Click through this presentation to find a wealth of digital resources and web tools for using Chromebooks (or other devices) for reading, including text-to-speech tools, online reading materials, annotation and note taking tools, and much more. This collection was created by Stephanie Seely, Library Media Educational Technology Specialist at Granite Connection High School, and presented to secondary English Language Arts teachers as part of Granite’s August 17, 2015 professional development sessions.
English Language Arts
Chromebooks: What We Know Now
Will you be using Chromebooks in your classroom this year for the first time? The presentation above is filled with valuable tips, ideas, and resources for preparing, managing, and using Chromebooks in the classroom. [Read more…] about Chromebooks: What We Know Now
Featured Resource: PowerMyLearning
PowerMyLearning is a free personalized learning platform that allows teachers and parents to design and assign custom activity playlists for students by choosing from thousands of games, interactives, videos, and simulations selected from across the world wide web. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: PowerMyLearning
Featured Resource: LitCharts
LitCharts offers high quality digital literature guides on over 225 works of literature. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: LitCharts
Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – May 2015
Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – May 2015
Our department’s monthly newsletter was recently sent out to all teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can also access it here.
This month’s highlights include:
- Now Registering For Summer Technology Classes
- Educational Technology’s Website Gem Of the Month
- Chromebooks In the Classroom From Kathy Schrock’s Guide To Everything
- Two Awesome Digital Language Arts Resources
- Excellent Reading Apps For the Chrome Browser
- GSD Teacher Spotlight: Integrating Technology In the Classroom
- ESRI’s 2015 Storytelling With Maps Contest Is Open
Digital Conversion Spotlight: Student Critical Thinking
In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s video, teachers discuss how students’ critical thinking and resource analysis skills have improved thanks to the immediate access to a wide array of web sites and resources provided by the classroom Chromebooks. Having instant in-class access to all the resources available on the Internet makes it easier for teachers to model good research practices and coach students in the analysis of these resources for credibility.
Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.
Digital Conversion Spotlight: Student Collaboration
In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s video, teachers discuss how cloud-based collaborative tools such as Google Drive/Google Docs and classroom Chromebooks enable students to easily collaborate on projects and give immediate feedback to one another through peer-editing of writing.
Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.
Digital Conversion Spotlight: Student Creativity
In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s video, teachers highlight ways that students use classroom Chromebooks to explore their own ideas and interests, develop creative projects, and become creators and producers of knowledge rather than simply consumers of information.
Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.
Featured Resource: Newsela
Want to get up-to-date news articles on high-interest and diverse topics for students, customized to their reading levels? Newsela will do this for you!