Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

April 14, 2019 by educatoral tagged diigo, edreform, EdTech, links, resources | Leave a comment

Here are some great blog posts from last week:

- It’s great to be ‘in the zone’ — while working, exercising and creating art. Here’s how to get there.
  
  By mile 10 of my first half-marathon, the persistent, frigid drizzle had forced my fingers into a clenched C shape. The thrill of running alongside thousands of people after weeks of solo training had mellowed into a quiet, somewhat dull drive towar…
- Bob Shepherd: Life As a Teacher in the Age of the Deformers | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  Bob Shepherd is teaching in Florida after a career in education publishing. He left this comment on the blog about his teaching experience in Florida. His contributions to the blog are consistently brilliant. On a personal note, Bob reached out to m…
- Makerspace for Little or Nothing
  
  Makerspace for Little or Nothing You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to start a Makerspace area. You don’t have to have a designated room or rip out bookcases.
- Free Technology for Teachers: The Google Science Journal App Now Saves Data in Google Drive
  
  Google’s Science Journal app is one that I regularly feature in my presentations and workshops about blending technology into outdoor lessons. With the app (available for iOS and Android) students can record data about acceleration, location, sound,…
- how-to-start-a-quizlet-live-game-in-60-seconds-tips-and-tricks
- Free Technology for Teachers: Kahoot Adds a Smart Practice Mode
  
  Kahoot has added a new way for students to use the free Kahoot iOS and Android apps. The new way to use the apps is to play games in what Kahoot is calling Smart Practice mode.
- 35-creative-google-drawings-activities-for-classes
- Games and Learning: Using functions in Minecraft (Education Edition and Bedrock)
  
  I teach game design and development and I encourage my students to use command blocks and redstone to automate functions in their games.
- Flip the Script: Student-Designed Units |
  
  In a Twitter chat this month, I mentioned student-designed units. Several curious teachers asked for details, so here goes! My favorite unit each year is the unit my students’ design. We spend the entire year building up to it.
- Emailing Your Teacher, with Captain Communicator: Next Vista for Learning
  
  This video was contributed as part of the Next Vista for Learning Creative Strength Video Contest.
- Laurie Halse Anderson, poetry, and WWII | Using Comics in the Classroom
  
  I am lucky enough to have gotten to know Laurie Halse Anderson over the years, both in person and by reading her emotionally brave and honest writings. My wife and I wrote the teacher’s guide for the powerhouse graphic novel adaptation of Speak (htt…
- 3 Important Questions Regarding “Success” in Schools – The Principal of Change
  
  As an adult, your version of what “success” looks like could and should be different from mine. But how “success” is often portrayed in society, can send a message to students that their success is not as valuable as the success of someone else.
- What Student Would NOT Find This New TED-Ed Video Interesting? – “The wild world of flesh-eating plants” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  MonikaP / Pixabay Here’s the latest lesson and video from TED-Ed:
- It’s No Surprise To Teachers, But Research Suggests That Most Benchmark Assessment Are Useless | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  What classroom teacher doesn’t hate those so-called benchmark assessments that districts often force us to give to students?
- Talk with Civilization Game Designer Soren Johnson | Gaming the Past
  
  Those studying historical games need to have more conversations with the designers and developers that actually make these games.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Braingenie – Math & Science Practice from CK-12
  
  Braingenie is a free service offered by the CK-12 Foundation. Braingenie provides online math and science practice activities for elementary, middle, and high school students. Braingenie’s library of activities is divided into nine sections and many…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Flippity’s Google Sheets Add-on is Back!
  
  On Monday I shared an update from Flippity about their Google Sheets add-on being broken and taken offline because the deprecation of the Goo.gl service. This morning I woke up to the news that Flippity’s Google Sheets add-on is back. Not only is it…
- Tomorrow’s Read Aloud: The RPG • Teched Up Teacher
  
  This post is written by Ivan Kaltman, a K-5 educator, Game-Based Learning advocate, and designer of Sydney’s World from New Jersey. Ivan is doing amazing work around video games and literacy. Here he describes how he is using video games to redefine…
- Mo Physics Mo Problems: Getting Started with Pear Deck
  
  Fighting the Inertia of a Traditional Classroom
- Forming the foundation for esports in NJ | Video | NJTV News
  
  Just like any sport tryouts, coaches are taking notes to see how players work together and individually. Parents are watching from the sidelines and students are competing on the field — only this is a virtual field.
- Grading is NOT Essential to the Instructional Process @tguskey – Teacher Tech
  
  I’m a fan of Thomas Guskey, I recommend you check out his books and other resources. I saw this tweet from a presentation he was giving on the July 24th, 2018 and I think it is worth reflecting on. Grading is NOT essential to the instructional proce…
- April 12th Is The “International Day of Human Space Flight” – Here Are Related Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  You can find all my “Best” lists related to planets and space here.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Synth Adds Podcast Moderation Features
  
  Synth is an excellent tool for creating short podcasts. In fact, it’s one of my picks for Best of the Web for the 2018-19 school year. But to call Synth a podcasting tool is a bit misleading because it is more than that.
- Curriculum Development: Start with Questions (Instead of Standards) – Reading By Example
  
  Boredom is a product of ignorance; the more we know about something, the more interesting it becomes. If you could teach your students anything you wanted tomorrow, what would it be? No standards need to be considered. Principals are giving you free…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Word Hippo – Convenient Source of Definitions, Antonyms, Translations, and More
  
  Word Hippo is a nice little tool that students can use to find definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and translations for words. The service also provides students with verb conjugation assistance, pronunciation assistance, and assistance with prefixes a…
- The Weather Channel’s Newest “Immersive Mixed Reality” Video Is On Climate Change | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  The Weather Channel regularly publishes pretty amazing “immersive mixed reality” videos related to climate, and I’ve previously shared them all here. Their newest one shows the impact of melting glaciers. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn Abo…
- See Beyond Behavior Podcast for Educators – Class Tech Tips
  
  Earlier this year consultant and author Torri Wright, reached out to share her new podcast, See Beyond Behavior. Are you following along with me on social media or on my email list? Then you know that podcasts have been front of mind for me this spr…
- Council Post: Five eSports Predictions: What Does The Year Hold For Companies And Developers?
  
  Andrew Paradise is the CEO and Founder of Skillz, the worldwide leader in mobile eSports, which was ranked #1 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list. Between League of Legends appearing in the Asian Games and worldwide phenomenon Fortnite dominating headlines, …
- Dear First Year Teacher, – The Everlasting Learner
  
  I often think back to my first year teaching and I’m going to be blunt… I see lots of worksheets, missed connections with students, and an extreme lack of confidence in myself. I am not embarrassed or ashamed by this as I am proud of who I have beco…
- Open Middle: Equivalent Fractions Activity – Teacher Tech
  
  I’m a troublemaker and have started giving busting out math problems at dinner when I’m over at someone’s house or if my kids bring friends over for dinner. Whoa to you if you say to me “I’m not good at math” or “I don’t like fractions.
- New TED-Ed Video: “Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  Angelo_Giordano / Pixabay I’m adding this new TED-Ed lesson and video to The Best Sites For Learning About Earthquakes:
- Free Technology for Teachers: The Most Dangerous Writing App – Great for Jumpstarting Creative Writing
  
  The Most Dangerous Writing App is a free service that is designed to force you to write without stopping for a preset amount of time. You can set your writing timer for as few as three minutes or as many as many as sixty minutes.
- Flippity.net: Easily Turn Google Spreadsheets into Flashcards and Other Cool Stuff
  
  Easily turn a Google spreadsheet into a set of online flashcards. Easily turn a Google spreadsheet into a trivia game show.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Important Information for Fans of Flippity
  
  Flippity is one my favorite Google Sheets add-ons. I probably refer people to it more than any other individual Google Sheets add-on. I do that because Flippity’s Google Sheets add-on provides twenty templates for making useful things within Google …
- 5 Ways Video Games Can Help Kids with Special Needs – GeekDad
  
