Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2015

I follow interesting people on Twitter, read popular education blogs, and attend as many sessions as possible at the conferences where I speak. I’ve had the pleasure of presenting over 70 webinars for SimpleK12 over the last four years! I’ve presented topics ranging from blended learning to Google Apps to Common Core.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Have students become familiar with approaches from traditional word processing tools to web-based tools like, Google Docs, Flipboard, Evernote/OneNote, and Twitter. . Twitter in the Classroom. Introduce the brevity of Twitter’s 140-character limit in writing. You don’t need to purchase both.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Assessment Twitter 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 16, 2018

Have students become familiar with approaches from traditional word processing tools to web-based tools like, Google Docs, Flipboard, Evernote/OneNote, and Twitter. Twitter in the Classroom. Introduce the brevity of Twitter’s 140-character limit in writing. You don’t need to purchase both. You don’t need to purchase both.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Assessment Twitter 151

Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 3, 2015

I''m a huge fan and user of Google Apps for Education and Chromebooks and have written about them at length here. Here is a generic version of what I presented as reasons why my district should Go Google that you can use in your own school/district. Chromebooks for Education [link] What is Google Apps for Education?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. Twitter Chats worked best with larger groups.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

So, three years ago I began flipping my Back-to-School Night presentation in the hopes of reaching more of my parents. Students engage in face-to-face conversations, asynchronous online discussions, and 140 character Twitter-style interactions. Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology Available NOW ! .

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The post How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Let’s Talk About How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites! Google Sites is the perfect tools for you and your students to create ePortfolios. What is a Portfolio? by Mike Mohammed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Once a week we got together virtually (via Google Hangout or a TweetUp) to share ideas, answer questions, and discuss nuances. Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. Failed and tried again. Asked questions. They were curious.

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Digital Citizenship Gamification Common Core Flipped Classroom 150

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

While the Common Core Curriculum Standards are supposed to provide English teachers with a common core of skills and texts, English classes are not standardized because the scope is too broad. Students have access to writing in forms that were not available to me way back when: Facebook, Twitter, blogging, email, etc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray on episode 235 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. Kids love Twitter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

And Google Hangouts. A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 16, 2018

Google Forms is one of my favorite classroom tools. But here's the deal - most teachers aren't taking full advantage of what Google Forms has to offer! Here are 25 different ways you can use Google Forms in your Classroom - with an example for each! These documents are named, organized, and accessible in Google Drive.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2012

He began his keynote by sharing a video montage of Khan Academy highlights and then presenting some impressive statistics on usage. As the site increased in popularity it caught the eye of Bill Gates and Google with an end result being over 4 million in funding. All one had to do was read the Twitter stream to deduce this.

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Khan Academy Flipped Classroom Digital Divide Common Core 273

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2016

At the completion of this course, the teacher will be able to: Use blogs, wikis, Twitter, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share. Use technology to support teaching and achieve Common Core Standards. I was able to participate in the “tweet-up” with my classmates and several Google Hang Outs with Jacqui.

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Wiki Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network Learning 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Student joins an ongoing Google Classroom-based class.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 23, 2019

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I will be at Alan November’s BLC19 in Boston (July) presenting workshops and sessions to support educators and students. If the question is Google-able then it probably is not deep inquiry.

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STEM Classroom Robotics Common Core 156

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2016

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. encourage students to tape class presentations to replay later and/or study from. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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techlearning

APRIL 20, 2018

Google Forms is one of my favorite classroom tools. But here's the deal - most teachers aren't taking full advantage of what Google Forms has to offer! Here are 25 different ways you can use Google Forms in your Classroom - with an example for each! These documents are named, organized, and accessible in Google Drive.

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Examples Google Classroom Conference 70

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Do teachers pull out the iPads only to practice rote math drills (which is a good idea) or do students become inspired by the creativity of apps like GeoGebra and take notes using a digital tool like Google Keep? For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing? This isn’t an uncommon concern.

