. An ever more important one that ALL teachers need to be aware of is digital literacy.
Storybird - Artful storytelling. Blogging. 100 Ways To Use iPads In Your Classroom. 10 Ways To Become A Better Online Learner 7.61K Views 0 Likes There are some quick and easy ways to become a better online learner. Whether you're taking a class or just researching, here are the DOs and DON'Ts. Failure Is Mandatory: Creating A Culture Of Innovation. The following post is written by Tom Daccord and Justin Reich of EdTechTeacher .
Join EdTechTeacher at the iPad Summit in Atlanta on April 10-12. Progressive school administrators understand that teachers need room to explore and experiment to uncover ways to use technology effectively in the service of learning. These administrators recognize that initial tech integration forays may fall short, or even fail, but they realize that experiences gleaned help build institutional knowledge of best practices.
Ultimately, enhanced community-wide knowledge and understanding of tech integration practices reduces fears and uncertainties — at both an individual and school-wide level — and provides a foundation for growth. A common trait of successful education technology programs is a culture of innovation where administrators understand that increasing institutional growth means that failure …. is mandatory. Strategy #1 – Remove the Fear of Failure.
Harvard Education Letter. Volume 28, Number 4July/August 2012 By Robert Rothman Nine Ways the Common Core Will Change Classroom Practice, continued In a recent survey, William Schmidt, a University Distinguished Professor of education at Michigan State University, found some good news and bad news for supporters of the Common Core State Standards.
The good news was that the vast majority of teachers have read the Standards and nearly all like them. The bad news was that about 80 percent of mathematics teachers said the Standards were “pretty much the same” as their current state standards.
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