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Control Alt Achieve: Skill Checklists for Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 So you are thinking about taking the exams to become a Google Certified Educator? But you are wondering what topics and skills are covered by the tests. This blog post is here to help you! KQED Public Media for Northern CA MindShift explores the future of learning in all its dimensions. We examine how learning is being affected by technology, discoveries about the brain, poverty, inequities, mindfulness, agency, social and emotional learning, assessments, game-based learning and music, among many other topics. We report on shifts in how educators teach as they apply innovative ideas to help students learn, while meeting the rigorous demands of their standards.
How to pass the Google Certification Exams (This is a cross-post from the EdTechTeam blog.) The new Google Certified Educator Certifications were established to give teachers official recognition of their mastery and understanding of Google Apps for Education. The exams consist of multiple choice questions and practical scenarios that require you to demonstrate hands-on knowledge of various Google tools. The modules in the Training Centre cover topics such as basic Google docs, Google Classroom, Blogger, Google Earth, Google groups, Gmail, Google Play for Education, and much more. The exams are designed to be finished in 3 hours and cost $10 for Level 1 and $25 for Level 2.
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. Check out some examples created with mysimpleshow Redirect to browser We will redirect you to your web browser to complete payment. Please log in again and complete your payment.
What 4th Graders Taught Me about Flipped Lessons Last month I wrote about risk-taking and collaboration. I reflected on my work with a fourth-grade teacher to design information literacy lessons. What I did not say in my last post was that the teacher and I collaborated to create flipped lessons. Create Exciting Presentations with Pixton My students love research. Give them an exciting topic, and they’re off! But what they love even more is creating presentations to share what they’ve learned. Of all the programs we’ve used this year, their favorite, by far, has been Pixton. Pixton is an online comic strip maker, a way to create highly visual presentations. Students can choose a background, add characters that are fully posable, and insert speech bubbles.
For Fun and Creativity, Try a Digital Sign Generator Digital sign generators are just plain fun. And with a little creativity, you can turn these little oddball web tools into something useful. I know what you’re thinking: that is a pretty big stretch. But so untrue! Without much effort, you can easily spice up the following with a self-made title or inscription: Presentation slidesHyperDocsStudent or staff congratulationsName tagsBulletin boardsBlogs and websitesOnline coursesBook reportsNewslettersGreen screen backgrounds or propsStory startersPuzzles for a Breakout EDU or digital breakout game Learn Dance Party Grades 2+ | Blocks Minecraft Hour of Code Make a Flappy game STEM Projects with Green Screen Looking for a fun way to introduce STEM projects to students? Try blending green screens into your STEM DIY projects. Let’s take a quick look at a few ways your students can do that. Wait, What’s Green Screen?
How Podcasts Can Improve Literacy in the Classroom "Teacher Voices": This article is part of a series of from-the-classroom perspectives. I'm going to confess, I did not bring podcasts into my English classroom with any intention of improving my students' literacy skills. The idea came from a more selfish place: My wife and I were enthralled by the first few episodes of Serial, and I wanted to share our excitement for the amazing story with my students. Like almost everybody, they were hooked by the pilot episode and begged me for more.
Bring your lessons to life with Expeditions The Google for Education team is committed to supporting teaching and learning from anywhere, at any time, on any device. For the past 5 years, we've been proud to enable immersive VR and AR learning experiences for millions of students around the world with Google Expeditions and Tour Creator. As schools around the world reimagine education from the ground up for a hybrid world, we've also been thinking deeply about how to adjust our tools to meet the moment and simultaneously build for the future. We've heard and recognize that immersive experiences with VR headsets are not always accessible to all learners and even more so this year, as the transition to hybrid learning has presented challenges for schools to effectively use Expeditions.