Google Maps and Pac-Man, April Fool's Day fun!

Just in time for April Fool's Day, Google and Pac-Man have teamed up. 

Go to google.com/maps and look in the bottom left corner.

Then have fun!

50 of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers

If you're looking for ways to make life easier for you and your students, check out te@chthought’s 50 of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers.

The list includes extensions and apps like Quizlet, Evernote's Web Clipper, Easybib, Lucidchart and more!

10 Most Common Types of Plagiarism

This is an interesting and informative infographic on the 10 most common types of plagiarism. 

If you are ever concerned a student has plagiarized and need help “investigating” the authenticity of their work, please contact your campus librarian, Tammy Turner.  In addition, if you would ever like her to talk about plagiarism with your class or help you teach citing sources, paraphrasing, etc., please don’t hesitate to ask.  She is happy to help!

Turnitin.com. "The Plagiarism Spectrum: Tagging 10 Types of Unoriginal Work." Plagiarism Spectrum. IParadigms, LLC, May 2012. Web. 31 Mar. 2015.

Hashtag How Tos - Figure, Configure, Follow, Find, + Find Others

If you're like most teachers out there, you could use some help making sense of #hashtags. They're not just for Twitter anymore; they're showing up all over the place! Check out this handy article: Hashtag How Tos - Figure, Configure, Follow, Find, + Find Others. 

The article tells you how to find helpful hashtags using tools like Hashtagify.me and comparing the popularity of different hashtags using tools like topsy.com. Some of these resources are currently blocked on the FISD filter so it would be best to access them using your data plan or at a non-FISD filtered location.

Knowing how to use #hashtags can be a huge help in your professional growth and online professional community development.

Answer Garden

AnswerGarden.ch is "a minimal tool for maximum feedback".

Set up your Answer Garden in seconds then receive feedback immediately.

Students can enter up to 40 characters. The results are displayed in a word cloud. The site is brows based so it's accessible from any device with Internet.

Free TEKS App

MasteryConnect released a FREE app so you can carry around the TEKS in your pocket! I know, pretty exciting. ;)

Quickly search standards by grade level, subject and keyword.

Available in iTunes and Google Play.

10 tips for teachers who struggle with technology

I recommend this article for everyone!

10 tips for teachers who struggle with technology

And remember, I'm always available to help support you while creating lessons or when presenting lessons with your students! 

Supporting instruction is my most favorite part of my job!

Report Cyberbullying

The Cyberbullying Research Center has compiled a comprehensive list of ways to report cyberbullying through a variety of sources. The link was added to the Student Tech Tips: Digital Awareness Tips page. Please share!

cyberbullying.us/report

Weather through Eduphoria

In case you haven’t noticed, you can add a panel for the weather on your home page in Eduphoria!
 1)   On the home page, near the top left, select Add New.

2)   Select the panel you want to add.

3)   Click Add.

If you select the Weather Panel, enter the zip code and it will look something like this:

You can click the edit button in the top right corner to change zip code at any time.

TextCompactor.com

This is really cool!  http://textcompactor.com/

For struggling readers.  Take a piece of text and copy and paste it into the compactor.  The student can adjust the % of text to keep so they can understand the content.