  From communication to motor skills, learning through play is a wonderful motivator for kids with challenges. Communication Games that promote visual storytelling, social modeling, and language patterns can help kids with speaking, listening, and com…
- 2 questions about cheating, copying, and student ‘integrity’ | @mcleod | Dangerously Irrelevant
  
  We’re so quick to bemoan the lack of ethics in our students. They cheat. They copy. They take shortcuts on the work.
- Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Language Should Never Be A Barrier
  
  I recently returned from a trip to Paris, France where I attended a gathering with over 250 educators from across the world. In their respective countries, these educators were the best of the best; innovative, creative and focused on creating stude…
- Conversations – Microsoft Translator
  
  By using this site you agree to the use of cookies for analytics and personalised content. Learn more How this works 1. Start Click on “Start conversation”, log in and enter your name and language. 2.
- Amusing Monday: Eco-comedy videos have gotten edgier than ever | Watching Our Water Ways
  
  Amateur video producers seem to have grown darker and more intense in dealing with the topic of climate change — even when their task is to create a humorous video.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Seven Good Tools for Creating Word Clouds
  
  The popularity of word cloud generation tools seems to have declined from their peak of about six years ago. None-the-less they are still useful in providing students with a nice way to visualize the most frequently used words in a passage of text.
- 7 Ideas To Find Inspiration For New Blog Posts – The Edublogger
  
  There are two types of bloggers. One has a never-ending list of blog post ideas but just can’t find the time to write them all. The other wants to write more blog posts but is stuck for ideas.
- Ready-to-Use Curriculum for Global Student Connections – Class Tech Tips
  
  Collaboration and authentic audiences are two topics I frequently cover on the blog. And if you’ve read my book Tasks Before Apps you know that I value the power of collaboration and creation for an audience.
- Learn from Assessments? | All Things Assessment
  
  Consider an assessment you or your collaborative team recently gave in a grade level or course. All too often the data gathered from scored assessments are recorded in an electronic grade book and forgotten until it is time to generate report cards.
- On Your Feet Guide to The Station Rotation Model |
  
  Teachers plan on the go! As much as I enjoy reading books that help me to push my practice forward, I appreciate having quick and easy resources I can reference in the classroom.
- Free Technology for Teachers: A Few Good Resources for Earth Day Lessons
  
  Earth Day is a couple of weeks away. Here are a few resources that you might consider incorporating into your Earth Day lesson plans. I’ll be sharing more resources later this week. ARMAP is a comprehensive resource of interactive, online maps of Ar…
- Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Limit Tech Use to A Communal Area
  
  Youth need privacy for healthy growth, development, and to work through ideas. Yet in these monitoring-obsessed days of child-rearing, privacy is often thrown to the side in exchange for surveillance.
- A Principal’s Reflections: 5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning
  
  Education can seem like a balancing act between what we as adults feel is essential and what interests our learners. The struggle is real as the former is sometimes emphasized as a result of a school or district’s focus.
- Missouri: Why Fund More Charter Failures? | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a powerful editorial in opposition to the expansion of charters into the suburbs. They are currently limited to Missouri’s two biggest cities, St. Louis and Kansas City.
- Chalkbeat: Attending a Selective High School Does NOT Confer Advantage | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  This is a story that made me happy. I graduated from a non-selective, open admissions public high school in Houston. It was untracked (but unfortunately it was racially segregated like all schools in Houston because I graduated in 1956).

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

April 7, 2019 by educatoral tagged ar, diigo, edreform, EdTech, gamification, links, resources, vr | Leave a comment

Here are last week’s selection of amazing blog posts:

- Mo Physics Mo Problems: Pear Deck, Quizlet, GimKit Appsmash
  
  An going from Pear Deck Vocabulary to Gimkit via Quizlet
- Critical Thinking Curriculum for Current Events | Current events for the curious classroom
  
  Thinkalong is a web-based learning program that uses resources from PBS, NPR, and other public media stations to engage middle and high school students in discussions about current events.
- RECIPE: to Make Teachers & Parents “Sick”
  
  According to the Tennessean, Lovell quickly gained a reputation as a party boy in Nashville. At a legislative reception, “he was seen visibly intoxicated…dropping cash on the floor as he spoke with the women tending bar.
- Choose Your Own Adventures with Google Forms – Mari Venturino
  
  Technology can take us on adventures, far and wide! Where will you go? I love working with teachers from all over the country, and helping them find meaningful ways to integrate technology into their classroom. So often, I come in for a day or a cou…
- Test Corrections Review and Standards Based Tools – Classroom Powerups
  
  A few weeks ago I wrote about an “Enhancing Multiple Choice” questions with a graphic organizer that forces students to really think about the information contained in the question.
- Seven Myths Keeping Teachers from Implementing Creative Projects – John Spencer
  
  Every year, I ask my pedagogy students about their most memorable learning experience as a student. Inevitably, it involves a creative project. These were the moments when learning stuck and often it was when they fell in love with the subject.
- Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Coding the Musical
  
  Coding, the Musical is a free iOS designed for girls ages 4-8. This is a fun way to introducing Coding/Programming to young students by creating their own musical through logical thinking and sequencing.
- Let’s Make Assessment Personal: Building Students’ Personal Efficacy | All Things Assessment
  
  Many experts define personal efficacy as, “the confidence or strength of belief that our capabilities can lead to goal attainment and realized achievement” (John Hattie 2015 et al.).
- Free Technology for Teachers: How to Make Interactive Videos
  
  For many years I helped teachers and students use YouTube’s annotations tool to create series of interactive or choose-your-own-adventure videos. Unfortunately, YouTube discontinued that service about eighteen months ago.
- Free Technology for Teachers: A Chrome Extension for Clutter-free Reading and Printing
  
  Mercury Reader is a Chrome extension that removes sidebar content from articles that you view in your Chrome web browser. It will hide banner ads, suggested “related” articles, and anything else that is not a part of the primary article on the page …
- Free Technology for Teachers: Questions to Ask When Planning a Classroom Video Project
  
  Making videos can be a great way to get students excited and invested in the process of researching a topic and presenting their findings for others to see. But before you dive headlong into a video project with your students take some time consider…
- The Importance of Value and Purpose – The Principal of Change
  
  I have discussed the importance of relationships in education and see them as the core of excellent teaching and learning.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Assassinated 51 Years Ago Today – Here Are Related Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 51 years ago today.
- classroom-strategies-to-encourage-participation-and-learner-agency
  
  Every classroom has a few eager students who always participate and a less enthusiastic majority content to sit back.
- 10-tools-for-effective-peer-feedback-in-the-classroom
- California: The Latest Charter Reform Is Unlikely to Change Much | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  When the California Teachers Association and the California Charter School Association stand side-by-side to applaud a law about charters, you have to wonder who wrote the law and whether it will rein in charter corruption.
- Free Technology for Teachers: How to Share Google Slides via QR Code
  
  Earlier this week I published a video and blog post about how to share Google Forms through QR codes. In response to that video a follower of my Facebook page asked for some help sharing Google Slides presentations via QR code.
- 10-ideas-for-digital-end-of-semester-final-projects
- Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create QR Codes for Google Forms
  
  Now that Google has shutdown Goo.gl many people have been looking for a new way to create QR codes for Google Forms. Goo.gl was convenient because you could shorten a URL and get a QR code in one place. My recommendation now for making a QR code for…
- Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: What you Need to Know about K-12 Fundraising Tech
  
  Almost all parents, teachers, and administrators at K-12 schools have been involved in school fundraising efforts, often trying out many different types in search of the right fit.
- Phaser – A fast, fun and free open source HTML5 game framework
- Free Technology for Teachers: Poetry Comics from Make Beliefs Comix
  
  April is National Poetry Month. Last week, I shared a couple of Read Write Think resources for helping students create theme poems and shape poems. Those are good resources if your classroom is 1:1. If not, you might want to take a look at the print…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Google Slides Now Has Native Support for Audio! Finally!
  