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Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core iPad 150

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Also, please take a moment to subscribe to this post by RSS or email and follow me on twitter. The new name was praised by numerous politicians and talk radio hosts causing many states to adopt the newly labeled UCSS ( Uncommon Core State Standards). Thank you for your kind words both at this blog and at my presentations and webinars!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

Digital books are aligned with state standards and Common Core. Options include WordPress, Kidblog, Wix, and Google’s Blogger. It can mean a class backchannel (such as Today’s Meet and Twitter) where students ask clarifying questions and teachers assess understanding. Student blogs. any platform; free/fee.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Open the spreadsheet program you use in your school (Google Sheets, Excel, or another). Besides Math Standards, Alice supports these Common Core writing skills: 8.3a For example: IF they post a photo on Instagram THEN share it on Twitter. It is small and doesn’t distract from the glorious artwork being presented.

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iPad Common Core Digital Citizenship Examples 196

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

This can be created using PowerPoint, Google Glides, Haiku Deck, or another slideshow tool you’re comfortable with. This includes not just Google Apps and Microsoft Office but webtools for digital storytelling, coding, backchannel devices, digital notetaking, programming, Scratch, and others. Here’s an example.

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Robotics Social Media Chromebook Common Core 153

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

That means before school and after quitting time, via email or Google Hangout, even a phone call. That includes sign-up sheets, using programs like SignUpGenius or Google Forms. These can also be online via Google Hangout or Skype. help them understand Common Core math, or the school’s math program (i.e.,

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Wiki Common Core Digital Citizenship Guidelines 150

EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. I took the students data and created a Google Sheet with each of the individual classroom’s data.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. Sketch Design: A blueprint or sketch of the selected design is created through pencil and paper or through an online tool such as Google Draw or Sketchup. Feedback from User: The final design is presented to the users for their feedback.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Before investigating these resources, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Lessons are aligned to Common Core Standards and explore real life questions. Check out my Booking Page. Mike Gorman.

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wwwatanabe

JULY 8, 2012

I appreciated the resources from the Common Core and PBL poster session by Diane Midness, iEARN-USA with Losira Okelo and BIE''s David Ross. iEARN''s projects were aligned with Common Core and sorted by grades, and they''d be happy to show us how to dig in via a webinar. Google Advanced Search 8.

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Common Core iPad Wiki Flipped Classroom 61

EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

With the Common Core, state testing, interventions, and all else that goes on in the elementary day, how would I find time for my students to investigate and inquire into their interests? To do this, I began bringing in guest speakers and diving into the world of Google Hangouts. My honest answer is, “I don’t know.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Felicia Durden on episode 170 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard.

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Meeting Classroom Company Common Core 169

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

When I attend sessions, in addition to taking my own notes, I like to photograph the presenter, enhance the photo, and overlay text on top to make an infopic. Luckily, many generous presenters at Miami Device shared their resources, notes, and handouts digitally. I thought I’d link to some of them.

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Resources iPad Mobility eBook 91

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 28, 2014

We invite you to join our network at OZeLive.com and consider presenting and/or attending any of the strands for this event. Backchannelling and promotions will appear in Twitter under #ozelive. Have the Common Core Standards changed how you teach? Bringing Macbeth to your classroom via Google Hangouts.

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Handbook Common Core Learning Conference 62

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 382

MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

I had the pleasure to attend and present at the Midwest Technology Conference in February. I co-presented two workshops this year. Fake twitter feeds. Can make one video at the same time www.Wevideo.com (free as part of Google Apps) EPals: email correspondence, without an email address. Or pre annotate it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2014

Once we begin accepting proposals, presenters will be able to choose their own session times - so get yours in early! Wednesday, May 7th at 7pm ISTE - Coaching for Engaging and Active Technology Integration , Find out what the Common Core State Standards and successful ed tech coaches can tell us about effective technology integration.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 26, 2016

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. If the question is Google-able then it probably is not deep inquiry. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( mjgormans ).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula.

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