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8 Things You Didn’t Know Google Classroom Can Do By Shawn Beard Digital Learning has revolutionized the way teachers do business in education. Teachers now have the ability to communicate, plan, and teach more efficiently than ever before. One advancement that has allowed this type of change is Google Classroom. If you’ve never used Classroom, here are eight things you probably didn’t know about this powerhouse tool. More: 20 Best Google Classroom Tips From Google Pros 1. Not only can you assign work, and provide feedback to your students through Google Classroom, but you can also keep parents in the loop. Once added, parents/guardians will begin receiving email summaries outlining class activity, including missing work for their student, as well as upcoming work. Once a parent/guardian email address is linked to a student, it is linked for the entire domain/district. See more info about how I use this feature in my Google Classroom blog post. 2. Google Classroom gives teachers the advantage of assigning work at any time. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

3D Printing Activities to Try in Your Classroom Making shoebox dioramas for history or egg drop containers for physics is quickly becoming a thing of the past. There is a new fad making its way through schools: using 3D printers in the classrooms. This is a new technology that makes solid 3D objects out of light plastic, layer by layer, from a single digital file. However, many teachers and schools are hesitant to buy 3D printers, believing them to only be useful for engineering or 3D art classes. History No longer do students need to use random craft supplies to create visuals for their projects. Art Rather than wasting sculpting clay, students can create sculptural masterpieces with 3D printing. But, the biggest advantage of having a 3D printer is encouraging students to find fun in the STEM program. Science Have students create 3D Earths to learn about the different layers of Earth. Technology Students will ineptly become more interested in technology as you use 3D printing. Engineering Math

27 Classroom Poster Sets: Free and Fantastic Add some color and inspiration with classroom posters. Here are 27 free classroom posters sets for and grade level! These instant download poster sets cover inspirational quotes, learning quotes, curricular content and even classroom management. I’m excited to share these fantastic creations from other teachers with you – there are over 130 printable pages all together in this collection! There’s no shortage of great teaching tips for sprucing up your classroom. Attitude Matters Classroom Posters Source: lightbulbsandlaughter.blogspot.com 1. 2. Source: theresourcefulroom.com 3. 11 Life Skills Posters – Post, discuss and reflect on life skills as part of your positive classroom management plan. Classroom Management Poster Sets Source: kindergartenworks.com 4. source: 3rdgradethoughts.com 5. Source: teaminguptoteach.blogspot.com 6. Source: thecreativeclassroom2013.blogspot.com 7. 8. Source: thebrownbagteacher.blogspot.ca 9. Classroom Posters to Help Teach 12. Source: theteacherwife.com 13. 14. 15.

Valuable Tips for Getting Started as a Technology Teacher You Need to Know Are you a new technology teacher or just interested in learning how another technology teacher gets organized at the beginning of the school year? This post goes over everything you need to know to give your students a great start. Setting up a class website Your first order of business is to decide where and how to set up your lessons. There are some great website building platforms out there and you can use any one you like. Formatting technology lessons I have two formats that I like to use for the different levels of learners. Kindergarten through second grade generally has a "must do" activity and then learning games for early finishers. To decide what to include in my lessons, I use the ISTE Standards for Students. 3rd through 5th grade has three components to each lesson. In addition to early finisher activities online, I also keep a classroom library that they can use if they finish early. *These are affiliate links to Amazon. Organizing your Computer Lab 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Welcome to the Library / Library/Media Curriculum Standards The Library/Media Program addresses three sets of standards. Curriculum The elementary school library-media curriculum is taught during regularly scheduled library special classes and in cooperation with classroom teachers. Kindergarten:OrientationLibrary CitizenshipParts of a bookBook careJob of author and illustratorABC orderAlphabetizing skillsAuthors/Illustrators Literature appreciation/responseSelf-selection of appropriate materials Grade 1:OrientationLibrary CitizenshipParts of a bookReinforce ABC orderReinforce alphabetizing skillsLocation skills in Easy fiction sectionFiction vs. non-fictionLiterature appreciation/responseCaldecott AwardAuthors/IllustratorsSelf-selection of appropriate materials

Student Success Infographics Students love rich useful feedback. But, what exactly do they want and need from the instructor? Here are a few questions I have been asked by students, and ways to respond. Feedback Q & A Like this: Like Loading... I have recently been shocked at the fact that educators don’t really see the need for a rubric. Here are a few benefits: What else would you add? ~Mia Thanks, Robin! Here is a group of infographics that relate to your first day of each teaching term. Is this a crazy idea? Students will at some point be required to give a presentation. What do you do to prepare? I downloaded a fun new app. on my iPad called Cloudart. It is tough to get to the end of a lesson or term and find your self asking, “Did they really learn anything?” Here are some ways to ask questions early to assess understanding. Is creativity still alive in our students? With the advent and push for more technology use in the classroom is there still a place for creativity?

Library Curriculum Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers “In the following MindShift article, Katrina Schwartz provides a list of great apps for education, pressure tested by teachers themselves.” via MindShift With the thousands of educational apps vying for the attention of busy teachers, it can be hard to sift for the gold. Michelle Luhtala, a savvy librarian from New Canaan High School in Connecticut has crowd-sourced the best, most extensive list of appsvoted on by educators around the country. “I wanted to make sure we had some flexibility because there’s no one app that’s better than all the others,” Luhtala said. 30Hands allows a user to make pictures, annotate them, record a voice explainer and then packages it all into a video. Adobe Voice is a recently released education product from Adobe that allows students to narrate a story over an array of digital images. Book Creator is only available for iPads, allowing kids to easily create their own iBook by importing images, multimedia, text, and audio.

Bookinitat50: LIBRARY CURRICULUM SEPTEMBER Roald Dahl Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15)LESSONS:LIBRARIES ARE FUN! LIBRARY POLICIES & PROCEDURES BOOK CARE LIBRARY ARRANGEMENT *Opt: SEPT. 11TH (grades 3-6) *Author Spotlight: Tomie dePaola, Roald Dahl, Jon ScieszkaRead Aloud Book List using monthly themes or books from spotlighted authors:A few paragraphs from any of Jon Scieszka's "Guys Read" stories to spark interest"My Friend Rabbit" by Eric Rohmann"Library Lion" by Michelle Knudsen "America is Under Attack" by Don Brown"The Man Who Walked Between The Towers" by Mordicai Gerstein"Lily's Purple Plastic Purse" by Kevin Henkes"The Art Lesson" by Tomie dePaola"The Kissing Hand" by Audrey Penn "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf" by Lois Ehlert "The Leaf Man" by Lois Ehlert"A Ball for Daisy" by Chris Rashka OCTOBER National Bullying Prevention Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15)LESSONS:FICTION vs. "One" by Kathryn Otoshi (Oct 1, 2008)