  For years Google Slides users have wanted to be able to add audio to their slides. There have been Chrome extensions that would do it and there are some other hacks that do work, but they always felt like trying to play a cassette tape on CD player.
- Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Commaful
  
  Commaful is a fun site for digital storytelling that I just found out about from Shelly Terrell. Commaful is simple to use and lets a user select a background/gif or upload their own and then type over it. Once finished, it generates a link allow us…
- NewseumED’s Foolproof Guide to Media Literacy |
  
  Our students are inundated with media, but how many of them are able to differentiate between a news article and an opinion piece or recognize bias in the media? I would argue this is a critical skill we need to be teaching in schools to ensure that…
- MERGE EDU Platform – Day 31 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Help Kids Build Financial Literacy This Year – Class Tech Tips
  
  As educators, we spend time thinking about how to best prepare students for the future. During my time as a teacher, I tried my best to make connections between content in our math curriculum and the world outside of our classroom.
- 3-innovative-ways-to-use-microsoft-edu-in-your-classroom
- A Principal’s Reflections: Feedback Should Be a Dialogue, Not a Monologue
  
  Feedback can bring people together in the pursuit of a shared goal. Criticism, on the other hand, can drive people apart. In many situations going with the former is the better course of action.
- Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Increase Screen Time to Increase Literacy Proficiency
  
  Like it or not, educators and parents of young schoolchildren know (or will soon find out) the rigorous literacy demands being placed on students today. A friend shared she was surprised by the reading level and number of books her six-year-old was …
- 3 Tips on Dealing with “Teacher-Stress” – The Principal of Change
  
  There are a lot of tweets on Twitter, or things heard at conferences or in staff rooms, that can make educators feel guilty about how they do their job.
- To Boost Learning, Just Add Movement | Cult of Pedagogy
  
  This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. If you were to start singing “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider” right now, I bet you’d have a…
- Your Feel-Good, Recovery Day Workout | MyFitnessPal
  
  Instead of skipping exercise altogether on your day off from training, try doing a light, easy and low-impact workout because it can actually speed your recovery.

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

April 2, 2019 by educatoral tagged ar, diigo, edreform, EdTech, gamification, links, resources, vr | Leave a comment

Here are last week’s great selection of blog posts:

- Apollo 11 – Day 30 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Free Technology for Teachers: Six G Suite Updates You Might Have Missed in March
  
  Every month Google rolls out new features for G Suite and many of their other products. Some of those updates are irrelevant for teachers and students while others can have a direct impact on how teachers and students use their favorite Google produ…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Math Keyboard and More Updates to Microsoft Forms
  
  Microsoft Forms doesn’t get as much coverage on this blog as Google Forms, but that doesn’t mean that Microsoft Forms doesn’t have some great features. In fact, it has some features that I wish Google would add to Google Forms. In March Microsoft ad…
- Celebrate Earth Hour tonight by taking time to discuss the future | Watching Our Water Ways
  
  Earth Hour, which celebrates the connections among people throughout the world, happens tonight between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. local time, when participants turn off their lights for an hour.
- Sketchnoting in the Classroom
- Don’t Teach Math the “Smart Way” – dy/dan
  
  Smartness and mathematics have an unhealthy relationship. If you have been successful in math, by public consensus, you must be smart. If you have been successful in the humanities, you may also be smart but we cannot really be sure about that now c…
- Free Technology for Teachers: There’s a Poem for That! – Lessons for National Poetry Month
  
  April is National Poetry Month. Earlier this week I shared a couple of Read Write Think poetry activities that you can use in elementary school. For those who teach middle school and high school language arts, I recommend taking a look at TED-Ed’s p…
- Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Resources for Teaching and Learning About the Science of Baseball
  
  The Major League Baseball season started yesterday. The Yankees won, boo! The Red Sox lost, double boo! If you have students who are as excited as I am about the start of the baseball season, try to capitalize on that enthusiasm with one of the foll…
- Tech-Savvy Tip: Make Bookmarks into Icons – NCCE’s Tech Savvy Teacher Blog
  
  Jason is a NCCE Tech-Savvy Teacher in Residence at blogs regularly at the NCCE blog. Jason is the first curriculum director of the Montana Digital Academy, Montana’s state virtual school.
- Mo Physics Mo Problems: Where to Start with Podcasts for Professional Development
  
  Fighting the Inertia of a Traditional Classroom
- Mo Physics Mo Problems: Why Podcasts for PD?
  
  Fighting the Inertia of a Traditional Classroom
- My Education Superpower • Teched Up Teacher
  
  In an interview last week, I was asked what my education superpower was. As I sent off my answer, I realized I’ve never formally written about my education superpower. This is surprising because my education superpower forms the basis of what I beli…
- RoundMe – Day 28 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Why I’m Moving on from XP Grading: The Problem of “Grinding” – Classroom Powerups
  
  Ever since I can remember I have been playing Madden football games. It was one of the video games that my best friend and I bonded over in high school.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Change the Appearance of Any Page With Mozilla’s X-Ray Goggles
  
  During the Best of the Web webinar that I hosted yesterday I mentioned Mozilla’s X-Ray Goggles product. It’s a great tool that lets you see the code behind any web page and change that code to display anything that you want in place of the original …
- Free Technology for Teachers: Weebly vs. Google Sites
  
  One of the questions that I am frequently asked revolves around selecting a platform for making a classroom website. There are two tools for that purpose that I recommend more than any others. Those are Weebly and Google Sites.
- Google Apps: Disable Adding Collaborators – Teacher Tech
  
  This might only be an Alice problem, but when you share Google Apps with users outside of your domain there is a chance that the other domain can hijack your document. It’s a glitch but it’s pretty rare to happen so it’s not a priority to be fixed.
- The Reasons Why Gamification Works | Inside Feedier
  
  It seems that in the past few years every company that has an app or is looking into including one into their business strategy has only one word in mind – gamification.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Google Earth and Maps Lessons for Five Subject Areas
  
  Google Earth and Google Maps are two of my favorite educational technology tools that often are seen as only being useful for geography or history lessons. While they are good for lessons in those subjects, Google Earth and Google Maps can be used f…
- Exit Tickets
- Free Technology for Teachers: Check Out the Periodic Table of iOS 12 Apps for Education
  
  Mark Anderson, known as ICT Evangelist on Twitter, recently published a handy guide to educational iPad apps that are updated for iOS 12. The guide is arranged in periodic table format. Rather than featuring elements, the table features iPad apps.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Langscape – An Interactive Map of Languages
  
  Langscape is an interactive map created at the Maryland Language Science Center. The Langscape interactive map displays more than 6,000 markers representing more than 6,000 languages. Each marker represents the native language of that location.
- Code a Google Calendar Event from Google Forms – Teacher Tech
  
  For my Coding Google Forms workshop I thought it would be super easy to make a tutorial on how to have people sign up for something on a Google Form with a Date and Time and then create a Google Calendar event.
- Snagit: Screen Capture and GIF Maker – Teacher Tech
  
  One thing I use every day and can not live without is Snagit. Snagit allows you to take screenshots, annotate the screenshots, screen record video, and wicked easy create animated GIF’s. The screenshots in my books and on my blog are from Snagit.
- Augmented Reality Lesson Spotlight: Bring Nutrition to Life – Class Tech Tips
  
  The cool factor behind augmented reality might grab the attention of students at first glance, but can this technology really change the way students interact with content in their classroom? Making teaching and learning relevant and engaging for st…
- The Week. It’s the 2019 version of our favorite Weekly Reader that your kids need | History Tech
  
  I spent the majority of my grade school years at Alta Brown Elementary School in Garden City, America, working on my three Rs.
- A Student in Kansas Writes about How Standardized Testing Makes Her Feel | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  Kevin Bosworth, a teacher at Olathe East High School in Olathe, Kansas, wrote to tell me about a class discussion of grades and tests. A student shared her poem with the class, and Kevin shared it with me. The reformers and disrupters now say they a…
- Throw Out Your Office Referral; Circle Up Instead – Hack Learning
  
  Traditional discipline calls for rules and consequences, detentions, suspensions, and other carrots and sticks. Most teachers and school leaders know this ancient system does not work.
- A Few More Steps Toward a Successful Reading Experience for All – Pernille Ripp
  
