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60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom ~ TeachThought

“Google Classroom is quietly becoming the most powerful tool in education technology.

“It may lack the visual appeal of iPads, or the student credibility of a BYOD program. It may not be as forward-thinking as we’d like here at TeachThought, but Google Classroom excels in providing solutions for a broad swath of teachers who have a variety of expertise and comfort level with education technology. It also uses Google’s familiar template that many teachers have used for years. As such, it scratches the itch for many teachers in many classrooms right here, right now.

“So below are (at least) 60 thing you can do with Google Classroom. We’ll be updating this list as new ideas come in, the platform changes, and we learn more about its subtleties on our own.”

Source: www.teachthought.com

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Create Your Own Storybook from mystorybook.com

This looks like a neat story book creating site that would be great for language students as well as younger students.

My Story Book

 

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Murder at Stillwater Lodge

Official Announcement for my new novel “Murder At Stillwater Lodge”

This is the official announcement for my new novel “Murder At Stillwater Lodge”

Murder at Stillwater Lodge

15 Lesson Plans Aligned with Common Core Standards for making students Better Online researchers From Global Digital Citizen Foundation

The Global Digital Citizen Foundation has compiled Common Core aligned beginner, intermediate, and advance lesson plans to help students master the art of online research.   These classroom tutorials will help students get the most out of their research time online.

15 Lesson Plans For Making Students Better Online Researchers

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Google Search Education

Google Search Education provides Common Core aligned lesson plans for beginner, intermediate, and  advanced Google Search users.  Learning how to interpret and refine searches may well be one of the most important skills that we can master in the 21st Century.  This is the link to the the homepage with very interesting links to multiple resources on Google Searches.     Homepage

 

Check out the “Live Training Videos”.  I found the video on “Believe it or not: Authority and credibility of sources on the web”  particular interesting.  The video “Creative Commons” is critical as everyone should by using creative searches in order to respect copyright  laws.

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The Common Core-4 Critical Questions by Jill Spencer

Strict or loose interpretation of the Common Core:  http://brightfutures4me.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/questions-about-implementation-of-common-core/

THE 33 DIGITAL SKILLS EVERY 21ST CENTURY TEACHER SHOULD HAVE

From Educational Technology and Mobile Learning  http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/33-digital-skills-every-21st-century.html

Alfie Kohn on Grades

3-Alfie Kohn- The Case Against Grades Nov. 2011

Diane Ravitch “Changing the Poison Narrative”

4-Diane Ravitch-Changing the Poisonous Narrative Dec. 2011_Jan. 2012