tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91499538107901716242024-02-07T02:37:05.025-08:00Ed Tech KitBelieving is seeingKit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-25132346130923041712015-10-16T06:12:00.000-07:002015-10-16T06:12:46.433-07:00EdCamp Bluewater - Saturday, 11/7/15 (The best little PD you've probably never attended) #phsedtech #1phasd #miched #edcampbluewater<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Only 23 tickets remain for what is sure to be the BEST participant driven professional development opportunity this fall - Go to <a href="http://edcampbluewater.weebly.com/">http://edcampbluewater.weebly.com</a> and register today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">EdCamps are new way of learning where you and the other participants who attend determine the focus of the day's learning. You can propose a discussion topic or offer to facilitate a session that you feel others would be interested in collaborating around. </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Facilitators</span><span style="font-size: large;"> are </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">strongly encouraged</b><span style="font-size: large;"> to tap into the wisdom of the room rather than present a stand and deliver style lecture. And </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">participants</span><span style="font-size: large;"> are </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">strongly encouraged </b><span style="font-size: large;">to use the "rule of two feet" if the session isn't meeting their need by politely excusing themselves from a session and then seeking out a better fit or creating an ad hoc gathering to meet their need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year's EdCamp Bluewater is going to off the charts. Why? Because this year's EdCamp Bluewater will be held in the idyllic and awe inspiring setting of the <a href="http://www.sccresa.org/countyeducation/pine-river-nature-center/" target="_blank">Pine River Nature Center</a>. </span><span style="font-size: large;">If you've never been to the PRNC, imagine hanging out in a beautiful log home with stunning views of the forest surrounded by hiking trails and a tree house!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are also planning to have a real live campfire with supplies for making S'mores, a chili cook-off contest, and fun challenge activities throughout the day that let you earn tickets for our fabulous giveaways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is professional learning like no other. For more information check out this informative <a href="https://youtu.be/O9dqebCzM6Y?list=PL2n1BFZJTYlutEhS3sfC0Rz68wn4UvYer" target="_blank">5 part video series</a> describing last year's EdCamp Bluewater and visit our website <a href="http://edcampbluewater.weebly.com/">http://edcampbluewater.weebly.com</a>.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-62974741340371146652015-10-15T07:28:00.000-07:002015-10-15T10:38:43.373-07:00Fixing Google Account Conflicts in the Chrome Browser #phsedtech<span style="font-size: large;">As the Google Chrome browser continues to evolve I have noticed that the old method of switching between Google Accounts can be glitchy. The old method (<a href="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1721977?hl=en" target="_blank">described here</a>) involves clicking on your profile picture in upper right corner of most Google Apps products and adding an account(s). But I have found that switching between accounts this way doesn't always work and that Google Drive in particular will have issues. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-51030655858667159372015-09-27T09:21:00.000-07:002015-09-27T09:21:05.243-07:00Using Padlet for Formative Assessment plus student guides<a href="http://goo.gl/fhtIfP" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://goo.gl/fhtIfP" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite digital tools is <a href="http://padlet.com/" target="_blank">Padlet</a>. Padlet is a collaborative digital cork board and classroom response system that let’s you collect and organize virtual stickies of information including text, images, audio and video.</span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-12767748526096221292015-07-30T13:40:00.001-07:002015-07-30T13:40:11.564-07:00Try the new Add to Google Classroom Extension #edtech<span style="font-size: large;">It's summertime, but that doesn't mean that nothing new is happening the in the Edtech world. I've been putting a lot of these new tricks on a shelf for later but thought this one was worth sharing today.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Copying and pasting content from the web isn't difficult but it does take time. I like tools that let me quickly share content to important groups with a click. The <a href="http://ift.tt/1DcZpSI" target="_blank">Add to Google Classroom Extension</a> does just that. Found a great article for your Social Studies class? Want to quickly share that new math video tutorial you found on Youtube? The Add to Google Classroom Extension puts a small extension icon in your Google Chrome Browser tool bar that let's you add the link with a click. From there you'll find the necessary drop-down menus to select a specific class and choose whether to post as an assignment or an announcement.</span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-3259109226822023172015-03-13T11:47:00.001-07:002015-03-24T11:30:15.596-07:00Adding images into Google Slides on the iPad using Google Classroom 3/12/15<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Update: After a few more trials we've learned that this process is still far from perfect. The original steps below will work initially, however, there are two key caveats.</span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-64261933381668487832015-02-27T09:19:00.001-08:002015-03-13T11:49:00.875-07:00Voice record pro app - Soundcloud alternative for iPad #edtech<div class="MsoNormal">