  Voting ends for the Global Read Aloud 2019 in two days. In two days, they will be tallied, I will sit and ponder, feel the gravity of the decision and finally, at some point, make it official. The weight of it is sometimes paralyzing.
- Mo Physics Mo Problems
  
  Fighting the Inertia of a Traditional Classroom
- Wonderscope – Day 26 of #31DayofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Jose Luis Vilson: NYC’s Exam for Specialized High Schools Is Racist | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  New York City has a peculiar high school admissions system. To gain admission to the city’s five most elite high schools, one must excel on a highly competitive examination called the Secondary High School Admissions Test. Nothing else counts but th…
- Bombshell Report: Congress Wastes Nearly $1 Billion on Defunct Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  This year, Congress handed out $440 million to charter schools, many of which will never open or quickly close. Trump and DeVos want to increase the annual sum to $500 million. The Washington Post covered the findings. Valerie Strauss writes:
- Which Marvel Films You Should Watch in Preparation for ‘Avengers: Endgame’ – GeekDad
  
  It’s been eleven years and twenty-one films. Next month, we’ll be closing out the final phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Maybe you’ve seen all of the films and you’re interested in a quick refresher before heading into the finale.
- 5 ways to use adobe spark
- 100 Free Writing Prompts for Middle Grades – By John Spencer
  
  Over 100 visual and video writing prompts for grades 6-8. One of the best aspects of being a teacher is watching students go from saying, “I hate writing,” to being so passionate about writing that they refuse to stop when the bell rings. In these m…
- Transactional vs. Transformational Teaching |
  
  The more I learn about leadership, the more convinced I am that teachers need leadership training in credential school. We create a culture in our classrooms, establish norms and routines, and seek to influence our students.
- Philadelphia: It Takes Years and Millions to Close Failing Charter Schools and the Public Pays for Everything | Diane Ravitch’s blog
  
  Lisa Haver, Parent Activist in Philadelphia, writes here about how it takes years and millions of dollars to close failing charter schools. The public must pay the cost of challenging the charter and pay the cost of defending the charter. The charte…
- Conference Archive Is Up! | CUNY Games Network
  
  The CUNY Games Network is pleased to announce that all archival materials from CGC 2019 (proceedings, photos, etc.) are now posted. To view the archive, visit https://ift.tt/2CBPnh6 Special shoutout to Rob Duncan for taking the lead on this task.
- Madelyn Knight, MediaWise teen fact checker, on how she analyzes news
  
  Editor’s note: Madelyn Knight, 18, is a senior at Southport High School in Indianapolis and is the editor-in-chief of the school news magazine, The Journal. She was recently awarded the 2019 Indiana High School Journalist of the Year by the Indiana …
- Google Classroom: Email Student Work Summary – Teacher Tech
  
  You can access the individual student view of their “Your Work” page by clicking on their name on the People tab. Tip: Use Control F to find the student’s name in the roster.
- VR and Empathy: Tread Carefully | iThrive Games Foundation
  
  Contributors to this article were Michelle Bertoli, MA (director of content for iThrive Games), Kelli Dunlap, PsyD (game developer, psychologist, and research consultant for iThrive Games), and Susan Rivers, PhD (executive director and chief scienti…
- How To Share Pictures of Student Work with Spark Page – Class Tech Tips
  
  This year one of my most popular posts was all about the curation of teacher resources. Setting up a system to keep all of your links and favorites organized is essential.
- 360 Camera – Day 24 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- www.irex.org
- Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Innovative Tips to Share with Parents in a Minute from @WNETeducation
  
  Innovative educators know the importance of family outreach. They also understand that to build a strong relationship with parents, there needs to be plenty of positive and useful contact made for busy families. To help with that WNET Education has …
- ML_game_en
- The Shake Up Learning Show | Shake Up Learning
  
  The Shake Up Learning Show, a new podcast hosted by Kasey Bell from Shake Up Learning, launches on March 26, 2019. WHAT: The Shake Up Learning Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Kasey Bell.

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

March 25, 2019 by educatoral tagged ar, diigo, EdTech, gamification, history, links, resources, sschat, vr | Leave a comment

Here are some great blog posts from last week:

- 4D Anatomy – Day 23 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- It’s World Water Day – Here Are Some New Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  congerdesign / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About World Water Day: You will find more infographics at Statista
- Report examines origins and nature of ‘maths anxiety’ – UKEdChat
  
  A report out examined the factors that influence ‘maths anxiety’ among primary and secondary school students, showing that teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child’s development of the condition, and that girls tend to be more a…
- Experimenting with Social Reading | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog
  
  Example: I started documenting My (and mother’s) Life as a Reader (2010) across time (2016). It might be time to post a 2019 update soon… The notion of traditional literacy is changing in front of our eyes. It intrigues me to experiment with new for…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Introduction to AR & VR in Education
  
  Worlds Are Colliding: Introduction to AR & VR in Education was my first presentation of the day today at the 2019 MACUL Conference. This presentation has been updated a bit since I gave it four weeks ago at a conference in Vancouver, B.C.
- Free Technology for Teachers: From Basic to Advanced Video Projects for Almost Every Classroom
  
  My last presentation of the day the 2019 MACUL Conference was 5 Video Projects for Almost Every Classroom. Before the presentation started I introduced those who came early to cell phone crashing.
- Manifest Destiny – The Story of The US Told In 141 Maps
- How to Implement Game-Based Learning in the Classroom
  
  Many teachers struggle to smoothly incorporate games into lessons due to time and logistical issues, yet see game-based learning (GBL) as a way to engage students and appeal to diverse learning styles. Research has continuously shown such advantages.
- Hear the world’s first genderless AI voice speak
  
  Voice assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa are women rather than men.
- Classcraft Officially Certified as B Corp. | Tech & Learning
  
  Classcraft Engagement Management System for schools announced today it has been officially certified as a B Corp.
- Hands on: There need to be more games like Civilization VI on iPad
  
  “Civilization VI” is one of a the few games that debuted on iPad with feature parity to the Mac and Windows versions. After playing the game for the past eight months on our iPad, we’ve come to the conclusion we need more of this caliber game on iOS.
- Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch
- There’s Always a Late Penalty: Social Costs of Missing Due Dates – Classroom Powerups
  
  Just to be clear. I have bought into the argument that lateness is a behavior and that grades are a measure of content knowledge or skills mastery not behavior. If the skill or content mastery is displayed after an artificial deadline the student ha…
- Multiple Choice Enhancement: An Update – Classroom Powerups
  
  Yesterday I wrote about using an enhanced Multiple Choice technique inspired by Blake Harvard and Andrew Kozlowsky. The concept worked very well. I used this as an opening pre-assessment for my Civil Rights Unit.
- Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Ways to Blend Technology Into Outdoor Lessons – Slides
  
  Today, at the 2019 MACUL Conference I gave three presentations. The second of those presentations was 5 Ways to Blend Technology Into Outdoor Lessons. This is a topic that combines two things that I enjoy, educational technology and being outdoors.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Resources & Ideas for Classroom Podcasting
  
  The first presentation that I gave today at the 2019 MACUL Conference was all about podcasting. In the presentation I shared some research about the benefits of students producing podcasts. And as you might expect, I shared some tools and strategies…
- Virtual Reality Gets Social With the Nintendo Labo: VR Kit – GeekDad
  
  Earlier this week, GeekMom Corrina and I made another pilgrimage to NYC to check out the latest from Nintendo of America. This time our big city adventure included an introduction to the newest product in the Labo line, the Nintendo Labo: VR Kit.
- VirtualSpeech – Day 21 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- How to Plan an AWESOME Book Study! | Shake Up Learning
  
  Book studies are a great way to level up your professional learning! I get a lot of questions about different ways to run book studies for educators, how to choose a book, what tools to use, and how to keep your group engaged.
- tech-like-a-pirate-use-tech-to-make-learning-come-alive
- Free Technology for Teachers: A New Way to Add Images to Google Sheets
  
