As the end of the year approaches, it's a good time to reflect on your year and make notes for what's to come. I suggest you also take a look at 4 O'clock Faculty's Thoughts from #TCT16 poster.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Things to Consider
As the end of the year approaches, it's a good time to reflect on your year and make notes for what's to come. I suggest you also take a look at 4 O'clock Faculty's Thoughts from #TCT16 poster.
FISD's New Secondary Website: Digital Melting Pot
Introducing Frisco ISD's Secondary Digital Learning Coaches' new technology support website: Digital Melting Pot.
Over the summer, my staff Titan Tech Tips website will be narrowed down to include only Centennial HS specific information. All general tech help (Eduphoria, eSchool, Office, Google Drive, etc.) that is the same for all FISD staff will be accessed through this new site. My student tech help site will remain unchanged for now.
CISD's 10 Must-Do's Before Giving a Kid an iPhone or iPod
If you have children at home, I highly recommend you check out CISD's post 10 Must Do's Before Giving a Kid an iPhone or iPod. It includes several fabulous tips that everyone should know about!
Monday, May 16, 2016
Never Lose Work and Keep Kids Honest
When using Chrome (not just a Chromebook), using the keyboard shortcut <Ctrl><Shift>+T will open all recently closed tabs. This can not only help save yourself some work but can also let you know what your students were recently doing and closed as you walked by. Read more...
Wizer.me: Blended Assignment Builder
Wizer.me is a new blended assignment builder. You can search through already created assessments or create your own. More are added every day.
Check out what Sara Isbell, FISD Digital Learning Coach, has to say about it. Read more...
The Wayback Machine
Alan November wrote a blog post titled "The Essential UniqueSearch Tool Your Students May Have Never Used" which featured The Wayback Machine. If you haven't played with The Wayback Machine, you
should! This site is a great way to show students that things just don't
go away when you delete them on the Internet. It's also a great way for
students to find research sites from way back that may give them a better
picture of the topic they are researching.
Not sure where to start? Try looking at the history of www.cnn.com or www.foxnews.com.
Monday, May 9, 2016
10 Terrific Tools for Teachers
As part of Teacher Appreciation last week, Control Alt Archive posted their list of 10 Terrific Tools for Teachers. They picked some good ones! Read more...
BYOD Activities that Work
Help keep your students engaged these last few weeks of school. Check out this list of BYOD Activities That Work. As always, if you would like any help with any of these tools or ideas, please contact Penney Matos!
Google Slides Q & A -- Talk with your audience, not at them
Google Slides recently added a Q & A feature, allowing audience members to be active participants in presentations. Check out this blog post on the new feature.
If you or your students present from an iPad or iPhone, check out this article.
Article: What Educators Need to Know About Technology Addiction
Common Sense Media recently published an article titled "What Educators Need to Know about Technology Addiction". It includes a summary of recent survey findings and some suggestions of what can be done. If you're for or against technology use in the classroom, you should take a look. This is a real problem.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Google Classroom: Schedule Posts
Google Classroom just added a new option for
posts: Schedule.
I know, so handy!
See this video for more information:
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