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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Edmodo Q&A - Should I delete or archive last semester's class?

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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...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

New Google Image search tool for quickly locating images licensed for reuse

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Being a good  netizen  means giving credit to resources we find and use on the web.  Sometimes this can be a tricky and time consuming proce...
Friday, November 8, 2013

A Guide to creating “Flipped” and Blended learning resources

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cc  licensed ( BY SA )  flickr  photo by Scott:  http://flickr.com/photos/proudfoott/237234776/ I f you are thinking about Flipping ...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Quick Guide to Collaborative Google Presentations

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Collaborative presentations can be a great way to start using Google Drive in the classroom because “slides” act as a personal worksp...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Digital Citizenship Week

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You may or may not have been aware of the fact that October 21-25th is Digital Citizenship week.  Helping our students become good digital c...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

How to enable "Offline" access and editing in Google Drive and protect against lost work during a wifi outage

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Yesterday a student came to me with a Google Drive issue due to intermittent wifi connectivity at home. Sometime during the night as she wa...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Universal Design for Learning tip: Audio recorded reading accommodations using Vocaroo.com

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Vocaroo.com is the simplest free audio recording tool I know of. It's not perfect (no editing and no permanent storage) but it works ...

Universal Design for Learning tip: How to screencast reading accommodations and scaffold reading strategies with screencast-o-matic

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Screencasting is a great way to make test reading accommodations more visual and engaging. Screencasting can also be an effective way of sc...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Quick Tip: How to spell check in Moodle 2.5 in Chrome or on a Chromebook - #mpsedtech

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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 ...

Jackson ISD's Must Have K-5 iPad Apps

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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 c...

An Interactive Menu for Student Project Technology Tools

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cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by Dean (leu)  . :  http: //flickr.com/photos/leunix/518329490/ Today I'd like to share a resourc...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

4 new resources for Elementary Math instruction

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Over the past two weeks I've bookmarked four new resources for Elementary Math instruction that I believe are worth sharing. Two of thes...
Friday, October 4, 2013

QR Code Make n' Take Professional Development Workshop #mpsedtech

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This week I offered two face-to-face PD workshops focussed on using QR Codes in the Classroom. One of my main goals was to ensure that every...

Moodle 2.5 Group Enrollment Process (One course, multiple sections) #mpsedtech

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Moodle 2.5 Group enrollment process If you are using Moodle to create a blended or online course but teach multiple sections of the same ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Did you know? Test reading accommodations using the Chrome Browser or Chromebook

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In this video demonstration I show how students can use either the Chrome Speak app or the iSpeech  Select and Speak extensions to have q...
Monday, September 30, 2013

How to print a Moodle quiz

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Directions for Printing a Moodle Quiz This is not a “perfect” print solution but it should give you a print copy that could be used with ...