Digital Learning News 10-18-16
By the BISD Digital Learning Team
In this week's issue:
Join Us for Tonight's BISD Twitter Chat!
Here are tonight's questions:
Q1 Why is important for all educators and students to understand copyright and fair use?
Q2 How do you introduce creative commons to your students?
Q3 Where and how do I locate sites that have creative common resources?
Here are a few resources to help us better understand copyright and Creative Commons...
EdTech Teacher: Understanding Creative Commons
The 14 Essentials by Matt Miller
Interactive Graphic for Teaching Students about Copyright
Order a BISD Digital Citizenship Poster
EAT, SLEEP, LEARN T-shirts Have Been Ordered!
Technology can help us kick teaching and learning up a notch. Here are five concrete examples of what tech can do and how to do it. (Public domain image via Pixabay.com)
Exploring the Creative Commons Search Engine
Visual Search via Kiddle
Digital Research via SweetSearch
Improving Formative Assessment Feedback via Socrative
Check out Flocabulary Video Resources
The BISD Digital Learning Lounge
and click here go to the blog and read more.
The posts focus on tools and resources and also give very specific ideas for use in teaching and learning.
Check out what they have for you.
Click here to go to Tech-cited: Elementary Digital Learning Team Blog.
Click here to go to BISD Connected Teacher: Secondary Digital Learning Team Blog.
The Digital Learning Team
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Kelli Montgomery @KelliM11, Director of Digital Learning
Cheryl McKnight @cherylmck, Coordinator of Digital Learning
ELEMENTARY TEAM MEMBERS:
Jennifer Canizares @jcanny72 jennifer.canizares@birdvilleschools.net
Birdville, WT Francisco, Binion, Mullendore, Snow Heights, Porter,
Toni Hylander @technologytoni toni.hylander@birdvilleschools.net
Smithfield, Cheney, Stowe, Watauga, North Ridge, Walker Creek
Jeff Samuelson @jeff_samuelson jeff.samuelson@birdvilleschools.net
David E Smith, Richland, West Birdville, Holiday Heights, Hardeman, ACFT,
Jennifer Miller @steamlearnlab, Learning Resources Specialist, Green Valley Spicer, Foster Village
SECONDARY TEAM MEMBERS:
Michael Hanson @Hansonits michael.hanson@birdvilleschools.net
Haltom HS, Haltom MS, Richland MS, North Ridge MS, North Oaks MS
Rashel Larson @rashellarson rashel.larson@birdvilleschools.net BCTAL, Smithfield MS, North Richland MS, Central Office Administration
Tosh McGaughy @ToshMcGaughy tosh.mcgaughy@birdvilleschools.net
Richland HS, Birdville HS, Shannon HS, Birdville HS, Watauga MS
Karen Teeters @karenteeters222, Online Learning Specialist, All Middle and High Schools
Creative Common logo: http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/gc69/stdin/2008/10/hacking_free_software_open_sou_1.html
http://ditchthattextbook.com/ by Matt Miller