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Connected K-6 Educators: Supporting Openly Networked Learning. Safe Search. Overview - Welcome to Flubaroo. The grades created by Flubaroo will be located in an adjacent worksheet called "Grades", as shown: For each submission, Flubaroo will show which questions were answered correctly ("1" point"), which incorrectly ("0" points), and which were not graded.

Overview - Welcome to Flubaroo

If less than 60% of students got a question correct, the question will be highlighted in orange to alert you. Additionally, students who scored less than 70% on the assignment will be highlighted in red. The Flubaroo menu will now offer you the ability to email each student their grades, view a summary report, or regrade the assignment. You might want to regrade the assignment if more students submitted answers, or if you want to throw out a question that most students got wrong. If you choose to email each student their grade, you'll be given the option to include an answer key in the email.

Choosing "View Report" shows you a summary report of the grading. Build an awesome class website with Google Apps. Let’s face it: Teachers can use all the help we can get.

Build an awesome class website with Google Apps

To have the most impact, we need to form partnerships with those other educators who spend even more time with our students than we do — their parents. Parents haven’t always been welcome in schools as partners. In the past, many students’ lives were segregated into two distinct realms: school and home. But in today’s always-on, 24/7 learning environment, that dynamic is changing. Parents are increasingly invested in their students’ academic lives. News and reviews of children's interactive media. The App for Replacing or Supplementing Textbooks. The 10 iOS Apps You've Never Heard Of (But Should Use) Apps keep this mobile world rolling along, and they play a vital role in helping small business owners stay effective and competitive while on the road.

The 10 iOS Apps You've Never Heard Of (But Should Use)

With 1.2 million apps in Apple’s iTunes store, there are plenty of unsung heroes—apps that are worth your while, but most likely have escaped your attention. ImageChef. Common Sense Media Workshops. Students grow up in a digital world with the potential for communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creation.

Common Sense Media Workshops

Yet schools face challenges concerning behavioral and ethical issues that arise from students’ use of technology, such as cyberbullying, inappropriate sharing, and plagiarism. Digital citizenship is an essential 21st-century skill that guides students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world. Common Sense Media Certified Educator.

"I'm inspired to teach digital citizenship and become a Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified Educator because I see the excitement, engagement, and passion from my students when using technology in a way that is safe and enhances their individual learning experiences.

Common Sense Media Certified Educator

" Nicole Swick, Common Sense Certified Educator, CICS West Belden Charter School, Ill. Being a Common Sense Certified Educator is an official stamp of recognition from Common Sense. Once certified, you'll receive a digital badge that you can put in your email signature (among other places) so others know about your efforts, and it's a great addition to your résumé.

This certification also could open doors for you to speak to the press and at local trainings and conferences about these issues. Plus - School Setup. eHandouts. eHandouts SLATE Materials.

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Audience Response Systems. 20 Great Rubrics for Integrating Bloom's Digital Taxonomy in Your Teaching. June 15, 2014 I have always been inspired by the great work of Andrew Church.

20 Great Rubrics for Integrating Bloom's Digital Taxonomy in Your Teaching

This guy has been one of my authority sources for everything related to Bloom's digital taxonomy. Andrew provided a detailed account of how teachers can align the thinking levels of Bloom's original taxonomy with the different digital tools. I have already shared here several examples of web tools and mobile apps that can be used to promote Bloom's digital thinking skills; but today I am sharing with you some wonderful rubrics to help you integrate Bloom's digital taxonomy into your teaching. These rubrics are designed by Andrew Church and are available for free download from this page. GetEdFunding - Free grant finding resources for educators and educational institutions - GetEdFunding. Framework for 21st Century Learning. Powerful Voices. Media Literacy Fundamentals.

What is Media Literacy?

Media Literacy Fundamentals

Media are powerful forces in the lives of youth. Music, TV, video games, magazines and other media all have a strong influence on how we see the world, an influence that often begins in infancy. To be engaged and critical media consumers, kids need to develop skills and habits of media literacy. The Future of AWESOMENESS in Education. Digital Learning Day: Resource Roundup. The third annual Digital Learning Day is on February 5, 2014.

Digital Learning Day: Resource Roundup

We’ve compiled some useful resources to help you celebrate the day with your class and support digital learners all year long. (Updated 1/2014) Video: An Introduction to Technology Integration (2012) Integrating technology with classroom practice can be a great way to strengthen engagement by linking students to a global audience, turning them into creators of digital media, and helping them practice collaboration skills that will prepare them for the future. For a look inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day, also check out our "Tech2Learn Video Series: Success Stories of Technology Integration in the Classroom.

" 20 MORE Free Printable Resources – SimpleK12_ Home » Free Webtools Free Math Worksheets - This site has thousands of high quality printable math worksheets, ranging from addition to statistics.

