Kudos to Matt Osmun for setting up a Google Classrom for his 2nd grade students. The students can easily access his Google Classroom by using the web link placed on the district website under students. No email is required. All students can get to his assignments and access them from home or school. It was wonderful to see the students excited about using the technology to complete the homework. All teachers in the district have the capability to set up and use Google Classroom with their students. It's an easy and seamless way for teachers to put assignments and information into one place for students to access it. In addition, it's just as easy and seamless for students to turn in their assignments to the teacher through Google Classroom and for the teacher to provide feedback and return them to the students. If you are interested in getting your Google Classroom set up and want some assistance, please call or email, me, Dr. Sipe, in the district office.
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Strategies for Using Discovery Education Resources in Your Classroom
Below are some strategies shared by classroom teachers explaining how they engage students in Discovery Education materials. I thought these were engaging ways to keep students involved in the resources.
Below are some strategies shared by classroom teachers explaining how they engage students in Discovery Education materials. I thought these were engaging ways to keep students involved in the resources.
Snowball fights strategy how to video
3 truths and 1 lie strategy how to video Tweet tweet how to video Visual Walkabout how to video |
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7 Tips to Make Running Record Manageable
I found this week's articles on Edutopia, another blog I regularly follow.Click on the article name to go to the link of the full text. www.Edutopia.org For those who are keeping running records, these tips seem simple and efficient. 7 Tips to Make Running Records Manageable.
Strategies for Strengthening the Brain’s Executive Functions
This article discusses classroom strategies for supporting executive functioning for your students Strategies for Strengthening the Brain's Executive Functioning.
3 ways to search conten on DE
If you are new to Discovery Education or maybe you just need a refresher. This quick video will show you 3 ways to narrow a search down to meet the specific needs of your lesson and your students needs. Did you know that you can now search by Keystone Science assessment anchors and eligible content? You can also search by common core for ELA and math and, of course, there is the ability to search by academic standards and assessment anchors. Check out this video on how-to search and if you haven't used DE lately please give it another try. There is so much available to us through this yearly subscription provided for all teachers K-12 and all students grades 4-12. I encourage you to take advantage of this growing collection of resources.
Google Doodler - Who would have thought this could be a job- what a cool job!
Do you know a student who enjoys art and is interested in a career in art? Have you ever wondered where all those cool Google images come from that are continually changing on the Google search window? Here's a job at Google for those who are creative and artistic. Those images are called a Doodle. Use in Art Class could be a Doodle contest.
Google holds a national contest for Doodles - Check out the winners K-12
This is a really cool video showing the winners of the 2013Google Doodle contest. These students were competing for monetary prizes and scholarships.
2014 contest rules The contest is coming again in Fall 2015 the site says stay tuned and here is the link to the classroom activities tab of the Google contest site. |
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