Inspiring Innovation
QACPS Department of Instructional Services: Vol 2 Ed 5
5 Resolutions to Simplify Your Tech Life from NY Times
Follow these tips to improve the maintenance of your passwords, devices and tech infrastructure to start your digital footprint off on the right foot in 2017.
Digital Literacy Gem: Infographic Walks Students through 10 Questions to Detect Fake News
A D.C.-based organization, the News Literacy Project (NLP), has come up with a straight-forward guide to help separate fact from conspiracy theory. Share this Infographic with students to help them navigate the validity of online news to find tell-tale signs of falsehood.
Create a Word Cloud in Google Docs
You've made a Wordle - now create a word cloud in Google Docs! It allows your students to see what words are being used the most, so they can get a quick sense of the themes emerging in their writing.
Build a Snowman with Google Slides & Get Them Writing!
Do you want to build a snowman? Well now you can with this fun, and educational, Google Slides activity. This is a great way for students to be creative and to work on their writing skills by describing or writing about their snowman. Here's step-by-step directions and a video to get started!
Perfect Your Grammar and Spelling with This Chrome Extension
Ever need a second set of eyes to revise your text for spelling and grammar? Let’s be honest, we all do and there’s a free Chrome extension that can help. Grammarly is a Chrome extension that revises text you type in Chrome. It suggests corrections for you to make to your spelling and your grammar, and it even provides an explanation for you with alternative options to chose from. To learn how to use the extension, watch the video and follow these steps.
Nominate a QACPS Teacher as an Inspiring Innovator
We want to highlight all the innovative teaching & learning occurring in QACPS, but we need your help! Use this form to nominate a teacher who is using innovative techniques and they will be featured in an upcoming edition!
For more information, contact:
Christina Schindler, Facilitator of Digital Teaching & Learning
Queen Anne's County Public Schools
Email: christina.schindler@qacps.org
Website: http://www.qacps.org
Location: Queen Annes County Board-Edu, Chesterfield Avenue, Centreville, MD, United States
Twitter: @cschindlerQAC