20 MORE Free Printable Resources – SimpleK12_

Summer Project? Six Tools to Upgrade Your School Website. School’s out—and time to enjoy some serious lounging. Summer is also a prime time to reflect on the year past, anticipate September, and consider upgrading for back-to-school. If you’re considering your website, here are some tools that can improve functionality and give it a boost—and save you time this fall. Handling documents on your school site No one loves having to download a document from a website in order to read it. Even the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox, which display PDFs within a browser, require a new window or tab in order to see a file. Dynamic Learning Maps™ Toni Plourde. How to save a prezi. I keep discovering new things about the presentation software Prezi. Asking around, it seems lots of other users didn’t know about some or all of these either, so with that in mind I thought I’d draw your attention to 6 useful things.

Got any more? Leave them in a comment… 1. Presentation Apps. Download. Search results for “download prezi to pdf” 12 Great Free Keyboarding Games to Teach Kids Typing. June 5, 2014 Over the last few weeks I received a couple of emails asking for web games to help kids learn touch typing. I went through my archive and did some extra researching and came up with the list below.

Touch typing is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. A person possessing touch typing skills will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory. It can improve any individual's typing speed and accuracy dramatically. Instructional Tech QuickGuide to Integration. Technology - The EduStars Review. Mrs. Muñoz's Class Blog — Using Web 2.0 Tools to Instruct and Engage. KidRex - Kid Safe Search Engine. DENSO WAVE. 26 Essential FREE Tools for Your 1-to-1 Classroom - WeAreTeachers - Troxell. QR Code Generator - Make your own QR Code. Free. Visualead.com. Teachers Guide on The Use of QR Codes in The Classroom. What are QR codes ? According to Wikipedia, a QR code is " a specific matrix bar code ( or two-dimensional code ), readable by dedicated QR bar code readers and camera phones.

The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL, or other data. " How to make QR Codes with Google. QR Codes In Education. Online QR code generator and designer with logo and colors - FancyQRCode. FlapJack Educational Resources: QR Code Classroom Craze. Tutorials FlapJack QR Code Resources Try your hand at QR Codes with these freebies. :) InLinkz Project Manager account expired QR Code Writing Prompts. 51 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes to Support Learning - Google Slides. TitanPad. TodaysMeet. SCAMPER Resources. Collecting Student Work in a Paperless Classroom. Eduplanet21. Gary's Social Media Count. 2013-14 DE CCSS Leadership Academy - home.

EduClipper. All Tech Considered. Ruben R. Puentedura's Weblog: Game and Learn: An Introduction to Educational Gaming. A Matrix Model for Designing and Assessing Network-Enhanced Courses. FutureMe.org: Write a Letter to the Future. PARCC Releases ELA and Math Sample Items for Spring 2014 Field Test. If you were patiently waiting for truly interactive official PARCC assessment sample items, the wait is finally over!

Puppeteer. DEADLINE post-it stop motion. My StoryMaker : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Club Penguin. Tech-Savvy Teaching. iPads in the Classroom. A Practical Guide For Teachers Who Just Got iPads.

The above image was wonderfully put together by Richard Wells over at ipad4schools.org after seeing the article (below) originally posted here on Edudemic. MAKING SIMPLE SENSE OF IPADS IN SCHOOLS. iPhone and iPad new user guide. Everything you need to know about getting started with your new iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or iPad mini New to the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or iPad and need a little help getting started? Whether you're trying to set up your device for the first time, or figure out Apple features like iCloud, Siri, iMessage, Notification Center, or FaceTime, or simply get a handle on the basics like mail, calendar, or photography, we have a help guide for you -- an ultimate guide! And if you already know everything there is to know about iOS devices, no worries! 100+ Teaching With the iPad Hacks: A Curated Playlist of Quick Start Resources.

A publisher recently asked me if I knew of a good iPad “Quick Start” Guide for teachers just getting started with using the iPad in the classroom. Education: Free Teaching Resources, Tools. Teaching With Glogster: Using Virtual Posters in the Classroom. Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson. Six Word Stories by Deanna Mascle on Prezi. Hansel & Gretel by Meaghan Hendricks on Prezi. Results on ReadWriteThink. Write Right Back: Recognizing Readers’ Needs and Expectations for E-mail Replies. ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you.

Talking Poetry with Blabberize. Copyright Kids! U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Kids! United States Patent and Trademark Office. Blended Learning vs. Tech Integration.

Elemtechideas - Bloom's Taxonomy. Independent OpenCourseWare Studies - IOCS. 7 Pillars Of Digital Leadership In Education. Worlds of Learning @ NMHS. Networked Teacher Diagram - Update. eMeet.me - Free Web Meetings for all... Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: The Modern Taxonomy Wheel. Making to Learn. 7 Pillars Of Digital Leadership In Education. Project-Based Learning.

Susan Oxnevad. CO14 - connecting online for learning. Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners. Google Drive Workflows to Use with Students. Tech Tools to Support Creativity in the Classroom. Book Creator Tools - iPad Multimedia Tools. Bloom's Apps - 21nnovate. ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education. What is digital literacy. Start.me - Your personal start page.