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StrataLogica Educator Review | Common Sense Education How Can Teachers Use It? Although specifically billed as a resource for the social studies classroom, StrataLogica also can work well in the science classroom, and even in an ELA classroom. Social studies teachers can create projects to help students locate key places on a map or mark key events during a particular time period. For example, a World History teacher may have students locate famous places in Ancient Greece or mark key events during World War 2, while a U.S. history teacher may have students track the Underground Railroad or key events of the Civil Rights Movement. Science students can create custom maps to highlight certain land formations, compare two geographical regions, or even mark the known locations of an endangered species. In an ELA class, the same types of maps could be used as an alternative to a traditional research paper. Read MoreRead Less What's It Like? Is It Good For Learning? A bit of practice will be necessary, however, for students to do this effectively.

NowComment Create An Interactive, Label-Based Image Quiz! Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for sharing this resource! ImageQuiz is a fantastic new website that lets users create image-based quizzes with ease. Just upload your image, choose a title, and begin tagging the locations of the labels. For example, below is a screenshot of a quiz someone created about the parts of a bicycle. As you can see, it even keeps score, so you can use it as an assessment in the classroom if you would like. Happy quizzing, y’all! Like this: Like Loading... News-O-Matic EDU, Nonfiction Reading on the App Store How Pineapple Charts Revolutionize Professional Development This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. If you click these and make a purchase from Amazon, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support. Professional Development: The phrase has a way of striking dread into the hearts of teachers. But not because teachers don’t WANT to improve. In fact, so many teachers bristle at the thought of PD because most of the time, it’s executed so poorly. But things are starting to change. And now, taking PD to an even simpler, more local, more affordable level, we have the Pineapple Chart. A Pineapple Chart is a system that allows teachers to invite one another into their classrooms for informal observation. The chart represents one week of school. When a teacher sees something on the chart she is interested in, she goes to that classroom at the designated time, sits down in an out-of-the-way spot, and watches. But that’s just the beginning. When I asked her how the whole pineapple thing went, she said, “Eh. Sell it.

Crea narraciones multimedia con estas 10 herramientas Son varios lo recursos disponibles en Internet para la exposición de proyectos a través de historias audiovisuales, ideales para transmitir información de forma atractiva y dinámica. Entre las opciones disponibles para crear presentaciones, las narraciones multimedia destacan porque permiten al usuario incorporar su voz dentro de su material, de tal manera que el resultado es más personalizado. Te presentamos 10 herramientas para realizar narraciones 1. Esta herramienta nos permite crear presentaciones divididas en ‘slides’, a los cuales se les puede agregar de forma rápida imágenes, texto, audio y videos que estén alojados en la web o en una computadora. Además, el usuario también puede añadir su voz en tiempo real. 2. Es un servicio gratuito que permite utilizar imágenes, gráficos, mapas y clips de diferentes plataformas de video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc). El material puede ser compartido fácilmente e incluso, insertado en otras plataformas. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Publicado por: Sígueme

Documents 5 - Fast PDF reader and cloud download manager on the App Store Stoneclap An Easy and Quick Way to Grade Quizzes on Google Drive Using Super Quiz Tool February 22, 2015 Super Quiz is an excellent Google Sheets add-on that allows teachers to add some amazing functionalities to the quizzes they create through Google Forms. For instance, when you create a quiz, you only need to complete it once with an answer key and all future submissions will be automatically graded according to the answers you provided. Another important feature of Super Quiz is that it enables you to get a break down of class understanding and a list of incorrect students' answers for each question in case you want to stage an intervention. Also, “By filling out a few cells of information, you can also generate personalized differentiated written feedback emailed to students as soon as they submit a response. Watch the video below to learn more about Super Quiz

Climate Kids - NASA's Eyes on the Earth Educator Review | Common Sense Education How Can Teachers Use It? Teachers can use NASA Climate Kids as a toolbox for learning about global climate change. Exploring the Guided Tour of the Big Questions could help build essential background information before you dig deeper. Teachers can have students try games, such as Offset, to make learning about the carbon cycle more engaging. These games could be flipped for playing at home, with follow-up discussions taking place at school. Read moreRead less What's It Like? NASA Climate Kids is a comprehensive website covering a variety of global climate change topics. The Climate Change Time Machine is a standout interactive feature of the site that feeds the scientific inquiry process. Is It Good For Learning? NASA Climate Kids is an excellent learning tool for students because it provides accurate scientific information using a variety of media (games, videos, and interactives) that touch on the same topics.

5 Alternatives to Padlet For the last 24 hours the Twittersphere has been buzzing about the recent changes to Padlet. While none of the following tools have as many features as Padlet, they all provide the core element of a digital wall to which you apply digital sticky notes. Here are five alternatives to Padlet. These are in the order in which I prefer them right now. LinoLino, sometime referred to as Lino.It, provides digital walls or corkboards to which you can add sticky notes that contain text, images, videos, or document attachments. The best feature of Lino is the option to create private groups. WakeletWakelet is the newest entry into this market. DotstormingDotstorming was built for people to share ideas in the form of digital sticky notes and then vote for their favorite ideas. ScrumblrScrumblr is a site that provides an online space to create and share sticky notes with a group. PinsidePinside is a free online sticky note service.

8 Overlooked Useful YouTube Tools When most people think about YouTube they think sharing videos and or about all of the videos they can discover. Most people don't think about the useful editing tools that are built into YouTube. The YouTube video editor has some useful features for teachers and students. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Lapse It • Time Lapse & Stop Motion Camera • Free on the App Store Zaption - Interact & Learn with Video Lessons

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