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-36552526738454465632015-02-25T10:40:00.000-08:002015-02-25T10:40:05.598-08:00Adding an image with a caption and hyperlink in Google Docs<iframe height="800px" src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?srcid=1CMBMG_Je9B8b6Bw_NdAIk-oB_gCz-1Yk0Og3yIR30YI&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v&chrome=false&embedded=true" width="600px"></iframe>Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-30844212007926766332015-02-25T10:38:00.002-08:002015-02-25T10:38:37.799-08:00Adding an image with caption and hyperlink in Google Slides<div>
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-51613377460336751222015-02-25T10:29:00.001-08:002015-02-25T10:32:20.877-08:00Google Apps on a shared iPad - Logging in and out #edtech<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<span style="font-size: large;">Now that Google has released an <a href="http://ift.tt/1BcOZzk" target="_blank">iPad app for Google Classroom</a>, the ability to have students use Google Classroom and Google Drive on a shared iPad has become much easier. In the video below I demonstrate how students can set up folder on the shared iPad that contains all of the Google Apps and then demonstrate the proper method for signing in and out of the apps. Thankfully, if a student signs into or out of any of the apps, this simultaneously signs them in or out of all of the Google apps. This strategy will be particularly helpful for our 2nd - 4th grade students who are using Google Classroom and Google Drive on shared iPads.</span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-23642498394628575422014-09-23T08:39:00.003-07:002014-09-23T08:39:37.837-07:00Google Classroom - How the Turn-in feature affects the workflow of providing feedback<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">In this video I look at the advantages and disadvantages of using the Turn-in feature in Google Classroom. Depending on your style and method of providing feedback to students you may or may not want to have students use the Turn-in feature. </span><br />
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<br />Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-89110486159160359772014-03-18T13:08:00.000-07:002014-03-18T13:08:02.437-07:00The new Google Docs Add-ons featuring the Text Help Study Skills Highlighting Tool<span style="font-size: large;"><span rwthpgen="1">Last </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6a9006cd-7b24-4c16-90af-36e53aa2819a" id="15592f6f-e04f-4edc-9a9b-4f4434263849">week Google</span><span rwthpgen="1"> Docs and Spreadsheets received an update called <a href="http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2014/03/add-ons.html" target="_blank">Add-ons</a>.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> This new Add-ons tab connects documents with third party tools that add new features or functionality to the document.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> The Add-ons Store looks and feels very similar to the Chrome Web Store.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span rwthpgen="1">One of the new Add-ons that I feel could have great benefit in the classroom is the </span><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/texthelp-study-skills/fjgimeiehjeaammngbkmpmjikfpknmpf" target="_blank">Text Help Study Skills highlighter</a><span rwthpgen="1">.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> This is a premium feature in the </span><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readwrite-for-google/inoeonmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd?hl=en-US" target="_blank">Text Help Read and Write for Google extension</a><span rwthpgen="1"> so the fact that it is being released for free in the Add-ons store is notable.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span rwthpgen="1">The new Add-ons tab is easy to use.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> You'll find it located on the Google Docs or Spreadsheet toolbar.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> Click on Get Add-ons to browse the Add-ons store.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span rwthpgen="1">The Study Skills highlighter could be very helpful for teachers who like to mark-up student work by denoting specified colors for certain errors.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> The Study Skills highlighter makes this much more convenient than in the past using the built-in highlighting.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> The clear highlights option makes removing these </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ca7289ef-92ca-4e6c-8c0e-a285553ce566" id="e3c52b7a-4948-4ff2-ac2e-86c4230f925d">mark-ups</span><span rwthpgen="1"> much simpler as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span rwthpgen="1">But one of the more exciting features of the Study Skills highlighter is the ability to extract highlights into a new document.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> This feature could be used to structure close and critical reading activities where students identify vocabulary, main ideas, and supporting evidence from a text, and then using the extract highlights tool as notes and/or as a form of assessment.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> I demonstrate this scenario in the video below.</span></span><br />
