Tech Tips
May 2016: Volume 3- Number 25
Where did the year go? Have a GREAT SUMMER, Everyone! See you in August :-)
You'll find a wide variety of apps, articles, and websites in this issue.
Wolfram Sun Exposure App
PackPoint
Field Trip
Developing Question Strategies: Justifying Questions
"Focus: Justifying Questions
As authors of the popular NSTA Press book The Power of Questioning: Guiding Student Investigations, we get a lot of questions from readers. One of the top questions we get is, “How do we hold the learners accountable with questions?” Here is what we tell readers: The questions we choose chart the course of the discussion. Questions serve many purposes. Questions help students connect concepts, think critically, and explore logic and understanding at a deeper level. Questions can help teachers check for understanding. Questions can extend students’ thinking by requiring the students to justify their answers."
Classroom Bridges: Making Classroom Connections More Accessible
"You've come to Classroom Bridges! If you are looking for other classrooms to connect your students with around the world, then you're in the right spot. As the project develops, more resources will be posted to give you ideas on how to connect your students. The main purpose of this site is to help you find other teachers who are willing to collaborate with you and your students. These connections could be something as small as doing a Google Hangout to expand your students' audience for class presentations, or they could be much larger scale projects where your students are working together (in two different locations) to complete an end of unit project. No matter the complexity of your connection, it's important to get our students connected to each other."
SCS Instructional Technology Information
Contact me if you have any questions or would like help using these tools.
Email: vturner@scsmustangs.org
Website: http://www.strongnet.org/InstructionalTechnology
Phone: 440-572-7067
Twitter: @vturner8