Prodigy: A Math Game For Elementary Skill Building - Prodigy: A Math Game For Elementary Skill Building by Richie Saltzman, prodigygame.com Ed note: This is a sponsored post from Prodigy Math, a free-to-play game with paid memberships available. What Teachers Need To Know: Prodigy Math is a web-based (not app-based) math program aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Grades 1-6. With more and more educators embracing game-based learning, it’s important to evaluate and choose the program that works best for you and your students. Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game that integrates common-core math (grades 1-7) into a fantasy style game that students love playing. And as a web-based game, Prodigy can be accessed at school and at home on virtually any device. Teacher Endorsements Over 1,000,000 students and 50,000 teachers use Prodigy for free math practice and it’s easy to see why. Sarah Z, Grade 5 Ontario Public School Shoshanna Cohen, Grade 2 Seattle Public School “I teach 2nd grade in a dual language classroom in Seattle.
Google Slides: Adding Transitions and Animations - Full Page In Google Slides adding transitions is simple. Also in Google Slides adding animations is easy. Learn how to perform both functions here. Adding transitions and animations Presentations don't have to be a series of static slides. Google Slides has one pane to manage all of your transitions and animations. Transitions and animations are best used in moderation. To add a transition: Select the desired slide, then click the Transition command on the toolbar. To add an animation: Right-click the desired object, then select Animate. If the Animations pane is already open and you want to add more animations, you can select an object and click Add animation. Animation options By default, an effect starts playing when you click the mouse during a slide show. If the object is a placeholder or text box, the By paragraph check box will be displayed. You can also adjust the speed of the animation by dragging the animation speed slider. Challenge! Open our example file.
I Have A New Favorite Animated Video Creator.....Look What You Can Create With Explee! It's that time of year. Time for cold, snowy weather and that brings snow days too. Today a lot of us have a snow day so why not create something new. I have a new favorite that I have been having a lot of fun with lately. With Explee, you can Create, share and discover educational animated video, as their website states. When I first read that description, I wondered if it would be tricky to use and create using Explee. Explee also has a wonderful Education Account....You can sign up here to get your membership and learn more about why using animated videos is so powerful in education. As I said, it is really fun and easy to create animated videos with Explee. One of things I think it so cool about Explee....the Text to Speech feature. Wouldn't this be fun to use with a foreign language class as kids are speaking and listening in different languages. After you add all of the elements you want to your Explee, you Export it and choose which Privacy you would like for your creation.
Google Slides: Adding Pictures and Shapes - Full Page In Google Slides adding pictures is easy. Also in Google Slides adding shapes is simple. Learn how to do both in this free lesson. Adding pictures and shapes Adding pictures and shapes can make your presentations more interesting and engaging. The picture and shape tools in Google Slides also let you customize your images by cropping, reordering, changing colors, and adding other formatting. Inserting pictures You can insert a picture from a file on your computer onto any slide. To insert a picture: Open the Insert menu, then select Image. Formatting pictures There are a variety of ways to format the pictures in your slide show. To crop an image: Select the image you'd like to crop, then click the Crop command. To crop an image to a shape: Select the image you want to crop, then click the Mask Image drop-down arrow next to the Crop command. After cropping the image to a shape, you can click the crop button again to use the cropping handles and adjust the size and proportions of the shape.
Creating Structures & Growing Patterns Using Minecraft #onted In this article we are going to explore a lesson involving the creation of a student product using Minecraft to demonstrate a growing linear pattern. This lesson is applicable to junior and intermediate grades here in Ontario but we will focus on specific expectations from grade 8. Not only are we covering the expectations below, we will touch upon the 6 C’s, inquiry and developing a student’s spatial awareness as they have to plan their 3D canvas. Also, this provides a perfect opportunity for assessment as outlined in Growing Success (observation, conversation and student product). Specific Expectations: The 6 C’s include: The overall purpose of these six Cs and their underlying DNA is the well-being of the whole student, and the well-being of society, which essentially consists of higher levels of student achievement and the capacity to apply what one knows Overall Expectations:
Google Slides: Slide Basics - Full Page When working in Google Slides slide basics can help you become more comfortable with the program. Learn all about slides here. Slide basics Every Google Slides presentation is composed of a series of slides. Understanding slides and slide layouts When you insert a new slide, it will usually have placeholders to show you where text will be placed. Creating a slide and selecting a layout Whenever you start a new presentation, it will contain one slide with the Title Slide layout. Click the drop-down arrow next to the New slide command. To change the layout of an existing slide, click the Layout command, then choose the desired layout. To quickly add a slide that uses the same layout as the selected slide, click the New slide command. Organizing slides Google Slides presentations can contain as many slides as you need. Duplicate slides: If you want to copy and paste a slide quickly, you can duplicate it. Delete slides: If you want to remove a slide from your presentation, you can delete it.