  Frequent Google Sheets users got a bit of welcome news yesterday. Google has added a new way to insert images into Google Sheets. Previously, the only images that you could add into a cell were those that were hosted online and publicly available fo…
- Badass Teachers Association Blog: Pulling Back the Curtains on Privilege in Education
  
  The recent Varsity Blues college admission scandal is merely a glimpse into the inequities of a rigged system that marginalizes millions of our youth and perpetuates the destruction of what was once known as “The American Dream.
- WDR AR – Day 20 | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
  
  I’m thrilled to provide the #31DaysofARVRinEDU event! Each day in March will include an augmented (AR) or virtual reality (VR) resource to bring into the classroom. The app I am sharing with you today has literally brought me to tears.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Short Lessons for the Arrival of Spring
  
  The first chickadees and ducks of the spring have started to arrive in my neighborhood. Aside from the calendar, hearing the birds reminds us all that spring is almost here. If you’re tired of winter and looking for some spring-themed lesson ideas, …
- How to Lead Conversations About Media Use with Students – Class Tech Tips
  
  From consumers to creators, students of all ages interact with media both inside and outside of the classroom. What does responsible, healthy media use look like? And how do we provide students with opportunities to reflect on the way they use media…
- FAQs On Converting Flash To HTML5 – e-Learning Infographics
  
  With Flash becoming defunct by the end of 2020; to retain your valuable eLearning courses, convert Flash to HTML5.
- Multiple Choice Enhancement: Inspiration from @effortfuleduktr and @MrKoz31 – Classroom Powerups
  
  We are at the time of year where Multiple Choice Tests are on my mind. My South Carolina US History students are wrapping up their actual class and are moving into End of Course (EOC) Examination Mode.
- Google Street View – Day 19 | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Socrates
  
  Socrates is an innovate new site where educators can seamlessly differentiate instruction for each student through a unique game based learning system.
- Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: EDpuzzle
  
  EDpuzzle the world’s leading tool for “flipping” a classroom or lesson has been hard at work w/ new features and updates to make it easier and even better for teacher to integrate in their classroom.
- Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Kidaha
  
  Kidaha is an excellent site for students, parents, or educators to find clip art. This is ideal for students looking for educational clip art for school or for teachers looking for just the right type of art for their classroom or lesson.
- the-changing-face-of-pd
- Free Technology for Teachers: Pixabay Add-in for Word – A Quick Way to Add Images to Documents
  
  Pixabay has been one of my go-to sources of high-quality images for years. The images on Pixabay are in the public domain which makes them perfect for all kinds of classroom projects. You can download the pictures for free from the Pixabay website.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Save Time by Creating Templates for Your Blog Posts
  
  One of the reasons that I frequently hear given for not updating classroom or school blogs on a regular basis is “it takes too much time.” If you’re not in the habit of writing blog posts on a regular schedule it can take a lot of energy to get the …
- Free Technology for Teachers: How to Add Emojis to Word Documents – And How to Use Them in a Lesson
  
  Last summer Tony Vincent helped me see emojis as more than just annoying symbols that people use in text messages and social media posts. He did that with a slick graphic that he created and shared on Twitter.
- Why Choose Edublogs? Learn how teachers, students, and schools can publish online
  
  We know many Edublogs users have introduced their colleagues to the platform in a staff meeting, team meeting, or professional development session. Some educators also like to give parents an overview of Edublogs during parent information evenings o…
- Catchy Words AR – Day 18 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: ThinkingApp
  
  ThinkingApp is an innovative Chrome plugin/extension for keeping track of how long students spend on websites for assignments using Google Docs.
- Video: “Truth or Fake 2019: Four tips for detecting fake news online” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  pixel2013 / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from FRANCE 24 English The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More:
- The Power of Common Formative Assessments | All Things Assessment
  
  Many researchers have identified formative assessment as one of the more powerful practices to raise student achievement (Black & Wiliam, 1998; Hattie, 2009). When speaking of its power, we often compare formative assessment to summative assessment …
- Race to Ratify is latest awesome iCivics game that you should be playing right now. | History Tech
  
  I got the chance over the last few days to spend time with tons of social studies gurus and learn tons of new stuff at the National Council for History Education conference in Washington DC. Thanks to Dr.
- Climate Sense: Sharing a little optimism about climate change | Watching Our Water Ways
  
  One of the most optimistic stories I’ve read — and listened to — about climate change comes from Dan Charles, National Public Radio’s food and agriculture reporter.
- Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Simple Guide to Analyzing Media with Key Questions from @MediaLiteracyEd
  
  · 4 #EdTech Blogs to Bookmark · 9 Must Read Blogs for Innovative Teachers · 10 Digital Citizenship Bloggers to Follow · 10 Education blogs worth following – eSchool News · 11 Ed Tech Bloggers to Follow · 20 Best Blogs in Instructional Technology · 2…
- Rubric Repair: 5 Changes that Get Results | Cult of Pedagogy
  
  In my 20-year career as an administrator, I’ve had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall in hundreds of classrooms across grade levels and content areas.
- Classroom Games and Tech – Ed-Tech to Engage and Inspire: Quick Image Effects Without Green Screen
  
  Who needs a green screen for image effects?Here’s a simple process for making fun composite images using Google Slides and remove.bg. This can come in handy for making comics. (I’ve written about the comic creation process in many posts such as this…
- Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog: With Declining Orcas and Salmon, Why Do We Allow the Shellfish Industry to Poison Our Coastal Waters With Herbicides and Pesticides?
  
  Our Orca killer whales and Chinook salmon represent the environmental legacy of our region. Their health and viability are important measures of the quality of our environmental stewardship of the region. And sadly both are in decline.
- Magicplan – Day 17 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Fun Web Games & Resources to Help ELLs with Typing and Spelling – ESL Library Blog

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

March 17, 2019 by educatoral tagged ar, diigo, EdTech, links, resources, science, vr | Leave a comment

Here are this week’s past blog posts:

- A framework for teaching American slavery – from Teaching Tolerance | History Tech
  
  After a quick six hour visit to the the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture yesterday, it just made sense to stop in at the #NCHE2019 session by Maureen Cotello. director of Teaching Tolerance.
- Experience Real History – Day 16 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Classroom Games and Tech – Ed-Tech to Engage and Inspire: Boomwriter for Engaging Collaborative Writing
  
  Boomwriter is not new, but I hadn’t used it with a class until recently. I am presenting a session about collaborative storytelling at the MACUL conference this week, so I asked our middle school Creative Writing teacher if she’d be willing to let m…
- The Problem with Growth Mindset | chronotope
  
  It is difficult to think of an idea in the recent educational past that has had as much traction as growth mindset. In researching this topic, I set a Google alert and was genuinely surprised at the amount of articles dedicated to, or referencing it…
- YouTube – Day 15 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
  
  I’m thrilled to provide the #31DaysofARVRinEDU event! Each day in March will include an augmented (AR) or virtual reality (VR) resource to bring into the classroom. If you’re looking for a way to bring 360 video content into your classroom, you have…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Now You Can Download Your Synth Podcasts
  
  Synth is a free podcasting tool that I’ve been recommending since its launch last fall. It provides a simple way to create short podcasts that people can reply to with their own audio comments. Think of it kind of like Flipgrid for audio.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Are You Being Phished? – A Lesson from Google
  
  Phishing Quiz With Google is an online activity for testing your ability to identify phishing emails. The activity begins when you enter a fake name and fake email address of your choosing. You will then see a series of emails that are addressed to …
- Videos & Articles About Today’s Student Strike Demanding Action On Climate Change | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  School climate strikes draw thousands to the streets in cities around the globe is from The Washington Post. Students stage global protest to speak out on climate change inaction is a photo gallery from the Boston Globe.
- History and Games Links – October 2018 to March 2019 | Gaming the Past
  
  Life has a way of rushing by; here we are, and there’s been no history and games links post since mid 2018. Needless to say; this is a long one.
- New Forms of Reading and Writing | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog
  
