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#HyperDocs with Deck.Toys – Deck.Toys Blog. HyperDocs by Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, and Sarah Landis has revolutionized learning in the classroom through the extensive use of Google Apps.

#HyperDocs with Deck.Toys – Deck.Toys Blog

This has led to a #HyperDocs movement where teachers everywhere are creating and sharing lessons to engage students. Lessons are no longer presented boringly in static long worksheets but via a multimedia medium. Model lessons, Templates and Hyperdocs Galore! Take a look at the model lessons, templates and hyperdocs previewed below.

model lessons, Templates and Hyperdocs Galore!

If you are interested in one of them click the link below the preview. It will prompt you to "make a copy" of the file then it will be added to your Google Drive. These have been created by Nadine Gilkison, FTCSC Tech Integration Specialist, unless otherwise noted. Master Copy - 2018 All Wrapped Up - Google Slides. Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) 1.

Question-Answer Relationship (QAR)

Explain to students that there are four types of questions they will encounter. Define each type of question and give an example. Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement. "Teens find it most interesting and exciting when there is a little bit of talking involved.

Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement

Discussions help clear the tense atmosphere in a classroom and allow students to participate in their own learning. " 2. Working with technology "I believe that when students participate in "learning by doing" it helps them focus more. HyperDocs Defined. How HyperDocs Can Transform Your Teaching. Deck.Toys - Learning Paths for Lesson Adventures. HyperDocs - HYPERDOCS. As classroom teachers, we hear constantly about 21st century learning- we want students to be creative, collaborative, critical thinkers, and communicators.

HyperDocs - HYPERDOCS

Then we ask them to sit quietly, while we explain everything, and tell them exactly how it’s to be done. It doesn’t have to be that way. Cardboard for Streetview and Expeditions. World - Game - GeoGuessr. 12 Fun, Challenging, and Interesting Geography Games for Students. Last year I published a list of geography games for students.

12 Fun, Challenging, and Interesting Geography Games for Students

Since then I've come across a few more interesting geography games and one that I used for years has disappeared. Here's my updated list of fun, challenging, and interesting geography games for students. Map Quiz is exactly what its name implies. It's a quiz game in which you're shown a country or territory on a map and have to identify its name. The questions on Map Quiz are multiple choice so you have at least a 25% chance of getting it right. 16 Ideas for Student Projects Using Google Docs, Slides, and Forms. How to Set Up and Run a Mystery Skype Session - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?

Integrating Technology - Google Slides. 25 practical ways to use Google Forms in class, school. Learning and creating 17.

25 practical ways to use Google Forms in class, school

Logs (for exercise, nutrition, reading, etc.) — If students need to submit information in logs to track progress over time, Google Forms can capture that information easily. Week 3 Videos - Google Slides. Lesson Plans – Search Education – Google. Picking the right search terms Beginner Pick the best words to use in academic searching, whether students are beginning with a full question or a topic of just a few words.

Lesson Plans – Search Education – Google

View lesson. Tips and Tricks. - Google Slides. 11 Ways to Teach Savvy Search Skills - We Are Teachers. Sure, your students know their way around a keyboard and certainly a mobile phone, but are they actually Internet search–savvy?

11 Ways to Teach Savvy Search Skills - We Are Teachers

If your students default to Wikipedia every time they need to do online research, here’s a list of our favorite search skills tips and ideas to teach them how to sift through search results and find credible sources. 1. Show them “Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus” Free, Online Math Games. Educational Games for Kids. Worksheets for Kids & Free Printables. Technology in the Classroom. Personal Learning Network (PLN) Benefits, Tools, and Tactics. A personal learning network (PLN) is a group of colleagues, mentors, and professionals that you connect with to enhance your learning and take charge of your own professional development. It's a global, online community that allows you tap into a broad wealth of knowledge and focus on what you consider most important to your learning.

PLNs are especially valuable, as new information and ideas are changing the world at a much faster pace than ever before. The Difference Between PLNs and PLCs While often confused with PLNs, professional learning communities, or PLCs, are formal collaborations of educators working together to solve problems, build capacity, and ultimately help their students perform better. These groups are often formed under the auspices of a school or even mandated for educators to join, and the group process is highly structured. How Do I Get a PLN? What is a PLN?

Will Richardson was the first person to clearly explain to me about six or seven years ago what a PLN was. Back then, PLN stood for Professional, or Personal Learning Network. A better label today, one that might quiet the nitpickers, is Personalized Learning Network -- the shift in nuance maintains that participants are both personal and professional learners. Feeling Overwhelmed. The Leader in Academic Support. Lesson 1: Videos - Google Slides. ALEKS – Adaptive Learning & Assessment for Math, Chemistry, Statistics & More.