Tech Tips
April 2014: Volume 1 Number 2
Welcome, Spring!
EDpuzzle, WeVideo, ClassDojo, Doctopus, & Goobric are available as Apps in your Google account.
EDpuzzle
"Video has become a basic tool for teaching and learning, but something's been missing... interactivity and accountability. This is where EDpuzzle shines! It's definitely at the top of my best new tools list."
"EDpuzzle makes videos come to life in the classroom by actively engaging students and by providing critical formative assessment data for teachers."
WeVideo
"Use online video to engage students, introduce project-based learning and digital storytelling while targeting Common Core standards and develop 21st century skills."
Jeff Port & Gayle Randall recently used WeVideo for an awesome classroom project!
ClassDojo
Use it to score points during moderated discussions or as a game board. Set "groups" instead of individual students for projects.
Easy Digital Note-Taking Techniques
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Flipped Learning
"Flipped Classroom model is surpassing all other digital trends in K-12 schools."
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Doctopus & Goobric
I will host PD on this early next school year, but for those of you ready to start managing folders/assignments:
"Doctopus gives teachers the ability to mass-copy (from a starter template), share, and manage grading and feedback for student projects in Google Drive. Its tentacles copy and "hand out" Drive files to a roster of students, giving teachers full control over starter template, sharing configuration, folder organization and file naming, as well as visibility over all work in progress -- including the ability to bulk revoke and revert student editing rights around submission deadlines.
The Goobric Chrome extension works alongside Doctopus to enable rubric-based grading of Google Docs right in a browser popup window using the rubric of your design. Once a rubric score is submitted, Goobric auto-records scores in your spreadsheet and automatically provides students instant rubric scores and comments via email. Heck, if it's a Google Document, Goobric even pastes the filled out rubric into the bottom of the Doc."
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Google Now vs Siri
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Strongsville City Schools Instructional Technology Information
Contact me if you have any questions or would like help using these tools.
Email: turner@strongnet.org
Website: http://www.strongnet.org/InstructionalTechnology
Phone: 440-572-7067