Social Media in the Classroom: 16 Best Resources for 2015 Social media is a powerful tool for keeping in touch with friends, getting coupons and deals from your favorite businesses, and seeing what your favorite celebrities are up to. It is also handy in your classroom; platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and others have the power to help you forge closer connections with students and parents and enhance the educational experience in your classroom. How can you make it happen? Let the following resources lead the way. Is Social Media Right for Your Classroom? Just because your fellow educators are using social media doesn’t mean you should jump blindly on the bandwagon. A piece from Edutopia explains that social media is a unique form of communication that can accomplish multiple goals. Striking a Balance: Guidelines for Using Social Media Safely and Effectively How can you maintain appropriate student-teacher relationships on social media? Make the Most of Social Media Image via Flickr by MsC’sClassroom In Short
Google Slides: Getting Started with Your Presentation - Full Page If you're new to Google Slides getting started is easy. Use this lesson to familiarize yourself with this free cloud-based presentation software. Getting started with your presentation Google Slides allows you to create dynamic slide presentations. These presentations can include animation, narration, images, videos, and much more. The Google Slides interface When you create a new presentation in Google Slides, the interface for Slides will appear. Click the buttons in the interactive below to learn about the interface for Google Slides. edit hotspots Presentation Title Google Drive displays the title of your presentation here and in the View pane of your Google Drive homepage. Google Slides Home Screen This icon indicates that you are in the Google Slides interface. Menu Toolbar Various menus for working with your presentation can be found on the menu toolbar. Collaboration Options Click Share to share your spreadsheet, as well as to allow others to edit it and collaborate on it. Slide Pane
Top Five Ways to Use Screencasting in the Classroom This article was written by guest author Ron Kotlik for our quarterly education newsletter, the Learning Lounge. If you have an interest in contributing, please fill out this form. Screencasting is one of the most dynamic tools educators can use to transform their classroom in a dramatic fashion without investing a tremendous amount of time learning a new software piece or app. 1. “Live screencasting,” creating a live recording during a class activity, is one of the easiest ways for teachers to begin the adventure of using this tool to promote positive change in their classrooms. The idea of creating live screencasts during class was born out of necessity when a student was absent for an extended time for a medical issue. 2. Screencasting can be used for any grade level instruction (K-12 & Higher Education) that involves any aspect of online delivery. Student positive feedback has been tremendous with many expressing surprise on the personal nature of an online experience. 3. 4. 5.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: A Step by Step Guide on How to Create Interactive Presentations Using The New Google Slides Features May 6, 2016 After posting about the new Slides’ Q&A feature, we received a couple of questions regarding its usage. So we created this visual guide to walk you through the process of integrating questions in your presentation. But let us firs start with a refresher about what Slides Q&A is all about.This is a new functionality that allows members of your audience to engage with your presentation by asking realtime questions while you are presenting. Here is how to start a live Q&A session during a presentation with Google Slides. ‘Open a presentation in Google Slides.At the top, next to "Present," click the Down arrow.Click Presenter View. In the new window, click Audience tools.To start a new session, click Start new.To resume a recent session, click Continue recent.To stop accepting questions, click the on/off switch in the Q&A window.’ This is how to show questions from the audience: To present questions live to your audience: Source: Docs Help Center
8 Inspiring Quotes for Students and Teachers from Foo Fighter’s Dave Grohl Sometimes Those of us Struggling With Teaching and Learning (and Technology) Need a Little Inspiration! I always find February here in New York to be a particularly cold, rough month, and I know plenty of other folks facing winter in the northern hemisphere are probably experience the same feelings. We can use all the motivation we can get! I came across some great quotes from Dave Grohl recently and was honestly surprised and inspired by how many more good ones I found online! Image source “Create something that inspires someone.” “Be someone’s light when they are hopeless.” “Always have the highest bar for yourself.” “Wake up every day and no matter how crappy you feel, want to change something for the better.” “You will only be great at things you love to do … don’t pursue a career in something you hate to do.” “Once you find that inspiration, you shouldn’t be afraid to follow it. “Figure out who you are and what inspires you and don’t look back.” About Kelly Walsh Print This Post
Estas son las interesantes novedades que se acaban de lanzar hoy en Google Slides Google Slides, la herramienta de creación de presentaciones de Google, ha recibido hoy una interesante lluvia de novedades con las que los usuarios podrán hacer más en menos tiempo. En este sentido, desde ahora se podrán realizar importaciones de notas realizadas en Google Keep en Google Slides gracias a su más estrecha integración. Cuando se realice una importación, Slides se encargará de agregar automáticamente un título y una descripción. Por otro lado, Google Slides también ha añadido la función de vinculación y sincronización de diapositivas entre presentaciones llamada Diapositivas Vinculadas, lo que posibilitará el uso de una misma diapositiva entre diferentes presentaciones, con la ventaja de poder actualizarla a modo de fuente original, apareciendo dichas actualizaciones en aquellas presentaciones de forma automática en las que se haya vinculado la misma diapositiva.