When given a question or a research prompt students immediately turn to Google. Unfortunately, while many students think that they know how to use Google they don't really know how to find information beyond what appears on the first few pages of search results. I put together the document embedded below (click here if you cannot see it) to help teachers guide students to being … [Read more...] about Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – 10 Google Search Tips for Students
Archives for June 2015
Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Embed a Backchannel Into Your Blog
Hosting an online backchannel can be a good way to give every student in your classroom a voice and an opportunity ask questions as they arise. By using a backchannel tool like TodaysMeet my students who have a lot to say don't dominate the classroom conversation. At the same time my shy students are given a place to comfortably ask questions and or post comments in response to … [Read more...] about Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Embed a Backchannel Into Your Blog
Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Scheduling Blog Posts & A Glossary of Blogging Terms
Scheduling blog posts to appear in the future is one of the best ways to maintain a steady pace of posts appearing on your blog. On a classroom blog scheduling posts is a great way to keep certain content hidden until your students need to see it. For example, I have often scheduled posts containing practice quizzes for my students to take after completing a lesson. In the … [Read more...] about Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Scheduling Blog Posts & A Glossary of Blogging Terms
Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Animated Videos and Presentations on Wideo
Wideo is a neat service for creating animated, Common Craft style videos in your web browser. I've been using and talking about the service for a couple of years now. When you create a video in Wideo you do so by dragging and dropping clipart and text in storyboard frames. You set the position and animation sequence for each element in each storyboard frame. When you have … [Read more...] about Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Animated Videos and Presentations on Wideo
