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Google Apps for Education are tools that give users access to email, online storage, collaborative documents and presentations, all in a cloud-based system.  It gives teachers the ability to send assignments and communicate with students and parents easily.  Schedules and calendars can also be easily shared.  Teachers can add students to their classroom directly or share a code with their class to join.  Classroom allows teachers to create, review, and grade assignments…

District 49 offers free educational courses to their teachers via the ERO.  Schoology training is a course I recently participated in; Schoology hosts your website, your content, and your files. Best of all, it connects you with your students to help improve outcomes.  Academic and technological agility have become necessary characteristics of 21st-century educational institutions. Schoology gives you an edge by simplifying the process of building unique webpages with dynamic content…

Do virtual worlds offer more advantages over more traditional learning environments?

The healthcare sector, as well as many other sectors, to include education, is a major user of virtual reality technology for training purposes. So what are the advantages of virtual reality training in these sectors?

The benefits are:

• Little/no risk
• Safe, controlled area
• Realistic scenarios
• Can be done remotely saving time and…

I have learned a lot about networking and digital citizenship through my studies. I did not know how easy, yet how important, it is to create a digital citizenship policy.  Technology is a great learning tool, but only when the proper privacy and security measures are in place.  There are many advantages to social networking; collaboration, communication, project based learning activities, writing, math, reading, and common core alignment. Teachers can monitor student achievement and…

Acceptable Use Policies

The National Education Association (NEA) suggests that an effective AUP contain the following six elements:

1   Preamble explains the process involved in determining the goals of the AUP.

2  Definition of the Goals of the AUP and key words used in the AUP.

3  Policy Statement tells what computer services are covered by the AUP and the circumstances under which students can use computer services.

4  Acceptable…

Bloom’s taxonomy and Marzano’s research have been a part of my learning for years; as a student and as a teacher.  Both strategies promote higher order thinking skills and best practices in the classroom.  I try to be mindful of their relevance in my lesson planning, yet I realize that I continue to fall short of higher level thinking, focusing more on the lower level concepts, on a regular basis.  I am reminded of their importance as I study these concepts again, and will be more deliberate…

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