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Teaching Forward. Google Drive Tutorial Videos Organizing Shared Files in Drive – Learn how to organize files from “Shared with Me” into Google Drive folders and tips to avoid breaking share permissions.Adding Files to Multiple Folders – Locate Google files into the multiple folders simultaneously.Google Sharing Basics – Understand various sharing settings for Google files and folders, including how to share files as a link without the need for people to have a Google account to view content.

Teaching Forward

Google Classroom Tutorial Videos Google Docs Tutorial Videos Time-Saving Tips for Grading Google Docs – Using keyboard preferences to create shortcut for commonly used comments. Suggesting mode for peer feedback.Adding Images to G Suite Files – Add images by dragging and dropping from the web, searching within your file or uploading an image file.Working with Images in G Suite Files – Move images in Google Docs and Google Slides without disrupting text. Google Forms & Google Sheets Tutorial Videos. Preparing today's teachers for tomorrow's digital learners. The Apples Of My Eye- Our Kindergarten Journey: My Technology Journey and Routines.

Technology Projects. We spent the first month of school developing and practicing our classroom goals and contract.

Technology Projects

Students defined these contract categories and then explained them using the app Educreations. Listen to hear what our school Code of Conduct means to them. Responability While studying fact families we used the app Educreations and a jpg of a fact family house to demonstrate our thinking. Using PicCollage and Educreations students explained similarities in variations of The Gingerbread Boy. We have been studying synonyms this month. Students come in with a basic understanding of adjectives but they often are unable to take the concept and apply it in a deep way. We used Pic Collage to demonstrate our understanding of verbs.

We practice reading fluency every day. We have been studying how good readers change their mental images as we read books. Fractions are sometimes difficult for children. Today we reviewed symmetry concepts by using our laptops and the software Pages. Flipgrid Resources. Teacher’s Corner – PicCollage. Book Creator. Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Teaching, Tech and Twitter. HyperDocs.co. Video Creation. This page is designed to introduce and show you how to use various free video creation resources.

Video Creation

The process of creating and publishing videos can be a great way to get students excited about researching, storytelling, and sharing their work with an audience. For teachers who have never facilitated video creation projects in their classrooms, choosing the right style of video and the right tools can be a bit confusing at first. To help bring clarity to the styles and tools, I have a rather simple outline that I use in my video creation workshops. That outline with suggested tools for creating videos in each style is included in the PDF embedded below.

You can download the PDF here. The playlist embedded below demonstrates many of the tools featured in the PDF above. The playlist embedded below demonstrates how to create flipped video lessons. Innovating Play. Technology Archives - The Brown Bag Teacher. Mrs.Wideen's Blog. Control Alt Achieve. How to Use Padlet in the Classroom: A Fantastic Teaching Tool. Padlet is a versatile, easy to use tool for every teacher’s toolkit. Let’s learn the basics. At the bottom of this post, I have a Padlet that is temporarily open for you to post and share your favorite edtech tools. Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers, spent some time teaching the teachers at my school about Padlet. I’ve got some notes in this article that he mentioned in the workshop to give him due credit. Richard has a fantastic blog, and I highly recommend it. www.padlet.com What you can share on Padlet: The box where you type or share your item. You can:TypeRecord Your VoiceAdd a HyperlinkAdd a PhotoAdd a Document The flexibility of this tool means you could have one class Padlet for the year and share resources and links throughout the year.

Editing As with many tools the gear icon (as shown in the graphic below) is where you go to edit your background and change your settings. You can customize your Padlet page with a different background, title and more. Organizing. HOME - Teacher Tech.