I’ve done a lot of workshops about Google Apps over the years. In the section about Google Calendar I always share my favorite use of Google Calendar. That use is sharing lesson plan outlines in the events on a Google Calendar.In my Google Calendar account I always create a calendar for each the classes that I teach. Then in those calendars I create events for each class meeting. In the event details I include a…

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One of the challenges of back to school time is that you’re filled with a classroom (or classrooms) of students you don’t know. The students you just spent the last year with know your style, understand your expectations and classroom rules. You know their personalities, learning styles, quirks, likes, and dislikes. That knowledge base makes all the other stuff that happens in your classroom (ahem: learning) a whole lot easier.See it on …

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If you’re new to teaching, the end of the summer may bring more than chills from the cooler air. If it is your first time with a classroom of your very own, it can be a little nerve wracking. It is important to remember that every teacher starts out in the same place – new – and learns by doing as they go. And that isn’t just limited to the first year of teaching, either. You can …

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A couple of years ago I published a list of 21 online map creation tools. Since then some of those tools have gone offline and new tools have replaced them. Here’s my updated list of online map creation tools for students and teachers.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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MLA and APA prepare for the future of the academic citation.Professors may scoff at the idea, but students are increasingly citing tweets in academic papers. Although they don’t exactly count as peer-reviewed, tweets do provide interesting insight into pop culture, breaking news and a number of social issues. After all, the Library of Congress is indexing tweets for historical reference.As a result, it’s important that style guides address the issue, and that …

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Those are the four main styles used when writing professionally or academically. Students will need to use one of these standard styles, so it?s importantSee it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Goobric is an interesting Chrome extension that allows teachers to easily grade students work by using rubrics. Goobric helps you grade any work that is created and delivered through one of Google Drive’s services ( documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Folders, etc). Up to now, Goobric supports only works created via the Doctopus Scriptwhich is a “a tool for differentiating, grouping, distributing and managing student projects in google Drive. Doctopus is available from any Google Spreadsheet from the…

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Bringing multimedia into the classroom is a great way to engage students in learning. Supplementing lessons, opening up new interests, and offering inspiration, online videos make for an incredible teaching tool. In 2010, we covered our favorite 100 video sites for educators, and we’ve now updated our list for 2012 with more than 100 resources and more than 25 brand new entries. Read on, and you’ll be able to check out the very best sources for educational videos on the web…

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As every teacher knows, it can take a while for new students to open up to each other and to you. One way to get them to share stories about themselves is to have them put it into a fun comic story. Through creating comic stories you can have students share favorite stories from their summer vacations. In the process students learn how to use a new tool, practice developing storylines, and they let you in on…

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Kaizena is one of the best tools that you can use to add audio comments to students work on both Google Documentsand Google Presentations. To use Kaizena , you need to be logged in to your Google account and just like any other third party application, to integrate Kaizena into your Google Docs you will have to grant it access to your Drive. Here is a good video Richard shared on his post, watch it to learn …

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The new school year has arrived for many and is arriving soon for others. That means that soon network printers in schools all across the land will be filled with papers printed and forgotten. Some printing seems to be unavoidable while other printing, like that 33 page Wikipedia article to capture two paragraphs, is completely avoidable. Here are some services that can help you and your students conserve paper in your school.See it on Scoop.

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The various levels of Bloom’s (Revised) Taxonomy are pretty well known to most teachers at this point. The gradated levels of critical thinking allow teachers to build lesson plans and identify learning outcomes that are appropriate for the level of exploration of material for the students at that time. A useful way of understanding how …See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Principal Matt Renwick explains what his school is learning about using Digital Student Portfolios to boost student achievement and connected education.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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If you’re a user of Google Drive, then no doubt you have also heard of and likely used Google Presentations (Google’s version of PowerPoint). It’s a great tool to create slick presentations in the cloud, especially after its most recent overhaul. However, Google Presentations is also a handy tool for doing some great projects with your students that have nothing to do with public speaking. Here are some fun exercises you can try in your classes…

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Chalkup is a great web tool that allows teachers to create classes and share different study materials on a message board that students can access in real-time. Chalkup lets you post discussion prompts, add comments to discussions, distribute announcements and assignments and view files.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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How do you conduct yourself in your classroom? As a leader, a learner, an observer, a participant, and a member of a larger group. All of these roles hold so much nuance that your students learn from. It is sometimes easy to forget how much our students are learning from us just by being with us and observing how we act in the classroom both with them, other students, and our colleagues.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & …

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Here is another handy Google Drive tip that is often overlooked by many teachers. Did you know that you can publish a Google Doc, presentation or sheet as a web page? Yes you can write a document or create a presentation and share it as a web page that students can access using the URL you share with them. Here is how to do it:Open the document you want to publish as a web page…

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QR codes, an exciting medium for kids learning how to use mobile devices, are a natural tool for linking students to resources you want them to find.See it on Scoop.it, via TIC & Educación

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Google Docs Add-Ons are new tools created by 3rd party developers that add functionality to Google Docs. Users can access and search for Add-Ons through the menu bar in any Google Doc or Spreadsheet. There are many handy tools to Add-On to Google Docs to improve efficiency and help get work done, and there is even a section for education. Here are a three of my favorite Add-Ons, which I believe are well-suited for teachers…

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