The Elementary Entourage: Technology Tips & Tricks: Do you Symbaloo? Hello friends! It's Kim here from For a Love of Teaching to introduce you to one of my favorite technology organizing tools! Have you heard of Symbaloo? Do you have websites bookmarked here, there, and everywhere? Do you have amazing websites you've found over time to use in your classroom or with your students, but can never find them when you need them? If so, then Symbaloo is perfect for you! Symbaloo is a FREE visual bookmarking tool that makes it simple and fun to organize the best of the web. How can you use this in the classroom you might ask? You can create a webmix of links, share it one time, and your students will get automatic updates when you make changes. Teachers are also using Symbaloo to create lesson plans by creating a webmix for each subject they teach. Here's my "personalized" classroom Symbaloo Webmix that I share with my students and parents. Check out this great article I found: 11 Ways to Use Symbaloo in the Classroom Symbaloo isn't just for school or work either.
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The 10 Best Educational Apps For Kids in 2021 - Best Kid Stuff Are you in search of the perfect educational app for your kid? Maybe you are looking to see what’s out there and find something to motivate your child to learn and replace some of the more mindless addicting apps that are getting in the way of their progress. Welcome to the ultimate list. We spent a lot of time downloading and playing around with apps, combing through reviews submitted by kids and their parents before discerning which apps were actually the best. Our selection includes fantastic math-learning apps for all ages, language learning apps, apps that teach physics on fun platforms, apps that will get you and your kids star-gazing and even some fun apps that teach animation and anatomy. To determine our picks we looked at the entire sequence of the app. Metrics: 1. Now, more than ever we are looking to the stars for our future. The app uses Augmented Reality to spot various objects in the sky both day and night. Pros Works Outside of WIFIVery EngagingGreat For Nearly All Ages
Cool Tools for Schools Video Maker | Make Videos and Animations Online | Powtoon 25 Best Education Sites & Apps For 2020 | Tech & Learning It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps. This year's list includes a wide variety of educational tools, from student response systems to curation tools to multimedia resources. Many are new and some are free. As always, tools listed in previous end-of-year posts are not eligible for this year's list. Wakelet - Wakelet lets educators bookmark any item on the web (i.e. article, blog, tweet, etc.), curate them in stunning visual ways, and invite others to collaborate. David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps. Wakelet - Wakelet lets educators bookmark any item on the web (i.e. article, blog, tweet, etc.), curate them in stunning visual ways, and invite others to collaborate. David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment.
24 important Google Docs Tips and Add-ons for Teachers May 3, 2017 Google Docs has tons of interesting features that can immensely enhance your productivity level as a teacher and educator. However, most of these features are hidden and you need to dig deeper beyond the simple compose, comment and share trio most users are used to. We have already covered several of these features in previous posts in the past which you can access here. Google Docs Hacks :Talk to typeKeyboard shortcutsNotify team members of commentsUse bookmarks to navigate long documentsAutomatically convert Word docs to Google DocsRecover past workSearch the web within Google DocsDirectly insert linksAccess documents offlineCreate a table of contentsTranslate to another languageBulk edit words and phrasesAdd words to your dictionarySign your nameRemove inconsistent formattingCreate custom shortcuts.
8 Technologies That Will Shape Future Classrooms What does the future of learning hold? What will classrooms of the future be like? Emerging technologies such as cloud computing, augmented reality (AR) and 3D printing are paving the way for the future of education in ways we may have yet to see. At the very least though, we can extrapolate from what these promising technologies and predict how schools will adopt them in time to come. However, just as the original intentions for new technology often give way to innovative and unpredictable usage, we can never be sure if a twist is waiting for these rising stars. Major Tech In Education Trends In 2013 [Infographic] Major Tech In Education Trends In 2013 [Infographic] The use of tools in education isn't an old idea, teachers have been using whiteboards, projectors and visual... 1. We’re still waiting for Augmented Reality to take the world by storm by way of Google Glass, gaming and awesome apps for astronomy. 5 Top Augmented Reality Apps for Education A New Way To Teach 2. 3D Printing 3. 4.
#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. 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. A HyperDoc lesson may have the following structure: Engage, Explore, Explain, Apply, Share, Reflect, and Extend This lesson structure fits perfectly with Deck.Toys which will be described in detail in this post. Engage with Attractive Background and Interactive Study Sets Create your Deck with a sharp hook for students when they first log into your Deck.Toys Classroom. Launch a Study Set activity such as the Jigsaw app as a competitive class-wide activity at the beginning for students as an ice-breaker to the lesson. Explore with Path Choices Explain with Slide Response Apps Want to engage students further? Apply using Study Sets Extend
Top 10 ways to use technology to promote reading I only steal from the best. So here we go. Johnson's Top Ten... Author and fan websites. Young readers like know more “about the author” and the Internet is rich with resources produced both by the authors themselves, their publishers, and their fans. Want to know what’s next in a favorite series? Here's the thing.
Incorporating 21st Century Skills in the Classroom (Video Tool Suite) Opinion Editorials (Op-Eds) | Talking About… | Frequently Asked Questions | Brochures and Explainers Opinion Editorials (Op-Eds) The following op-eds appeared in newspapers and on websites across northern New England. Champlain Valley Union High School: an op-ed about the school’s re-design efforts by Andre LaChance, English teacher and school advisor. Theordora J. David Theoharides, Superintendent, Sanford School Department in Maine shares his thoughts on proficiency-based graduation requirements. Talking About… Tammy Davis, Superintendent, Winnisquam Regional School District in New Hampshire, talks about systemic reform in the first in a series of newspaper columns. The following documents and links reflect recommendations based on the results of research on how Americans think about education and learning. Talking About System Redesign A set of Talking Points created by the Shaping Our Future Together statewide campaign in Vermont. Frequently Asked Questions Brochures & Explainers