My Five Most Frequently Recommended Google Forms Add-ons I receive a lot of emails from readers who have questions about Google Forms and G Suite in general. Many of those questions are answered with a suggested Google Form Add-on. The right Add-on can go a long way toward streamlining your process for completing common classroom tasks like keeping track of supplies or organizing classroom volunteers. Here are the five Google Forms Add-ons I refer people to more than any others. CheckItOut is a great little Google Forms Add-on that allows you to create a simple check-out/ check-in system. With CheckItOut enabled in Google Forms you simply title the set of items that people will be checking out (iPads for example) then choose if you want people to choose from check boxes, a list, or multiple choice question. g(Math) is a Google Forms Add-on that allows you to insert graphs and mathematical expressions into your Google Forms. Choice Eliminator removes response choices from your Google Form as they are used up.
So you have a Twitter account. Now what? Listen to an extended version of this post as a podcast: Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:14 — 28.1MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | I hear it all the time: “I have a Twitter account, but I don’t really know how to use it.” I understand this thinking completely. But I kept hearing people say things like, “Twitter is the best professional development I’ve ever had.” Now that I’ve been using Twitter for a few years, I get it. At the end of this post, you’ll find information about my new online course, Twitter for Teachers and Students. In the meantime, here are some things you could be doing to get the most from Twitter. One of the greatest things about Twitter is that it allows you to find like-minded people, no matter where they are in the world. How to do it: When you first sign up for Twitter, you’re likely to follow people you know, plus a few other well-known accounts that Twitter suggests for you. How to do it: Well, this is one of the best uses of a tweet.
Test Prep with Virtual Tools: 10 Flashcard Apps for Mobile Devices When children are told to "go home and study," many aren't quite sure what this means. "Do I stare at the pages of a textbook? Should I redo old homework problems? Will I remember this new list of vocabulary words if I read them over and over?" Giving students the tools to develop study skills is one step in the right direction. Children need to take ownership of their learning, and one way that teachers and parents can help is by providing the right guidance and materials. Check out these apps to see what will work best for your students. Math Vocabulary Cards (iOS and Web App - Free) The Math Learning Center has some fantastic apps, including this simple flashcard tool designed for K-5 students. Flashcards (+) (Android - Free) Students can create their own flashcards or access decks created on Cram or Quizlet. Vocabulary.com (iOS - $2.99; Web App - Free) For students ready to start studying for high-level exams, Vocabulary.com has a comprehensive program for learning new words.
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Twelve Ideas for Teaching With QR Codes As mobile learning becomes more and more prevalent, we must find effective ways to leverage mobile tools in the classroom. As always, the tool must fit the need. Mobile learning can create both the tool and the need. With safe and specific structures, mobile learning tools can harness the excitement of technology with the purpose of effective instruction. A Quick Tutorial QR stands for Quick Response. 1. Have students use QR to create resumes that link to other content such as their professional website or portfolio. 2. You can create QR for linking students to examples of quality work, whether it's PowerPoint or slideshare for a class presentation, or people speaking a foreign language specific to your current lesson. 3. Integrate QR with a PBL or Service Learning project where students can create the codes that will link to the content they create. 4. Save a few trees! 5. Award prizes by having students scan a code leading to an animation or badge. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/07/qr-code-treasur… instaGrok.com 5-Minute Film Festival: Mobile Learning As technology evolves, it's important to make time for fresh beginnings and innovative ideas. For some, this could include a new perspective on the devices that are becoming so ubiquitous in our lives -- mobile gadgets like smartphones, tablets, mp3 players, and eReaders. Schools around the country are struggling with how to deal with these gadgets: is it better to embrace them and incorporate them into the learning process? Ban them and try to keep them out of schools? Or something in between? In the playlist below, I've gathered some videos about educators and schools who are welcoming the sea change that is mobile learning. Video Playlist: Mobile Devices in the Classroom Watch the first video below, or watch the whole playlist on YouTube. There has been an error with the video. More Resources for Mobile Learning
Zaption - Learn with Video A Twitter Abbreviation Guide To Make Sense Of All That Crazy Talk A Twitter Abbreviation Guide To Make Sense Of All That Crazy Talk Twitter is a wonderful platform to engage, lurk, socialize, read, distribute, share, or otherwise “do something” with ideas and content. Part of what makes it so useful is its 140 character limit. This requires users to be succinct in each tweet, which in turn has encouraged a bit of ingenuity on the part of the users, often in the form of acronyms and other abbreviations that can make things get confusing in a hurry. In response, we’ve created a list of abbreviations to make sense of all that crazy talk. That is, until it changes again. 27 Twitter Abbreviations Defined & Explained . # a hashtag; used to join ongoing, asynchronous conversations; a way to categorize your tweet @ the symbol used to designate a receiver, a “to” … ellipses used to indicate a lack of response, disdain, etc. DM Direct Message, which are like emails and only visible to receiver, DMs can only be sent to those who follow you AFAIK As far as I know
New Milford High School Has Students Using Cell Phones As ‘Mobile Learning Devices’ – CBS New York NEW MILFORD, N.J. (CBS 2) — While cell phones and other high-tech gadgets are banned in many schools, there’s a principal in New Jersey who says bring it on! At New Milford High School students are using their cell phones to text their answers in class. The results immediately go up on a smart board. “Now if I tell them ‘okay kids take out your cell phones, we’re going to poll in our answers for number 7, everybody go ahead and text their answer in,’ I get 90 to 100 percent participation,” math teacher Jeff Fiscina told CBS 2’s Cindy Hsu. Fiscina said with textbooks alone, only about half the students would participate in class. Students are also allowed to bring their own laptops to class and connect to the school’s secure wireless network. “It helps out our learning by giving us different advantages over other schools, it bring us into the real world,” Handshuh said. Principal Eric Sheninger calls cell phones ‘mobile learning devices’ and says schools need to catch up with the kids.