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<br />Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-28268354208653776962014-03-04T11:14:00.001-08:002014-03-04T11:15:29.086-08:00Newsela - A differentiated News and Reading resource for schools<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.newsela.com/" target="_blank"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5fc76786-ceaa-4923-82d4-d0ffde0ddff2" id="c4966597-a06c-4f71-92bd-16c1a7aefb36">Newsela</span></a><span rwthpgen="1"> looks like an interesting new resource for teaching current events and reading strategies that dynamically adjusts reading levels for differentiated instruction.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> The site integrates with Google Accounts for easy sign-up and sign-in and allows you to create class groups for assigning and monitoring students.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> In addition, some of the articles include reading comprehension quizzes.</span></span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-78261272297511476332014-01-25T13:32:00.001-08:002014-01-25T13:32:52.945-08:00Edmodo Q&A - Should I delete or archive last semester's class?<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">At the end of a semester, you may be wondering what to do with your Edmodo classes (groups). While the best choice always depends on several factors. The following guide may help you in deciding the best course of action. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If you have a year-long course and expect minimal movement of students enrolling, dropping or moving between <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="faabb452-14c4-4f29-876b-94f248fe6334" id="814fe5d5-07ba-4dc0-b4c1-5d39b6db36e4">groups then</span> the best course of action may be to manually move students,<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="faabb452-14c4-4f29-876b-94f248fe6334" id="db003db9-1265-4c90-9ce8-1be27c89515a">unenroll</span> dropped students, and have new students add to the group using the group enrollment key.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">However, if there will be significant movement of students or if your course is semester-long then archiving the current group and creating a new group for the second semester may be a better solution. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">As a general rule I rarely recommend deleting a group entirely since deleting the group will completely remove all <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2b647cf2-894e-4b55-ae3d-7c57184ac20e" id="cc45670b-9d45-4049-994b-268a49d133ad"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1c2eaf22-a843-46a9-b805-e6b02fdce030" id="1fae2888-1194-4f0e-a470-8e2613b0c1dc">record</span></span> of activity including submitted work, quiz scores, etc. Archiving a group hides the group from your active list of groups and sets the group to read only for students. According the <a href="https://support.edmodo.com/home#entries/21685254-archive-your-group-teacher" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Edmodo help document</a>,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px;">Once a Group is archived, students will not be able to reply or post anything to the Group. Students in an archived Group will still be able to direct message you, but the Group activity is inactive. All Posts and data from the group will be saved, and you can view the Posts and retrieve any previously created quizzes or assignments from your archived Groups. You can also </span><a href="https://support.edmodo.com/home#entries/21687489-view-or-restore-your-archived-group-teacher" style="background-color: white; color: #3784d3; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="How to archive group">restore an archived group</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px;"> at any time, making it active again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Here are a few screen shots demonstrating the steps for archiving a group.</span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-4294761385790309972014-01-14T11:20:00.001-08:002014-01-14T11:20:35.175-08:00New Google Image search tool for quickly locating images licensed for reuse<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span rwthpgen="1">Being a good </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b814f630-dd85-41ea-87ec-d527d5cae0f9" id="24f722f3-296d-4f0f-aeaf-23d82e919dbd"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a0be86fe-d9e3-45ba-a427-cca66ea1c926" id="9b5cc34c-d127-4fbf-9fe5-a92ebf91d057">netizen</span></span><span rwthpgen="1"> means giving credit to resources we find and use on the web.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> Sometimes this can be a tricky and time consuming process.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> Fortunately, Google Images has recently updated the search </span>tools<span rwthpgen="1"> feature to make finding Creative Commons licensed photos more friendly.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">To get started, begin a Google Image search and locate the Search Tools selector.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span rwthpgen="1">Choose the reuse license that best fits your needs.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> In most cases this will be "labeled for reuse" unless you plan to modify the image or use the image in a business setting.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> </span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span rwthpgen="1">The Usage Rights selector filters the images so that you are only browsing images that you have permission to reuse with the expectation that you will </span><a href="http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Best_practices_for_attribution" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">properly cite the image</a><span rwthpgen="1"> wherever it is used<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2ae26aa2-9010-4e67-8e4a-f5d6a841b016" id="5fe954b0-ad65-403e-971e-73cce3de692c">.</span></span><span rwthpgen="1">Here's an example.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span rwthpgen="1">I'll be honest.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> Proper citation takes more time than just copy and paste, but it is a skill that we need to model as teachers and teach</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0c3b89ef-e259-4527-95a3-4fb67e492212" id="e18a9727-8ad2-4675-848a-b11ffc923a95">to</span><span rwthpgen="1"> our students.