20 collaborative Google Apps activities for schools Google Apps are collaborative, which makes them highly powerful. They offer opportunities for students to engage unlike ever before. Here are 20 ideas. Google Apps is beginning to revolutionize education. With its highly collaborative, online/offline format — and its attractive price tag (free!) The way that Google Apps is interactive and easy to share is powerful. There’s so much you can do with these apps in class to get students — AND teachers — working together. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. What are other ways to use Google Apps to help students, teachers and others at schools collaborate? (For notifications of new Ditch That Textbook content and helpful links, “like” Ditch That Textbook on Facebook and follow @jmattmiller on Twitter!) Related Google Apps "GAFE Smashing" activities -- Part 1: Dynamic Docs Google Apps make so many fantastic classroom activities possible. April 25, 2016 In "Ed Tech" October 2, 2014
Yummy (for Delicious.com and Pinboard.in) inklewriter - Education Education inkle is looking to bring interactive stories to the classroom, and give teachers free and simple get-stuck-right-in software to use with their students. From within a web-browser, the inklewriter will let students make and play interactive stories with no programming required. Why make stories interactive anyway? The way our stories work is simple: the reader is given the text of a story in a small chunks, and after each, they get to make a decision about what happens next. Our first project, Frankenstein, uses interactivity to explore the different facets of Mary Shelley's original novel - allowing the reader to discover different aspects of the world, follow up hints and allusions in the text, and maybe even take some narrative paths that Shelley herself considered. How can students get involved? In the classroom, interactive writing offers an innovative, fun environment in which to write stories. Oh, and it's all free. Sign-up and email addresses That's no problem!
help Research, create, and present school projects online - Biteslide digitaleducators2 - Social Bookmarking with Diigo Social bookmarking is a way to save favorite Internet sites to an online "filing cabinet." The Common Craft video entitled, Social Bookmarking in Plain English provides a great, yet simple explanation of the value and purpose of social bookmarking. Diigo This is the most versatile social bookmarking tool! Diigo Tutorials Get Diigo Get Diigo Toolbar Dave Ehrhart's Screencast on using Diigo in the classroom: Diigo: a social bookmarking research tool Tagging This is the most important aspect of the social bookmarking process. Things to remember about tagging in Diigo: 1. Tutorials and information from the Diigo website: • Guided Tour • Flash Tutorials • Importing Existing Del.icio.us bookmarks • Importing Browser Bookmarks/Favorites • Diigo Blog Diigo 3: Diigo 3 promo video on YouTube: (Download new Diigo toobar.) DIG-ging Diigo...Blog post on The Connected Classroom by Kristin Hokanson that provides a detailed "how-to" guide on using Diigo. New Features:
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A Wonderful App for Students to Showcase Their Learning August 21, 2015 30hands is an excellent app to use with students in class. You can use it for a wide variety of purposes from creating demos and tutorials to crafting visually appealing presentations and videos. Students can use it to create multimedia productions showcasing their learning in the form of a slideshow with audio narration, or through an audio-enhanced image portfolios to mention but a few examples. Given its intuitive interface and simple layout, 30hands can be used with different age groups. 30hands is also great for digital storytelling. 30hands is available in two versions: free and pro.