5 Time-Saving Ways Teachers Can Use Google Forms One of my favorite features of Google Drive is Google Forms. If you’re unfamiliar with this, think of it as a way to create quick surveys that can be used for a number of applications. Google automatically aggregates this data into a Google Spreadsheet, making forms a great way to quickly collect and share information. I have seen educators and administrators use Google Forms in the most creative and inventive ways. Collect Contact Information At the beginning of the year, I find that a great ice-breaker with my students is to share a Google Form that asks their name, contact information, and something unique and interesting about themselves. Similarly, it is often necessary to collect information from parents for special events. Bell Ringer & Exit Ticket Activities Google Forms are a great medium to engage students in bell ringer and exit ticket activities (a means to gauge what a student has learned at the end of a lesson). Collect Homework Collecting homework is often an onerous task.
Good Reasons to Quit Homeschooling There are some times when some homeschooling parents should decide to quit homeschooling. We’re used to cheerleading for homeschooling and supporting homeschoolers through temporary hard times. We’re accustomed to supporting people who have short-term or medium-term misgivings about homeschooling, but their kids are really doing fine, and they’re really doing fine. But if we’re really going to be “Homeschoolers Helping Homeschoolers,” as I’ve been writing about in this series, then we also have to provide support for homeschoolers who are making the decision to quit. What are some good reasons to quit homeschooling? Homeschoolers in these situations should be supported in making decisions not to homeschool. But in general, sometimes the decision not to homeschool is something homeschoolers need to acknowledge as sometimes positive for a family. What can you say? “You feel your kids will be better off in school. “Things have changed for you, and you don’t feel homeschooling is best any more.”
Vivir a través de la cámara del móvil 27 FlaresTwitter15Facebook9Google+3LinkedIn0Email--27 Flares× Las tecnologías impiden ver la realidad. Las tecnologías permiten, de forma individual, tomar una visión de la realidad actual para transformarla en un conjunto de ceros y unos que nuestro móvil se encarga de gestionar. Realidad tecnológica. Ver sin querer ver. Un par de días atrás. Los móviles son parches a la realidad. Pasan los años y los recuerdos digitales tan sólo serán unas imágenes o vídeos neutros que demostrarán que uno estuvo en un lugar que, aunque no estuviera, hubiera disfrutado igual. Potenciar el compartir es sano. No hay realidades en formato digital. Por muy buena calidad que tenga un móvil el momento es demasiado importante para perderlo observando una pantalla de cristal líquido.
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Más allá del uso de LMS 16 FlaresTwitter9Facebook4Google+2LinkedIn1Email--16 Flares× Para quien aún no lo sepa, un LMS no es nada más una aplicación instalada en un servidor, que administra, distribuye y controla las actividades de formación de una institución u organización. En el ámbito educativo estamos acostumbrados a lidiar con ese tipo de aplicaciones: Moodle, Edmodo, Schoology, RedAlumnos, etc. Servicios que ofrecen la posibilidad de gestionar nuestras clases y, así, poder fácilmente llevar un control de las mismas. Debo reconocer que las facilidades que se ofrecen para el docente de la mayoría de estos servicios y la comodidad que supone el poder automatizar y controlar lo que está sucediendo en el aula no son nada despreciables. Que sí, que el uso de LMS es la opción lógica para aquellos docentes que, como yo, queríamos ir avanzando en la digitalización de nuestras aulas. En lo anterior es donde me ha surgido el problema. Fuente: Lo lógico es abandonar los LMS.