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> And at least it is getting easier to find these images in the first place.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span rwthpgen="1">Finally, there are some </span><a href="http://edtechkit.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-im-excited-about-imagecodrorg-for.html" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span rwthpgen="1">tools </span>available<span rwthpgen="1"> to help automate the citation process </span></a><span rwthpgen="1">if you use the Chrome Browser and are searching for Creative Commons images on Flickr.</span><span rwthpgen="1"> It may also be helpful to know that the </span><a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2481802?hl=en" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Research Tool in Google Drive</a><span rwthpgen="1"> has a similar filtering option for finding Creative Commons licensed images.</span></span>Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-79405928616516732472013-11-08T07:01:00.000-08:002013-11-08T07:01:12.181-08:00A Guide to creating “Flipped” and Blended learning resources<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: center;">I</span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">f you are thinking about Flipping direct instruction or creating blended learning resources that students can access independently but still have accountability for doing the work then I recommend using Google Forms or Moodle Quizzes for getting started.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The fastest and easiest starting point (in my opinion) is to use Google Forms to create what I call a “Fast flipping form”. I often use </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/marysvilleschools.us/forms/d/1QQFhJrnnG5wE5VBkXrUToyaN3yn3-nxCV52ESlN5EpA/viewform" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this example</span></a><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to demo the idea of a Flipped Form. Students open the form link, watch the embedded video, and answer a few formative questions. The teacher gets a spreadsheet that is time stamped, shows their user name, and provides data on their level of understanding. You also have a summary graph view for visualizing the aggregate scores on the assessment questions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here’s my</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/marysvilleschools.us/document/d/1OL6PzXUrlFCWIy5c2iZ0M7JM9GwqyuU5C46Byj7ikew/edit#heading=h.b9oxdkvyg3gy" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">visual guide and video tutorial for creating the “Fast flipping form”</span></a><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. You can put the form link on a Moodle page, Weebly site, etc. It can also be embedded so that the form is viewable right on the Moodle page and not as a separate link. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pros:</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Google “Flipped” Forms are fast to make, simple for students to access and use, and provide a quick at-a-glance dashboard (the spreadsheet) for checking who did and did not do the assignment and what they did or did not understand. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible Cons:</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The only videos you can embed currently are YouTube videos (the workaround is to put a link to any video or any web content in the description field), also the summary view graph for your data will reflect all students and isn’t able to be broken down by sections. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few other suggestions:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">I recommend collecting student names using two fields (last name) and (first name) to assist with sorting in the spreadsheet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Create a drop down or multiple choice listing for separate section <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f9653b3c-8ebf-40c2-a7fc-7da66cdf9be7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="58048029-6259-4ecc-a5e3-130a33224b9a" grcontextid="hours:0">hours</span>. Again this is to assist with sorting the data.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Optional. Use Moodle to deliver the form and embed the form on a page. This would give you the ability to check if a student(s) are viewing the video <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d76e0777-2fde-4df8-adf8-70ff10b55c49" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="511608d9-b5f4-4696-bdb6-f2f8eed9447d" grcontextid="resource fully:0">resource fully</span> by looking at the activity data which tracks the amount of time spent inside an activity. It’s a way to say “Look, I can check if I think you are opening the form and clicking through the questions without watching.” Also, constructed response questions that require some understanding to write the response can help with accountability.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another way to structure a “Flipped” assignment based on video and assessment questions is to use the Moodle quiz feature. You create a quiz question and embed the video in the first question (see below), or use the “Description” option for displaying video content. You then add any additional questions that will help you assess student understanding. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pros:</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You can provide automated feedback, remediation, or extension activities based on student answers. You have another question styles including matching, Cloze, and mathematical response. You have the ability to sort data by sections and to have longitudinal data of individual student activity because of Moodle’s grading and database features. It also automatically calculates a score (there is a way to do this with </span><a href="http://www.flubaroo.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">scripts in Google Forms</span></a><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). A quiz can be completed over multiple login sessions and automatically force the student to retake if they don’t master the material. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cons: Not everyone has or uses Moodle. Moodle quizzes take longer to create and the construction of quizzes and analyzing the results is sometimes less intuitive. </span></span></div>
