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Host a PD Buffet for Your Teachers: Tips from a Technology Integrationist

edWeb.net

Rachel works in a Google Apps school, so the administration and instructors are very adept at using Google Docs to organize professional development. One of the ways Rachel utilizes the Google Docs is by holding “Web Smackdowns,” where educators each share information about a tech tool they’ve used.

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Bullying and Cyberbullying: The Things You Need to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Based with her family in the Seattle area, she blogs at NetFamilyNews.org.

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In the marketplace: Gaming, digital citizenship, PD initiatives, and more

eSchool News

There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL. Of course, students who are not familiar with English idioms, cultural references, and vocabulary may need extra support when learning the language.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

For this reason I will refer to it as finding the technology in the standard. All content is stored in Google docs. Research – Search engines such as Google , Sweet Search , Wolfram Alpha. Record – Google Docs , Diigo , Evernote , Microsoft 360. Explain – Glogster , Weebly , Google Sites , Kidblog , We Video.