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4 Powerful Ways to Implement Class Blogs – From Jennifer Carey

EdTechTeacher

There are a myriad of platforms to choose from: edublogs , Kidblog (especially good for elementary age children), Blogger , wordpress , and most LMS systems have a blogging platform built in. Blogs as ePortfolio. This makes them a great platform for students to build their own ePortfolio. Blogs as a Showcase for Student Work.

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4 Amazing Google Tools to Help You Engage Your Students

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One of my favorite uses of Google Drawings is to use them for manipulatives – and if you’re a middle or high school teacher and think manipulatives are mainly for elementary students, please hang with me. . As Google’s website creation tool, Google Sites allows users to create a hub of information. Tool #3: Forms .

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Make Reading Relevant with Thematic Units

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Units for younger students might include more read aloud content while units for upper elementary or middle school students might focus more heavily on articles or reading parts of non-fiction texts. For elementary age students I recommend looking for ebooks at Epic! -- Unlimited Books for Kids and Zing!,

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How to make your year more awesome

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Learner Profiles- How do develop a complete learner profile to inform individualization. Innovative uses of technology and ePortfolios. In February, we want to energize you to make the rest of 2016 more awesome with the 5Sigma Education Conference. Ask questions, meet our team, and see education re-imagined. Inquiry learning.

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The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please make sure you are a member (free) at Classroom 2.0 Mortenson Creating a 24/7 Professional Development Model by Josh Allen Creating a Library Website to Support Information Literacy Needs by Luann Edwards Creating ePortfolios using Weebly by Valerie R.

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Make Reading Relevant with Thematic Units

Graphite Blog

Units for younger students might include more read-aloud content while units for upper elementary or middle school students might focus more heavily on articles or reading parts of nonfiction texts. For elementary school-age students, I recommend looking for ebooks at Epic! -- Unlimited Books for Kids and Zing!, created by Schoolwide.

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5 Fun Ways to Start Setting Goals with your Students Today

EdTechTeam

See this EdTechteam post for more information on the idea of creating digital vision boards. When I think about this tip, along with all previous tips, I picture my students posting their SMART Goal Docs on their Google Site ePortfolios, alongside an embedded Google Form where their peers can provide feedback. TIP 3: Draft Goals .