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<br />Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-85406438839972156002013-10-31T08:08:00.000-07:002013-10-31T08:08:46.524-07:00Quick Guide to Collaborative Google Presentations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>Collaborative presentations can be a great way to start using Google Drive in the classroom because “slides” act as a personal workspace for each student or group of students but with the added ability to view and even co-edit the slides of others. It’s also a great way to demonstrate the power of collaborative cloud based document creation. But remember! - Collaborative means that some decisions can affect the whole group. For instance, changing a theme impacts <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="305ebc11-ba1f-4dbc-9b99-6249a94cea0a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4b2bd76e-1cdb-4409-828f-1b84bbfe33dc" grcontextid="everyones’:0" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px;">everyones’</span> slides. This is a great opportunity to discuss digital citizenship norms and respecting the work of others. Some of the suggestions below will help you to manage a collaborative document and consider the best approach for your classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click on the create icon from the Google Drive homepage and select Presentations. You’ll be prompted to pick a theme. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I find that it’s helpful to have a slide that the teacher creates ahead of time modeling the format and content examples. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can even make a template slide</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and use the duplicate slide feature to provide each student with a scaffolded workspace.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You may want to pre-create the slides and label these ahead of time to designate whose space is whose. This is handy especially for first time users. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Share by email -</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> if you have a list of every student’s email (Google Forms are great for collecting these) then you can add individual students to the presentation. Click on the blue share tab in the upper right hand corner of the presentation or right click on the file from the Google Drive homepage.</span></h2>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The advantage to this method is that students will have access to the document via the “shared with me” tab of their Google Drive homepage and that all changes to the presentation are tracked to the user who made them. Students who tamper with the presentation can be identified using the revision history and unwanted modifications can be reversed.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">One of my favorite resources for Digital Citizenship is </xmlns:texthelpns><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/"><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">http:</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">//www.commonsensemedia.org/</xmlns:texthelpns></a><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1"> They have a great </xmlns:texthelpns><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum" target="_blank">K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum</a><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">, </xmlns:texthelpns><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/educate-families" target="_blank">resources for families and parents</a><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">, and even some </xmlns:texthelpns><a href="https://www.digitalpassport.org/educator-registration" target="_blank">games for teaching concepts of Digital Citizenship to students</a><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1"> </xmlns:texthelpns><br />
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<span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span><br />Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-3603829470284066892013-10-17T11:16:00.001-07:002013-10-17T12:07:18.948-07:00How to enable "Offline" access and editing in Google Drive and protect against lost work during a wifi outage<span style="font-size: large;"><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">Yesterday a student came to me with a Google Drive issue due to intermittent wifi connectivity at home.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1"> Sometime during the night as she was composing her essay she lost wifi connectivity on her Chromebook and subsequently lost all of her work during that period of time.</xmlns:texthelpns></span><br />
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-54266805636173410792013-10-15T11:37:00.001-07:002013-10-15T11:37:50.212-07:00Universal Design for Learning tip: Audio recorded reading accommodations using Vocaroo.com<div>
