The 2015 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K–12 IT Blogs The world of educational technology can be intimidating. Bloggers help make sense of this ever-changing industry with wit, insight and tactical advice. EdTech is proud to recognize this latest crop of the top K–12 IT bloggers. This year's 50 entries are a mix of veterans from years past, fresh picks by our editorial staff and nominations from readers. One of our goals for this year's list was to highlight blogs from a wide range of educators and experts. If you'd like to check out the Must-Read IT Blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2014, 2013 and 2012. Did your blog make our list? This year, educational technology guru and speaker Michael Gorman led a prolific eight-part series covering more than 70 STEM classroom resources. Follow: @mjgormans | Read the blog: Thousands of educators look to Eric Sheninger and his blog for leadership in technology. Follow: @e_sheninger | Read the blog:
Four Free Assessment Apps for 1:1 Classrooms One-to-one technology can transform a classroom. When implemented correctly, students are engaged and excited to learn, and teachers can assess their progress in real-time. The amount of technology resources available for educators can be overwhelming. Whether your students regularly visit a computer lab, borrow a cart of laptops, or have access to a class set of iPads, there are a variety of assessment tools that are free and customizable. These online resources can be used before, during, and after a daily lesson or semester-long unit. Here’s a list of free assessment tools that I love and use in my own classroom: Assessing Student Understanding: Create your own assessments using Socrative. Don’t worry about uploading class lists or creating individual accounts because students type in their names as the first question they answer. Assessing Student Work So much more than Facebook for your classroom, Edmodo is a fantastic tool for collecting student work and assigning quizzes.
Kleinspiration Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips. A magazine writer, technical writer, and entrepreneur, she has served as a senior editor and producer at a number of health and science web sites. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington in Seattle and an M.S. in biology from Stanford University. Mignon believes that learning is fun, and the vast rules of grammar are wonderful fodder for lifelong study. She strives to be a friendly guide in the writing world. Her archenemy is the evil Grammar Maven, who inspires terror in the untrained and is neither friendly nor helpful. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. To book a lecture event with Mignon Fogarty for your company or organization, contact Macmillan Speakers. Follow Mignon on Google+, Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Awards Media The Oprah Winfrey Show, Grammar Girl Fixes Common Mistakes, March 2007
Boggle's World: ESL Worksheets for Kids Picture Descriptions Describing and Captioning Pictures Spot the Differences Story Questions Riddles Anagram Riddles Rhyming Riddles Word Morphs Homophones Word Skills Word Skills Cloze Activities Grammar Focus Grammar Practice Worksheets Quizzes Animal Quiz Dinosaur Quiz Biggest and Fastest Quiz Opposites Quiz Rhymes Sheets Easy Rhymes Animal Rhymes Space Rhymes Begins With . . . Begins with A-M Begins with N-Z Animals begins with Alliteration Animal Alliteration People Alliteration Functional English Giving Advice Games: Game Board One: Say 4 Things Word Scramble Worksheet: This section contains over 12 word scramble worksheets. Riddle Worksheets: This section contains riddles and ideas for how to use them in an ESL setting. Alphabet Connect the Dots: Several connect the dot worksheets inboth capitals and small letter. Theme Sheets Food Chain What Would You Do If . . . Expressions About Me Murphy's Law (conditionals) Crime and Punishment (conditionals) Park Warden (Passives) Aliens Aliens II Student Teacher Contract Spell Sheet
The Magnificent 56: Introducing your #GTACHI participants | : the readiness is all Updated 7/18: The Final Version with EVERYONE Even when we were kids choosing a team was a big deal. You had to not only think about who was best, but how they would all work together. Danny Silva aka “Chicago Dan” Sorry I mean this guy: Yul Brynner as Chris Adams Chris, the character played by Yul Brynner, must quickly find a group of gunfighters who will be the perfect match for this most unusual adventure. and finding others in unusual circumstances But in the end it’s the promise of an exciting adventure with a group of compadres that they can trust, that brings them all together. This will be a four-part series which I will publish over the next week. Wild Bunch (Way out West) Know this: I LOVE movies especially kung-fu flicks and westerns. “We’ve got to start thinking beyond our guns. Here below, are the final group of the 2013 Chicago Google Teacher Academy Jessica Johnston aka @edtechchic (nice) Jessica is an instructional technology specialist in Texas. Stephanie Cerda aka @Ms_Cerda Mr.
A Teachable Teacher - An inspirational and resourceful website for primary teachers. Mrs. Robinson's Classroom Blog I am very fortunate to teach at a school in which parent involvement is high, teachers are respected and supported, and education is valued. Home-school communication is one aspect of management that I pride myself on, as I make myself quite accessible to my parents. My parents, students, and myself are (usually) all on the same page, and I think that has a lot to do with the routines I establish early in the school year. Here are some of the things I do to make sure we're all "in the know": 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. I also email my parents frequently as things come up, send home study guides for tests, and generally do my best to be proactive, instead of being reactive.
Google April 18, 2014 1:42 pm Google Educast #140: How Does Heartbleed Affect Google Users? Heartbleed has been in the news, even though Google patched early it is a good reminder to change your password and turn on two step authentication. Did you get #Glass on +Tuesday? Sean and Kevin share their experience with Glass. Add auto upload images right inside your Gmail – yes! April 11, 2014 2:22 pm Google Educast #139: Apply Now For U.S. Have you heard about the new Chromebook on the block? April 5, 2014 1:54 pm Google Educast #138: The Marginalizer Kim leads Sean, Fred, Chris and Kevin through Google’s April Fools tricks. April 1, 2014 8:00 am Introducing: The Google Docs Marginalizer Margins have long been a problem with Google Docs, as many an English teacher can attest to. March 28, 2014 11:47 am Google Educast #137: Making Sense of Data: The Datagasm Looking for 15 of the best Add On’s for education, look no further. March 16, 2014 9:28 pm Google Educast #136: High Resolution Mustachioed Robot
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