Tech Tuesday: 11 Tips for Common Core

Below is a link to an article about teaching vocabulary for the common core.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-ccss-critical-vocabulary-marilee-sprenger?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-11tips-ccs-vocabulary

Hope you find this insightful.

Tech Tuesday: More Edmodo info

This is an article about five ways to get your students on Edmodo..
https://blog.edmodo.com/2013/09/13/five-ways-to-get-your-students-on-edmodo/


Mrs. Brewer & Mrs. Baum found this website about Edmodo.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/05/21-ways-to-use-edmodo-in-your-classroom.html

Tech Tuesday: Edmodo

The STI PD course for our training is MEM 1305.
Click here to register:
https://pdweb.alsde.edu/PDWeb/login.aspx?navarea=entry&ReturnUrl=%2fpdweb%2fdefault.aspx

The link below takes you to an Edmodo site that has helpful hints and tips.
https://edmodosupport.zendesk.com/home#entries/22460840-quick-guides-to-edmodo

Tech Tuesday: 5 free resources

Check out this link to see the top five edtech free tools for back to school.
http://ictevangelist.com/back-school-top-free-tools-edtech-classroom-year/

Tech Tuesday: Resources for Collaboration

This article has great information about collaboration between students. We read about this in the TWEENS book. Examples of good discussions are in the article. There are some downloads available as well.

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-collaborative-learning-resources?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=download-stw-collaborative

I personally thought the resources brought out the boundaries for discussions.
Hope you get something from the article!

Tech Tuesday: Resources for Brainstorming and Promethean Boards

I just wanted to give a few new resources that I have found through other school systems.

Answer Garden
Answer Garden is a super simple brainstorming tool. No login is necessary but teachers can add an admin password which allows them to edit the results. Students add words or phrases to the "garden" and the results "grow" the more frequently they are answered.

A QR code can easily be created that will make it easy to access and then the results may be exported to either Wordle or Tagxedo.

http://answergarden.ch

Promethean Resources
Since we have several teachers with Promethean Board I wanted to give a few websites that would help you use your board more effectively.

Promethean Planet(FREE Resources): www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/
There are lots of already created interactive lesson.
You can sign up on the website for free.

Forsyth County Schools Promethean Resources page: http://www.forsythcountyschools.org/its/kadkins/activ/pb.htm


Enjoy your Technology!

10 Tips to teach kids to be nice online

I thought this article was a great reminder that we all have a responsibility to teach digital citizenship.
http://www.weareteachers.com/community/blogs/weareteachersblog/blog-wat/2013/07/10/teacher-helpline-how-can-i-teach-kids-to-be-nice-online-