Here are some of great collections of small, bite-sized video tutorials on making the most of Google Apps - like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Forms, etc. These collections of video are set in a YouTube Playlist for easy watching. These videos should be very helpful for you, especially if you are still learning the basics.
Simply click on the Playlist drop down menu in each Playlist collections below and select videos from the list.
Google Documents Playlist
Google Drive Playlist
Google Calendar Playlist
Gmail Playlist
To see more playlists regarding Google Apps please visit +Sam RosenfeldYouTube channel. Thanks to Sam for the work in putting this together.
This infographic, originally posted by HackCollege, is an older creation, however is an amazing visual and tool for learning how to create an effective web search.
Update (5.29.14): Because of the issues I had with the embedding of the infographic previously posted, I had to post an image of the infographic.
To view the original infographic in full size, please go to HackCollege.com
Every Thursday from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM join educators from around our state of Maine on Twitter sharing and discussing several pre-determined topics. Tonight's (May 15) discussion is on Digital Citizenship; which is an excellent topic. Why? Because it is a topic that so many of us know so little about, and it so vital to understand its impact on our students, not to mention ourselves. For more information on the #EdChatME Maine event, go here.
How do I join?
If you are new to Twitter, here's how you can join. Simply search for the hashtag #EdChatME in Twitter.
The great thing about joining a hashtag discussion like this is that you can find other contacts (Tweeps) of interest that you can follow. Look at their list of Tweeps they follow and find more Follows; to help build your Personal Learning Network.
You don't need a Twitter account
You can "listen" in on any Twitter hashtag dialog without a Twitter account and full ability to find idea and content from the sharing. Simply go to tweetchat.com and search for the hashtag #EdChatME.
Because #edchatme is not in session there were no live tweets at the time I created this video. You will notice #edchat is used instead for the purpose of demonstrating the use of TweetChat
If you are interested in creating a Twitter account and making a Personal Learning Network out of it, by all means, please contact me and I will walk you through how to make the most of Twitter.
Blended Learning is a new(er) buzz word floating around the Edu arena. This is +Common Sense Media 's definition of Blended Learning:
A pedagogical model that combines online and on-site learning and supports some element of student control over the time, place, path, and or/pace of their learning experience
You can find a great deal of idea and content on Twitter using the hashtag #blendedlearning in your search on Twitter. Here is a Twitter stream using #blendedlearning.
Have you signed in to graphite yet? If not, you are missing out on a valuable resource for your 1to1 iPad or "One-iPad" classroom. A product of +Common Sense Media, graphite is a type of social network where teachers share, search and create reviews for the best apps (web-based or tablet), games, websites, and other digital curricula.
You can find and share the best app workflows (App Flows) for you or your classroom. And graphite's content is searchable by grade level, subject, type of content, and by Common Core Standards. If you are not sure where or how you can start, try the Top Picks and explore some of the more popular choices by teachers.
graphite can serve as your Personal Learning Network (PLN) when it comes to finding the right digital content for iPad or other devices.
Here are two popular Twitter hashtags that are associated with Proficiency-based Learning. If you are not familiar with what Twitter hashtags are, they are specific search quarries that are used within tweeted messages and using the "#" symbol to make it a hyperlink. Hashtags in general are a great way to find common tweets and content.
Proficiency-Based Learning
There are two hashtags that I have found that will deliver to you a lot of great content when trying to learn and incorporate proficiency-based learning.
#SCLChat (student-centered learning) Click on the label to view full Tweet stream
If you haven't already, you should check out Google News. Yes, you can get news from many different sources depending on what kind of news you are looking for. And, you can search a topic in Google and select News on the Google Menu. However, the news.google.com News is different. I'll tell you why.
Google News not only sources news from hundreds of popular news sources for the latest national and global news, but you can customize your Google News. If you are more interested in sports, or business, or entertainment, you can customize your Google News to view articles regarding one of these topics only. Or, you could include all of these topics, but make adjustments to how much of news from each of these aforementioned topics is presented in your Google News.
You can, also, add in your own customized News "section". A devoted section of news pertaining to a customized topic you pick. For example, I love reading about the global coffee market, so I added in a section devoted to Coffee Futures. All new in this personalized section is devoted to the coffee market.
Ok, one more thing I like about Google News. Be sure to check out "Realtime Coverage" in any of the news sections. In realtime you can see up-to-the-minute articles as well as Google+ posts regarding the news topic of that section.
