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Best Writing Tool Ever! (And it is an Add-On for Chrome!)
Just found the most amazing tool to help ANY Teacher that has students write. ProWritingAid is a great tool and has a lite version for download. However the Add-On for Chrome creates some really valuable reports! This cool add on will produce reports that look at plagarism, consistency, overused words and much more. This might…
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Have Students Tell Stories!
If you are looking for ways for students to tell stories, make connections or to just see some cool information try out MyHistro! They are calling it a timeline tool, but it is really great for telling stories. Students can log in with their GMail account and then search existing stories or build their own. They…
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The Best Teacher Tools for Taking Screenshots and Annotating Pictures ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Creating tutorials and explanatory guides is best done through the help of screenshots. These are pictures we take of our screens to share with others or include in a visual demonstration of how, for example, a process works. As teachers and educators we often find ourselves in need of such visual annotations and cues to…
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Learn to make Apps! Code with Chris
Recently we created a Google App for IASAS and to be honest it wasn’t that hard. (I wish I could say the same about the Apple version but it was WAY MORE COMPLICATED.) However, I thought I would share the site where I learned. It is very easy and all free. If you were…
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Teach Students to Locate Reliable Answers!
Wikipedia has never been my favorite web tool – however things are always changing and I came across this. It is the List of Academic Databases and Search Engines. Bookmark this site! Link to research lessons, presentation building or almost anything for students to locate and identify answers. Teaching students the skill of locating and answering…
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ISTE Infographic: Ready, set, blend!
The basic cognitive skills needed by previous generations are no longer enough. Students in the conceptual age must also master the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, including creation, metacognition and self-actualization. “It will require an upgrade to our curriculum, new instructional methods and materials, a new profile of a global…
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Evernote Scannable for iOS makes digitizing paper easy – SlashGear
Evernote users are about to have more reasons to make the service a central hub for their digital lives. Today, the company is announcing Scannable, an app that will scan any document you have and upload it to their service. Better yet, your scanned documents are also searchable via Evernote, so you can find them…
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A Step By Step Guide On How to Create Flashcards Using Google Spreadsheets ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Flippity is a very good tool that you can use on Google Spreadsheets to create flashcards and quizzes. The flashcards you create can be either printed or shared online through a generated link. The process to create a flashcard using Google Spreadsheet is pretty easy. Here is how to do it: Source: www.educatorstechnology.com See on…
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The Australian Curriculum v7.0 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability – Learning continuum
Diagram showing Organising elements of ICT Capability Source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom
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Google Scholar Rocks!
Recently I was reminded of the amazing things found in Google Scholar. Loads of peer reviewed journals, primary sources and complete books! It is a great tool for locating quality resources and it is a simple way to teach students the value of QUALITY searching. Now with your Google Account you actually get a Google Scholar…
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