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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). Twitter as a classroom resource, you ask? Where did I turn? Classroom Use.

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How to Teach Presentation Skills, New Technology and Research Using CES

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The Consumer Electronics Show is in Las Vegas this upcoming week, January 7-10, 2020. In the fall semester, students present about historical figures in computing. You will be working to make a full presentation on this lesson for the class.

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ISTELive 23: What’s Going On? Some Big Announcements from Microsoft

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter ISTE has always been an important source of learning for me, and any year I can come to the live conference is a good year for me in terms of innovation. I'll be sharing on Facebook, and Twitter, and am now on BlueSky @ coolcatteacher.bsky.social.

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You Know You’re a Techy Teacher When…

Ask a Tech Teacher

You Know You’re a Techy Teacher When… You can’t remember the last time you printed a classroom document. The Tech Department is sick of your constant requests to unblock Twitter. I have to reblog this wonderful post by my efriend, Lisa. How many of these fit you? Can you add to this list? You’ve Googled your principal.

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Squid Notes - Take digital handwritten notes for class, work, or fun! Markup PDFs, sign documents, & more

Educational Technology Guy

You can also mark up PDF documents, add notes, grade student work, combine PDF pages, import, crop and resize images, and more. In addition, you can easily share and present your notes. Export notes to PDF, PNG or JPEG, create a virtual whiteboard and present and write directly on your slides. Great for math and science classes.

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My Amazing Movie Poster: Free Project Plan to Teach Graphic Design

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Students can be filmmakers in this fun, engaging project that teaches graphic design, photography, the prototyping process and more. Milestone 6: Oral presentation to Potential “Movie Goers” Students will present to an audience of peers.

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Conceptboard - visual collaboration on ideas and documents

Educational Technology Guy

It is basically on online whiteboard that allows you to create, review and discuss ideas and concepts and you can even upload a document (PDF, PPT, Doc, images) and share, comment, and work on also. There is a moderation mode that allows you to use it as a screen cast and presentation tool and there is also a video conferencing tool.

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