Recycle the cell phone

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This infographic  Cell Phone Recycling: Help Yourself to A Little Humanity might be a good start to help students understand how cell phones impact the environment.    I also thought it was one of the clearer infographics and something to help students see how information can be presented visually.

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DEN Ambassador Kick Off!

My special thanks to a talented group of educators who joined me this morning for the beginning of our spring DEN Ambassador program.  I was impressed with their enthusiasm and as well as their paper slides.  Take a look to see their expectations for the program and their own personal growth!

Once upon a midnight dreary,

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I’ve never been a big  Edgar Allan Poe fan, but on the anniversary of The Raven, you might want to explore this interactive version from TeachersFirst.  Click on the highlighted words in the text for either a word definition ot the poetic device employed.

The Underground Railroad

From Twitter:

Travel back in time to 1860 & discover the Underground Railroad with this online activity. https://t.co/sCFrteZ5SP pic.twitter.com/qF8lJFP0s9

— Scholastic Teachers (@ScholasticTeach) January 29, 2016

20 Tips with Google Classroom

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Alice Keeler’s blog posts are always helpful and this one (20 Tips to Transfer Your Class with Google Apps) is no exception.  View her slide presentation for ideas for your classroom.  While all of her suggestions might not apply, I think you will find something you can use!

Google Class- top 20 hits!

Whether you are on Google Classroom or thinking about getting started, you will enjoy this blog post from Learn2Earn  with the top 20 reasons to use Google Classroom.  This post collected a variety of feedback from digital notetaking to improving reading comprehension.

Audio books

From twitter:

Grades 9-12 students keep daily diaries of how & when they listen to audio texts then analyze their findings: https://t.co/MT4E8IPEHf

— ReadWriteThink.org (@RWTnow) January 19, 2016

E.A.K. (really saving the kittens)

Erase All Kittens invites you to learn basic coding skills while helping to free kittens!  While this is only a demo, you can still play (and learn). The first lesson covers tags and it move from there.  Would be great as a station or on a whiteboard.  It’s very interactive and would make a great introduction to coding for younger students.

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Wonder if this is what my cat is thinking?

Nature Cat  (aka Fred) is a PBS cartoon designed to introduce students (K-4 would be my guess) to nature.  In the course of their outdoor excursions, there is also a healthy dose of problem solving skills.  Each video is short (about 12 minutes) and comes with associated standards. It would be fun to have your students join the situation and have them take notes to help Fred and his friends solve the problem.

Remix YouTube videos-(Lavallette in the summer)

Looking for an easy way to mix/mash Youtube videos?  Try DragOnTape.  Create a free account and let the mixing begin.  Search for video, drag onto your timeline and then edit.  Since I’m waiting for the crew to wake up (so we can shovel) and I am tired of looking at snow, I created a remix of warmer times.  You can link or embed your product.

For the complete blog from Free Technology for Teachers, please click here. Richard give some creative suggestions for class.