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4 Creative Projects to Make Using Google Tools

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Eric Curts shares how we can use docs, sheets, drawings, and slides with creative classroom projects. geg-ohio and runs the award-winning blog www.ControlAltAchieve.com where all of his Google Apps and edtech resources can be found.

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CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development

EdTech Magazine

was preparing to deploy one-to-one Chromebooks a few years ago, the amount of professional development and training needed for educators was overwhelming. In order to make sure educators were getting the professional learning experiences they needed , Douglas and her team went through several steps to create more flexible (and fun) PD.

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Where Schools Need to Focus Their Ed Tech Efforts

EdTech Magazine

There are very few studies being done on the overall effectiveness of edtech interventions,” The Tech Edvocate reports. This means that administrators can’t see what has produced better learning outcomes for students as a result of their purchases.”. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Bake Professional Development into Your Education Pizza

EdTech Magazine

SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Professional Development Is the Foundation You Knead. Professional learning is the crust of your technology program. When their teachers lack the necessary professional development and training, students are left hungry for knowledge.

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Use Analytics to Quantify Educational Technology’s Effectiveness and Risks

EdTech Magazine

Data is also critical, as schools seek to determine where they need additional training to maximize technology investments and make informed decisions about future purchases. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how a new analytics dashboard helps K–12 schools measure education technology ROI. Does your district have that data? by Wendy Jones.

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It's Elementary When it Comes to #EdTech

A Principal's Reflections

The goal was simple, to introduce and train them on some age appropriate technology tools while identifying natural pedagogical fits. So I did what I have been doing for the past five years and that was submit a query to my Personal Learning Network (PLN) using Twitter and Google+. I had a few in my toolbox, but needed more.

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A Year to Remember, A Year to Reflect:  Pandemic Instruction

Ask a Tech Teacher

Once it was determined by my school district that we were continuing with distance learning when the school year started in 2020, there was a flurry of activity from our district in an attempt to create some type of training for teachers, many who were winging it in the Spring 2020 semester.

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