New annotation features in SeeSaw!

Now there is another way for your students to use SeeSaw.  Install the Chrome Extension and it will allow this to annotate   Click here for the video demonstration or click here to get the extension. The image above is one I made from a blog post.

New Questions Banks in Kahoot!

While Kahoot now has some paid features, the quiz bank is available to all users.

Please see this post from Richard Byrne to see it in action.

Gettysburg- Just the numbers

Here’s an interesting infographic with the highlights about Gettysburg. 

This was developed by TeachersFirst.

Make Beliefs Comix

This blog post from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) reminded me about the Make Beliefs Comix site and their wonderful ebooks. Here you will find many suggestions for using comics in your classroom. 

By revisiting the site, I realized you can now create a free account (so you can save and retrieve your work!). Since the email address is optional, I would not have your students submit this information. Instead, I would collect student usernames and passwords.

Google Tour Creator

If you have seen the tours created in Google and need a little motivation- check out Alice Keeler’s post here.  It will give you ideas and support to use this tool with your students.

Assigning one document to a group

Alice Keeler is the master of Google Scripts.  She recently shared

one that will help you assign a group of students to one shared

document.  Please click here to read her post and obtain a copy of

her code and template.

Google Classroom and Standards Based Grading

While this might not work for younger students, teachers in grades 3-5 might want to consider this approach with their students.  This blog post walks you through the process of setting up assignments for standards based grading. Special thanks to Laura Cahill for creating and sharing this post.

Templates Galore!

Want a magazine cover (Time? People?)?  How about an infographic? Facebook? Check out Ryan O’Donnells’ free templates here. These will help get your students started.

Templates for Teachers

Templates are a great way to jump-start a variety of projects.  On

Templates for Teachers (created by  Sarah Kiefer and Beth Kingsley), you will find

a wide range of templates.  Use the search filters(age, audience, application)

or just browse through the collection.  You can either share the link or

use the template then make a copy for your students (I would distribute via Google

Classroom).

The image above shows two examples.

Something for English Language Learners

Here’s a website dedicated to English Language learners.  You can find a

variety of activities and use filters to search based on content area

and grade level.

On the trail with Lewis and Clark

Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) shares several resources for Lewis and Clark.  My favorite with the Google Earth application that was linked to media from the PBS series,  Please check out the complete post here.

Templates for K-2

I saw this in a post from Matt Miller (Ditch That Textbook fame).  These templates are geared to the K-2 students. Please click here to see the entire post.

Google Keep Ideas

I am a huge Google Keep fan (in fact, I’m working off one now that I used to collect all my summer posts).  Here’s a nice guide from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) that demonstrates some of its best features.

Teach with movies

TeachersFirst reviews the Teach with Movies site.  Here you will film clips to

use with your instruction.  For a review of the site, please click here.

New tools in Quizizz

Now you can add sound, make questions subjective, and edit equations in Quizizz.  Please see the blog post from Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers for additional information.

Journey North and Interactive maps

Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) shared this blog post over the summer about interactive maps.  Journey North was one of my favorite tools when I was in the classroom.  This really helps your students become citizen scientists by sharing their observations with a global audience.  Have you seen any fall changes yet?

Google Forms- the Question Bank!

Google has recently introduced a feature that allows you to build a question bank and reuse questions.  Please see Alice Keeler’s post here for all the details.

Building Culture

Here is an interesting blog post from PearDeck with suggestions for creating a positive classroom culture.

Locked Quizzes in Google Forms

Looking for a quick overview of the locked form feature?  Check out this video:

Just a few reminders- locked quizzes only work on district managed Chromebooks and only allow the students to take the quiz once.

Seeing the section breaks

If you are working on a long document and would like to preview the page

breaks, go to View- Show section breaks.

If you teach Civics

Then you want to check out this summer post from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) highlighting several civics sites.  Please see his post here.

Can you really multitask?

James Clear shares the history of multitasking and suggests that often

it just makes us look busy yet doesn’t contribute to the quality of our work. 

Just something to think about as it relates to your daily activities.

Google Tutorials

Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) has shared his series of Google videos on this YouTube channel. Here you will find over 300 videos on all Google. Please see the complete blog post here.

If you want a script for Google Classroom

Alice Keeler has coded a spreadsheet to quickly add classes.  Please click here for her blog post and directions.

Crowd sourced ideas for the first day of school

Matt Miller (Ditch That Textbook) has shared 25 creative ways to begin the school

year.  You will find a wide range of hyperdocs and other templates. 

Please check out the post here.

SEL Discovery Education Virtual Field Trip

Want to help your K-5 students see social-emotional learning in the real world?  Check out this Discovery Education field trip on September 26. Click here for more information and to register.

The Ultimate Google Classroom Cheat Sheet

Tracy Bazsika has shared the ultimate Google Classroom cheat sheet.  From

creating a classroom to working with locked quizzes-

you will find directions here. Please click here to see her slides.