This is an updated version of our slideshow Twitter for Teachers. It first explores some of the reasons why teachers could or should use Twitter, then follows that up with some of the basic mechanics of twitter, how to sign up, etc.
Feel free to copy all or portions of this slideshow and adapt it to your specific training or presenting situations. For more resources on Twitter from our blog, click here.
In the first of our collaborative resource lists we are gathering apps, tools, and web sites that provide free copyright-friendly and/or K-12 student search-friendly images and clip art. If you have any favorite sites or tools for images, please add them to our list.
Click here to open the collaborative document and add suggestions, copy, or print the list. You can also simply browse through the list in the frame below. [Read more…] about Collaborative Resource List: Images and Clip Art
The October edition of our department’s monthly newsletter was recently sent to all teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can also access it here.
Our October highlights include:
Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting.
In this video screencast and how-to guide for Granite School District teachers, we show you how to quickly upload your own videos and digital content to SAFARI Montage and share it with students at your school. [Read more…] about SAFARI Montage Tip: Uploading Content
This video screencast shows several ways to discover content for your classroom in Granite’s SAFARI Montage, including content created by teachers in Granite School District. [Read more…] about SAFARI Montage Tip: Discovering Content
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 summer’s highlights include:
Google’s CS4HS is “an annual grant program promoting computer science education worldwide by connecting educators to the skills and resources they need to teach computer science and computational thinking concepts in fun and relevant ways.” More information on applying for these hands-on in-person and online training opportunities is available here. You can also watch the video below to get a basic idea of the goals of this program.
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
Once again, the Audio Book Sync program will be giving away FREE young adult and classic literature digital audio books all summer long. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: Sync
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