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ScreenPal–Your New BFF! – SULS0189

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Click To Tweet Listen to this article. Of course, it works with most Google apps, including Google Classroom, but Kasey shares that sometimes an overload of extensions can cause them to be glitchy. ScreenPal and Google Classroom This may be a match made in heaven! ScreenPal–Your New BFF! What Does ScreenPal Do?

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4 Powerful Ways to Implement Class Blogs – From Jennifer Carey

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Blogging is a popular activity in classrooms today because it allows students to share their writing with a broader audience and teachers to communicate with parents. Here are some great ideas and applications for class and/or individual student blogs that you can explore in your classroom. Blogs as ePortfolio.

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Student Portfolios with Google Sites – SULS091

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Student portfolios are great for ANY classroom! Listen to this article. . Related: How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites. This strategy can be implemented in just about any classroom. In this interview with teacher Mike Mohammad , we take a deep dive into the power of student portfolios.

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Make Reading Relevant with Thematic Units

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Each unit typically includes a couple Zaption videos for everyone to view, and for each reading level, three to eight books and two to four articles. In my class some books and articles are read by all students so we can have a common conversation, and others are read by a subset of the class, based on reading level.

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Authentic Assessments to Support Teaching and Learning

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We, as edtech leaders and classroom teachers, must explore pathways where assessments support teaching and learning in the 21st century. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. In Portland, Oregon, teens created a summer activities app that provided students and families with fun summer event opportunities. and Canada.

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Strategies for Becoming an Effective, Present Teacher

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Teachers can get caught up in the day-to-day parts of the classroom and forget to take time to consider whether or not they’re teaching effectively. I find that in my classroom…everything that I do connects to everything else that I do,” said Wilson. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. About the Presenter.

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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

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With transformative digital changes happening in classrooms today, basic learning management systems now deliver the answers to most of those well worn questions on parent portals. Skype in the Classroom is a free community of educators from around the world and offers a variety of resources on getting started. Create ePortfolios.