  As I am coaching teachers in learning how to learn and teach FOR the 22nd century, I realize that the gap between being able to read traditional forms of information, communications materials in geneal and reading on new platforms, in new genres and…
- Planning Sequences of Lessons – The Reflective Educator
  
  How do you plan a succession of lessons for a maths topic, say multiplication or division? As it turns out, I’ve spent the last 4 years planning sequences of lessons as part of the curriculum work I do with a team of math specialists, so I have some…
- Moatboat – Day 14 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- How We Express Ourselves: Making a Museum in a Box – iLearn Technology
  
  In the last eight years, my posting habits have become pretty sparse, to say the least. Starting and running a school…it’s a lot. It keeps me busy and thoroughly exhausted. I miss it. I miss the cadence of posting regularly and interacting with my e…
- Making cutting edge science accessible to kids | Tanya Dimitrova | TEDxLinz – YouTube
  
  Most scientific research is conducted and reported in specialized academic journals in a language accessible only to professional adult scientists. But what if a kid wanted to learn about the latest scientific discoveries? After all, kids have the r…
- Experiences of nature boost children’s learning: Critical review finds cause-and-effect relationship | College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences :: University of Illinois
  
  URBANA, Ill. – Spending time in nature boosts children’s academic achievement and healthy development, concludes a new analysis examining hundreds of studies.
- Selective Outrage: Revisiting the Atlanta School Cheating Scandal – Have You Heard
  
  In March of 2013, thirty five Atlanta educators, all of them Black, were charged with racketeering and conspiracy for allegedly changing student answers on standardized tests from wrong to right. The teachers were accused of the worst-possible wrong…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Three Pi Day Video Lessons
  
  Today is Pi Day! March 14 or 3/14. Six years ago Numberphile published a couple of good videos about Pi. I shared them then and I think it’s time to share them again. Pi with real pies is a three minutes and fourteen seconds video that explains Pi a…
- Live Long and Prosper…: Opposing Mediocre Minds: Einstein on Education
  
  Today, March 14 is Pi day (3.14) and the birthday (#140) of Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein is remembered as the physicist who developed the theories of special, and general relativity.
- The Best Videos For Celebrating Pi Day | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  What is Pi Day? Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.
- Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog: The Other Convergence Zone
  
  Much of western Washington was dry today, but there was one exception: a band of persistent precipitation extending southeastward from near Victoria towards Snohomish County(see radar images this morning around 6-7 AM) As a result, there has been he…
- Free Technology for Teachers: How to Make Appointment Slots in Google Calendar
  
  All of this week I’m working with teachers in a charter school to help them improve their use of educational technology. Throughout the week I’m meeting with teachers individual and in small groups. To schedule the meetings I created appointment slo…
- ditchthattextbook.com
- Free Technology for Teachers: Where On Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego? – A Great Geography Game
  
  The theme song for Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is an earworm for those of us who grew up in the 80’s or early 90’s. And thanks to Google’s new partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, we can now share the fun of Where in the World is C…
- Google Tour Creator – Day 13 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
  
  \n”},”domain”:”arvrinedu.com”,”name”:”HubSpot”}],”pageList”:{“pages”:[{“pageId”:”hcqb2″,”title”:”Videos”,”pageUriSEO”:”videos”,”pageJsonFileName”:”879cdc_37372fe2d4f192ff74d1e8020cb0010d_202.
- “Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?” Is A Neat New Geography Game | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego? is a fun new game from Google. You travel around the world to famous landmarks and interview “witnesses.” It’s pretty accessible, and I think would work for Intermediate English Language Learners in a Geogr…
- The Perception of Fairness – Gamified UK – #Gamification Expert
  
  Coin Master. Have you played it? I have. It’s currently the top grossing game on mobiles. If you have not played it, it’s a fruit/slot machine. You put virtual money in, spin the reels and possibly win more money.
- Control Alt Achieve: Graph a Pi-Line Skyline with Google Sheets
  
  Pi Day is March 14th each year (since the date is 3/14 and Pi starts out with 3.14). As a previous middle school math teacher, this is always a fun day to be a math nerd, do Pi-themed educational activities, and of course eat some real pie!
- Free Technology for Teachers: Three Hands-on Pi Day Lessons
  
  Tomorrow is Pi Day. If you’re looking from some Pi Day activities to do with your students, take a look at the following three activities available on Exploratorium’s Science Snacks site. I have provided brief summaries of each activity below.
- Automating Question Creation with AI and Quillionz – Class Tech Tips
  
  What does it look like to check for understanding with digital tools? Manual question generation is definitely time-consuming. Although there are times when you’ll want to customize, tweak and make your own questions for students, there is a new too…
- Tips For Implementing Blended Learning – e-Learning Infographics
  
  Blended learning is one of the most popular training solutions in organizations today. And for many reasons. But how you do know what should go where? After all, both are highly effective.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Eat & Move-o-Matic Encourages Healthy Eating and Exercise
  
  Eat & Move-o-Matic by the Learning Labs Game at New Mexico State University is a free iPad app intended to help teachers and students get a better understanding of the impact of their food choices. Eat & Move-o-Matic is based on a simple premise. Th…
- 3DBear – Day 12 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Free Technology for Teachers: Pi Day Programming Lessons
  
  Tynker is a service that offers programming lessons for elementary school and middle school students. I published a full overview of the service a couple of days ago. You can read that overview here.
- A Lever and a Place to Stand: Quitters Never Win . . . Or Do They?
  
  About a month ago, I tweeted what you see on the right. In a period of a couple of weeks, I watched people I respected quit things that appeared dear to them. It left me wondering how people know when to quit, especially because I practically never …
- Free Online PDF Tools for Educators – Class Tech Tips
  
  I’m always on the lookout for new EdTech tools to share with educators. So when the folks at PDF Candy reached out to me this winter, I was ready to learn more about their website. They provide a platform that is totally free and helps you accomplis…
- Nerdy Shop Talk Videocast | Usable Learning
  
  So it’s been pretty quiet here on the blog, but that’s because we have been hard at work on several different things. Tracy Parish and I are starting a new videocast series in conjunction with the Elearning Guild, called Nerdy Shop Talk.
- The Dark Secret of the Timer: a Goose Chase App Case Study – Classroom Powerups
  
  A couple weeks ago my school decided to celebrate Read Across America with a rumpus of a competition using the Goose Chase App.
- AR VR Molecules Editor – Day 11 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
  
  I’m thrilled to provide the #31DaysofARVRinEDU event! Each day in March will include an augmented (AR) or virtual reality (VR) resource to bring into the classroom. I ran across this resource when I received a request by Deanne Polean for one of he…
- NetSafe – Planet Nutshell
  
  This content was produced in collaboration with Utah Education Network.
- The physics of surfing – Nick Pizzo | TED-Ed
- Free Technology for Teachers: Three Good Mobile Blogging Activities for Students
  
  One of my favorite uses of iPads, Android tablets, and cell phones is mobile blogging. Blogging apps make it possible for students to record their observations and those of others from almost anywhere.
- “Real-World” Math Is Everywhere or It’s Nowhere – dy/dan
  
  Amare is looking at these 16 parabolas. Her partner Geoff has chosen one and she has to figure out which one by asking yes-or-no questions. There are lots of details here. She’s trying to focus on the ones that matter. The color of the parabola does…
- Control Alt Achieve: 15 More Instant Google Searches for You and your Students
  
  The idea is that when you do a Google search, sometimes Google goes above and beyond the normal list of search results and provides instant search cards at the top of the page.
- Flipped Classroom 101: Challenges, Benefits & Design Tips |
  
  The flipped classroom model shifts the transfer of information online and moves practice and application into the classroom. Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework.
- 13 Mistakes You’re Making When Cooking Eggs — Cool Infographics
  
  infographic from The Online Grill helps solve some of the head scratching cooking issues to the staple breakfast food. This is actually an older infographic, and it looks like their original post got lost during a website upgrade. You can see it her…
- Space Station Academy Virtual Mission for Students – Class Tech Tips
  