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-40458293619068480702013-10-15T10:46:00.000-07:002013-10-15T10:46:03.891-07:00Universal Design for Learning tip: How to screencast reading accommodations and scaffold reading strategies with screencast-o-matic<span style="font-size: large;"><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1">Screencasting is a great way to make test reading accommodations more visual and engaging.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1"> Screencasting can also be an effective way of scaffolding a reading assignment by previewing the text, demonstrating a reading strategy, and modeling how good readers attack a challenging text.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1"> </xmlns:texthelpns></span><div>
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Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-37192071444042486412013-10-08T11:41:00.000-07:002013-10-08T11:42:58.481-07:00Quick Tip: How to spell check in Moodle 2.5 in Chrome or on a Chromebook - #mpsedtech<span style="font-size: large;">I had a little surprise a few weeks back when I discovered that Moodle 2.5 changed how you can activate spell check. In the past, you were able to right click on a word that was misspelled to activate and view a spell check menu. Now you must do one additional step by holding the "<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="034694f2-8c16-42f5-9fda-7a20e022acc7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="90211531-5ac6-470f-a933-95fd9ebc76d9" grcontextid="ctrl:0">ctrl</span>" key while you right click. This is definitely a quick tip you will want to share with your students if you are using newer versions of Moodle. </span><br />
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<br />Kit Hardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435501039222534444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149953810790171624.post-74498952992373278232013-10-08T09:50:00.001-07:002013-10-08T09:55:44.897-07:00Jackson ISD's Must Have K-5 iPad Apps<span style="font-size: large;">Must have iPad app lists are a dime a dozen these days, but sometimes you encounter a list that is compiled by trusted individuals who put care and time into the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a63edd4e-c22e-4674-af58-c7d0edb2dbcf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cd02df66-2c2c-4f0a-9cd7-c2fcae785806" grcontextid="curation:0">curation</span> of their list. I would like to recommend the <a href="http://edtech.jcisd.org/recommended-k-5-apps.html" target="_blank">Must-Have <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3b4bee77-62f6-42fc-ae82-6d9dc61ffac0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d45585b9-eb58-4067-911e-832ee883b515" grcontextid="Elementary:0">Elementary</span> Apps</a> page from the <a href="http://edtech.jcisd.org/index.html" target="_blank">great <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3f8153e9-bffc-400e-b7d1-0565db69bdaf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d45585b9-eb58-4067-911e-832ee883b515" grcontextid="edtech:1">edtech</span> folks at Jackson ISD</a> as one worth checking out. </span><br />
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<xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Today I'd like to share a resource to support digital student projects in your classroom.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> The premise behind this menu is to provide "</xmlns:texthelpns><a href="http://www.personalizelearning.com/2012/10/the-expert-learner-with-voice-and-choice.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">voice and choice</a><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">" (an essential component of Universal Design for Learning) vs.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> a one size fits all product of learning.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Not every tool listed in this menu will be appropriate to the task you've assigned your students but many offer flexible formats for organizing and representing learning.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> The key here is to have a clear set of learning targets, aligned to standards that avoid strict formatting criteria like "12 point Times New Roman font" or "10 slides with 3 facts" and instead focus on content specific criteria like "demonstrates a thorough understanding of the main character's motivations based on evidence from the text" or "draws relevant connections between the historical event and a current event impacting society today".</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </xmlns:texthelpns><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">As teachers, we can't expect to learn every digital tool out there but our students are often capable and motivated to learn and teach each other (and us) given the chance.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Some of the guides, video tutorials, and student examples that I've located are better than others.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Some of the resources may be better suited to older or younger students.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> For that reason you may also want to look at other menu type resources out on the web that are directed toward a specific grade level as well.</xmlns:texthelpns><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This menu can be presented to students in full or can be modified by cutting and pasting a smaller selection together if limiting certain choices is needed.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> If you would like to contribute to this Student Project Technology Tools Menu or have a tool that you'd like to see added to the list please feel free to </xmlns:texthelpns><a href="http://mpstech.weebly.com/contact-me.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">contact me with your request</a><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">.</xmlns:texthelpns><xmlns:texthelpns rwthpgen="1" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Enjoy!</xmlns:texthelpns><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><br />
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