Want to learn more from Ben? Follow him on Twitter @Mr_Sondgeroth Google My Maps offers teachers and students across disciplines an ability to bring map-making into the classroom. For an in-depth look at how to create a Google My Map, please check out my previous post: Bring Map Making to Any Classroom using Google My Maps. […]
Want to learn more from Ben? Follow him on Twitter: @Mr_Sondgeroth As a former history teacher, maps were an essential part of my curriculum. From showing locations of battlefields, to explaining territorial expansion, maps help put historical content into perspective. Many of my classroom activities involved using paper maps as visual references, allowing students to […]
As schools adopt Google Apps for Education, there is a desire by teachers to learn how to effectively use the GAFE tools in their classrooms. Google understands this need and provides the Google for Education Online Training Center for educators to explore, polish their skills and expand their knowledge of GAFE. One of the most […]
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Many teachers know that Google Docs serves as a great platform for providing feedback on student writing, but may not have an efficient system that encourages both student critical thinking and ownership of the editing process. Here are three simple but powerful ways of providing efficient feedback to […]
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Google Apps for Education is a wonderful, collaborative program that allows students to create, collect, and curate artifacts of learning. While there is a wide variety of programs that can be used to create digital portfolios, here are four ways that the GAFE suite of programs can facilitate […]
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Google Docs is a popular word processing tool because it allows ready access to your documents and files from any internet connected device. It permits users to readily share documents and easily collaborate on materials. If you are already familiar with Google Docs, try out these 10 hacks […]
We all know there are new updates to our favorite apps and tools released more frequently than we can keep up. However, Beth and Greg took a few minutes over the holidays to recap the most important features of our top tools for iPads, Apps, and Google Tools.
This post first appeared on Daily Genius. If you’re unfamiliar with Google Books, it is a repository of books that Google has scanned and published digitally using Optical Character Recognition (OCR); this means that you can search for words within a book itself. Depending on copyright status, books can be offered in complete form, in […]
Today marks the second EdTechTeacher Google Jamboree. Tom Daccord, Justin Reich, Greg Kulowiec and Richard Byrne kick off the day with Ignite talks – all LIVE blogged below. Monday/Someday Tom Daccord, Director of EdTechTeacher, kicks off the event with the Monday/Someday dichotomy. Someday is your vision, your view of what may be possible. To start […]