  Do you want to send your students on a space mission? Engaging students in the STEM classroom can include a variety of strategies. Making connections to experiences and careers outside the classroom is a great way to show students their coursework i…
- Standards-Based Grading: A Million Little Things | All Things Assessment
  
  Currently, one of my favorite television shows is A Million Little Things on ABC.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Nature Sound Map – Explore the Sounds of Nature
  
  Nature Sound Map provides a neat way to explore the soundscape of the natural world. On the Nature Sound Map you will find placemarks containing recordings of nature. The recordings have been added to the project by professional sound recorders.
- Free Technology for Teachers: More Than 3500 Free Civics Lessons
  
  60 Second Civics has long been one of my go-to resources for lessons on U.S. civics and government. 60 Second Civics is a daily podcast produced by the Center for Civic Education. Each 60 Second Civics episode offers a short lesson about US Civics.
- Curiscope – Day 10 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
  
  \n”},”domain”:”arvrinedu.com”,”name”:”HubSpot”}],”pageList”:{“pages”:[{“pageId”:”hcqb2″,”title”:”Videos”,”pageUriSEO”:”videos”,”pageJsonFileName”:”879cdc_37372fe2d4f192ff74d1e8020cb0010d_202.
- These Violent Delights Don’t Have Violent Ends: Study Finds No link Between Violent Video Games And Teen Aggression – Research Digest
  
  Claims that violent video games lead to aggression have been around since the days of Space Invaders. When young people are exposed to violent media, the theory goes, their aggressive thoughts become more prominent, leading them to commit acts of vi…
  
  tags:games gaming violent violence research aggression aggressive facts truth
- Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Easy Peasy Guide to Capturing & Sharing Links to Screenshots
  
  Innovative Educators often pursue certifications to let others understand skills and areas of expertise. Here are some easy ways to capture and share screenshots of accomplishments.
- Readers Recommend
  
  This is reading promotion idea that’s inexpensive, low-tech, includes student voice, and I totally nabbed it from the amazing Librarian Tiff five years ago and I still love it! It’s kind of what you can call an oldie but a goodie. I don’t put this d…

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March 10, 2019 by educatoral tagged ar, climatechange, diigo, EdTech, environmental, links, resources, science, vr | Leave a comment

Here are some great blog posts from this past week:

- a-beginners-guide-to-twitter-for-educators
- Qlone – Day 8 #ARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Moments AR – Day 9 of #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- ColouriseSG
  
  Our deep learning model performs best on higher resolution images that prominently feature human subjects and natural scenery. We do not store images that you upload for colourisation. Our servers are running at full capacity. Please try again later.
- Live Long and Prosper…: 2019 Medley #5: Privatization
  
  School privatization is once again on the block for the Indiana General Assembly. The House Budget bill includes increases for both charter schools and vouchers. The “choice” for vouchers, as this article explains, belongs to the school, not necessa…
- Schools Matter: People Alive Today Will Determine the Future of the Earth
  
  Great power entails greater responsibility. If you don’t care about global warming, then you should read this book. If you care about global warming, then you should read this book. An excerpt of a good review from NYTimes:
- Watching Our Water Ways
  
  Washington State Senate has tackled the problem of marine debris by approving one bill to ban the use of plastic grocery bags and a separate bill to discourage the use of plastic straws. Both bills have now moved over to the House of Representatives…
- Augmented Reality 3D Rug: An Affordable, Engaging Classroom Addition – Class Tech Tips
  
  Did you catch me sitting on a classroom rug, snapping pictures and pretending to pet a grizzly bear? Well, it happened, and I’m pretty excited to share why I had no problem tossing my conference bag to the side and finding a spot on a colorful, clas…
- Free Technology for Teachers: How to Use Jamboard Without Owning a Jamboard
  
  In Wednesday’s Practical Ed Tech Live episode I suggested having students use Google’s Jamboard to collaboratively create drawings. A couple people have emailed me to ask how that is done if you don’t own one of Google’s physical interactive whitebo…
- The Nerdy Teacher: Adding Interactivity to the Makerspace with @newlineIDEAMAX
  
  A while ago, I was at FETC checking out the vendor floor when I came across an Interactive Board company. I stopped and watched a demo and my interest was piqued enough to go in and ask some questions. What I found out blew my mind and I had to get …
- History is a bunch of grass. And we need to let our kids play on it. | History Tech
  
  Bob Edens had been blind since birth. Fifty-one years of darkness, sounds, smells, and touch followed. But after a remarkable laser surgery, Bob can now see. For 51 years, Bob had imagined what things looked like based mainly on the descriptions of …
- upskilling-the-workforce
  
  If there’s one thing that employers and employees can agree on, it’s that everyone wins when workers “upskill,” or develop new skills to apply to their job. Employees get the continuous training they desire, and employers benefit from having a more …
- Eureca – Day 7 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
  
  \n”},”domain”:”arvrinedu.com”,”name”:”HubSpot”}],”pageList”:{“pages”:[{“pageId”:”hcqb2″,”title”:”Videos”,”pageUriSEO”:”videos”,”pageJsonFileName”:”879cdc_37372fe2d4f192ff74d1e8020cb0010d_202.
- Super Happy: Google Classroom Stream is BACK – Teacher Tech
  
  The classic design of Google Classroom was a single Stream with all of the student assignments. For some, the lack of ability to organize the Stream how they wanted was a frustration.
- erasing-women-in-tech-how-60-minutes-ignored-womens-voices-stories-and-expertise
  
  The founder and CEO of Girls Who Code speaks out against 60 Minutes omitting women-led groups in their coverage of computer science initiatives for girls.
- Metaverse Augmented Reality Collections for Educators – Class Tech Tips
  
  What does augmented reality look like in your classroom? Students can interact with course content in more ways than I ever imagined as a classroom teacher.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Tom Richey Explains Tariffs
  
  Tom Richey’s YouTube channel is a must-subscribe for AP history (European and U.S.) students and their teachers. He regularly posts engaging lectures about a wide variety of topics in that are integral to developing an advanced understanding of Euro…
- Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Good Chrome Extensions for Teachers and Students
  
  Now that I’ve run through my five favorite add-ons for Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Slides it’s time to share my favorite Chrome extensions for teachers and students. Like my other lists, this list is comprised of my go-to recommendations not nec…
- Introduction to Gamification Part 6: The User Journey – Gamified UK – #Gamification Expert
  
  In the last chapter, we looked at goals and feedback. To follow on from this, I wanted to look at how you should plan feedback and rewards, based on the user’s expectations. However, to start, we need to look at the User Journey, which is a chapter …
- Creator AVR – Day 6 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Free Technology for Teachers: Now You Can Use Your Own VR Tours in Google Expeditions on iOS
  
  A couple of weeks ago I published a video about how to use your own virtual reality tours in the Android version of Google Expeditions. In that video I mentioned that support for doing the same in the iOS version of Expeditions was coming soon. As o…
- Ways To Turn A Bad Teacher-Student Relationship Into A Good One | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  There are many things in education where research disagrees about whether they are effective or important in student learning, but the value of a positive teacher-student relationships is not one of them.
- Trading Game – Forex, Bitcoin and Stock Market …
  
  A useful game for business or busness English students. There is both an iOS and Android version. Thousands of teachers and students are creating AR in their classrooms. It is so easy to create that grade school kids can do it. Engagement is off the…
- The Most Important Skill You’ll Need to Succeed at Work | Mental Floss
  
  The Office’s Jim and Pam pay a visit to Scrubs’ Sacred Heart Hospital.
- 4-ways-to-make-math-come-alive-with-google-tools
- Free Technology for Teachers: My Five Favorite Google Sheets Add-ons
  
  Last week and through the beginning of this week I have been featuring my favorite Google Docs, Slides, and Forms add-ons. Today, it is time to share my favorite Google Sheets add-ons.
- A Few Picture Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month – Pernille Ripp
  
  Last week, before the calendar switched to March, I changed our book displays in our classroom. Not because we stop celebrating Black history and excellence but because we wanted to add the component of females in history.
- 5 Tips for Defining Unknown Words Using Context Clues |
  
  Students encounter unfamiliar words all of the time, but few slow down to think about what they can learn about those unfamiliar words based on how they are used. The ability to define unfamiliar vocabulary is a life skill that teachers need to teac…
- AugmentifyIt – Day 5 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- What is Reasoning? | Chemical Education Xchange
- Let’s Go to Mars! Calculating Launch Windows Activity | NASA/JPL Edu
- World Water Day Is On March 22nd – Here Are Related Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  The United Nations has designated March 22nd as World Water Day.
- Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Favorite Google Slides Add-ons
  
  Last week I shared my favorite Google Forms add-ons. Yesterday, I shared my favorite Google Docs add-ons. So today I’m sharing my favorite Google Slides add-ons. Unsplash Unsplash Photos Google Slides add-on gives you instant access to Unsplash’s co…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Spring Forward This Weekend!
  
