Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
Guest Post by Rachelle Dene Poth Spaces for Digital Portfolios! As we work to prepare students for the future, it is important that we find ways to help students focus more on the learning process rather than the end product. When we bring in learning opportunities that help students to reflect on their individual work…
Techquity- Creating Learning Environments for Sustainability, Equity, and AccessGuest Post by Victoria Thompson Microsoft Educator Center provides One of my personal favorite Microsoft Educator Courses: it focuses on Techquity! “Techquity” refers to the infusion of technology and equity, and equity refers to the concept of every student needing what they need to be successful in…
Lesson planning is hard. Sometimes we struggle with just learning the tools and fail at actually creating a meaningful learning experience for students.
Guest Post by Melody McAllister Today is #SELday, but celebrating social emotional learning can happen any and every day! Here are some of my favorite authors sharing their SEL stories. Share them with your class today or any day and may wonderful conversations ensue! Not an elementary teacher? Well, big kids like children’s books, too. …
Teach math and critical thinking using Open Middle and Google Jamboard. Using Jamboard allows students to show their thinking.
Guest Post by Melody McAllister Last week, I was lucky to get to sit down with the three authors of Evolving Learner: Shifting From Professional Development to Professional Learning From Kids, Peers, and the World, Lainie Rowell, Dr. Kristy Andre, and Dr. Lauren Steinmann. It was a perfect way to spend St. Patrick’s Day! We…
Guest Post by Victoria Thompson I am very big on self-care and mindfulness. I have given seminars and sessions on educator self-care in the age of COVID, as well as how to protect our peace and empathy. I have written an entire blog series on exploitation of empathy in professions dominated by women (particularly, teaching)….
Students can find all of their missing work for all of their classes in Google Classroom
New feature is to find your tabs in Chrome.
Allow people to auto add to Google Calendar event
Remember a new feature rolls out over 2 weeks so if you do not have a Google Jamboard feature, wait a little bit. Version history finally comes to Google Jamboard!! Feature – 3 Dots Menu To find the version history use the 3 dots menu in the upper right. Use Version History Feature on Google…
Get your Google Classroom Roster in a spreadsheet! WITH CHECKBOXES!
I can not live without Snagit by TechSmith. I use it every single day. It allows me to take screenshots and easily manipulate the images. It also allows me to record my screen, do light video editing. I can INSANELY EASILY convert the video to an animated GIF. Not Free Let me start with the…
Guest Post by Melody McAllister BookChat with Dr. Casey Jakubowski Recently, I sat down for a bookchat with Educator and Author, Dr. Casey Jakubowski! He published his book, Thinking About Teaching: A Rural Social Studies Teacher’s Path to Strive for Relevance, and it is a fantastic book that any educator could pick up and feel…
Guest Post by Victoria Thompson @VictoriaTheTech Hello, everyone! In my last blog post I mentioned that I would be speaking about my favorite courses on the Microsoft Educator Center (or the MEC, for short). We’re going to kick it off with #5: Getting Started with Office 365 and Windows. In the Microsoft Educator Center there…