  This weekend those of us in North America who observe Daylight Saving Time have to move our clocks forward by one hour. This time around it is especially annoying for me because I have an early morning flight on Sunday. And, of course, my dogs and m…
- Torch – Day 4 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
- Guest Post: Restorative Practices & The Struggle Against “Dungeon Theory” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
  
  Editor’s Note: Phil Taylor is a colleague at Luther Burbank High School, and has written several previous guest posts on classroom management and restorative practices. I’m adding this post to The Best Resources For Learning About Restorative Practi…
- Design Thinking vs. Visual Thinking — Cool Infographics
  
  The team at has posted their own explanation of on their blog along with this great visual infographic explanation. At XPLANE we pride ourselves on bringing clarity to complexity. We usually do this for clients, but sometimes the need strikes closer…
- Women’s History Month resources. (That you should use all year.) | History Tech
  
  As a founding member of the National Women’s History Project, Mary Ruthsdotter knows the importance of teaching kids about the accomplishments of women. “As a youngster, I thought I had drawn the short straw being born female.
- Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Wanna Know If Students Are Learning? Ask Them These 4 Questions
  
  It can be a struggle to best help students understand what they are learning or for students to articulate their learning in meaningful ways. This was especially difficult for me starting out in on my teaching journey.
- How To Introduce Genetics to Students with an App – Class Tech Tips
  
  When it comes to exploring the building blocks of life, the folks at Avokiddo have an excellent mobile app. It can help you introduce genetics to students through play.
- The Warning: My Thoughts on What We Can Learn from “Momo” | Cool Cat Teacher Blog
  
  The Momo scam/hoax/threat has inspired some thoughts about what we should learn so we can prevent such a time-wasting but hurtful thing from spreading again in the future.
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- Google Classroom: Class Roster Chrome Extension – Teacher Tech
  
  A simple class roster is something all teachers need. Google Classroom is great but getting a simple roster of your students is not easy.
- Teams as Action Researchers | All Things Assessment
  
  A number of years ago, I had the good fortune to teach a cohort of practicing educators in a Masters in Curriculum program. As a part of this program, teachers were required to complete a culminating project which included action research in their c…
- Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Innovative Educators Don’t Make Calls. They Text.
  
  Communication has changed in the digital age. Today the rules are different. Ringers are off and educators no longer make or take calls unless a time has specifically been set to do so. Instead, if they want to get a message to someone they send a t…
- Free Technology for Teachers: Five Good Places to Find Current Events Stories for Kids
  
  For a couple of years I taught an elective that was all about current events. That was one of my favorite social studies teaching assignments because I enjoy listening to what students have to save about the news.
- Hacking Nearpod – Day 3 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
  
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Momo. Again. – NetFamilyNews.org

I hardly need to weigh in because I already did – in depth, last summer, at the peak of the last Momo wave.
Classimmerse Day 2 | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
Learning with ‘e’s: Personal and personalised learning

learning, technology, education, steve, wheeler, social media, internet, mobile, school, teachers
“I don’t like your work” | Seth’s Blog

That doesn’t mean I don’t like you. The difference is critical. It’s impossible to be a productive professional if you insist on conjoining them.
Video: A Brief History of the Grand Canyon — The Adventure Blog

Last week the Grand Canyon celebrated its 100th anniversary as a national park. As one of the most visited parks in the entire U.S. system, it sees millions of visitors on an annual basis. But not everyone knows its history, which is where this fant…
disruptED – Day 1 #31DaysofARVRinEDU | ARVRinEDU | Jaime Donally | Professional Development
Advise the President. Cause you’re just that smart. | History Tech

Okay. Not that president. Other presidents. You know, from history. Like Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan. And they need your help. Even better, they need your students to help. The National Archives have put together something called Advise the Presi…
Free Technology for Teachers: My 5 Favorite Google Forms Add-ons

This morning I led a small workshop about creative uses for Google Forms and Google Slides. As often happens during those workshops someone asked me what my favorite Forms add-ons are. In no particular order, here are my five favorite Google Forms a…
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30 in 50! 2019! – NCCE’s Tech Savvy Teacher Blog

Mike is currently the Instructional Program Director for the Montana Digital Academy, Montana’s state virtual school.
If You Want to Drive Truly Transformational Change, Avoid These 4 Myths | Inc.com

We live in a transformational age. Powerful technologies like the cloud and artificial intelligence are quickly shifting what it means to compete. Social movements like #MeTo are exposing decades of misdeeds and rewriting norms.
The Sift Archive — News Literacy Project
Legislature’s solution to McCleary school-funding case leaves most state districts projecting budget shortfalls | The Seattle Times

Less than a year has passed since the Legislature injected nearly $1 billion into Washington’s public-school system. But districts from Seattle to Vancouver have warned that unless lawmakers offer them a lifeline, their financial straits could force…
Empatico: A Breakthrough Way to Promote Empathy (And It’s Free)

Empatico is a free platform, targeted to students aged 7-11, that helps classrooms connect in powerful ways.
Hitting the Employee Engagement Bulls Eye with Gamification | Official Blog of Azilen

Enhancing employee engagement is a critical challenge for global companies, everywhere. Businesses, worldwide, are looking to grow in a competitive ecosystem through inclusive digital transformation. But 70% of business transformation efforts fail, …
9 examples of gamification in HR | HR Trend Institute

Gamification is becoming more and more popular and is more widely used than ever. It comes down to using game principles and techniques in a non-game context.
5 Tips for Google Classroom – Teacher Tech

Google Classroom is an online platform that allows you to interact with your students anytime, anywhere. If you do not have the Google Classroom mobile app for your phone I highly recommend! Here are 5 more tips for how to get more out of Google Cla…
Standards-Based Grading the Right Way | All Things Assessment

My son began his high school career this fall and has had what I would consider a successful transition. He didn’t get used to his new surroundings, teachers, or student population overnight, but with time, he has grown comfortable and really enjoys…
How to Plan a Dynamic Learning Experience (FREE TEMPLATE) | Shake Up Learning

Dynamic learning doesn’t happen by accident, you have to purposefully plan experiences for students that are aligned with your learning goals, integrate strategies that push beyond the bounds of traditional learning, and integrate the four c’s.
Reconsider the Use of the SAMR Model | It’s About Learning
- the problem is you are still asking your students to regurgitate content regardless how sophisticated the regurgitation becomes
- we should be using technology to go well beyond the original teaching task and use technology to enhance the learning not just use technology to enhance the use of technology
Use Digital Notebooks to Facilitate Book Clubs and Literature Circles at the Secondary Level |

Different books appeal to different readers. Many students do not become readers until they encounter “the book.” It’s the book that grabs them and pulls them into the story. Once a person has had an immersive experience with a book, they usually be…
A Principal’s Reflections: Utilizing Augmented Reality as an Impetus for Learning

Technology continues to make inroads in classrooms across the world at a dizzying pace. This makes complete sense as every learner in our classrooms at this point have known nothing but a digital world.
Using the Single Point Rubric for Better Assessment Conversations – Pernille Ripp

A few years ago, I read the following post discussing single-point rubrics from Jennifer Gonzales on her incredible blog Cult of Pedagogy.

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