Step two: Getting checked out.
Step three: Enjoy your summer!
Is Alice Cooper's School's Out song running through your head? Are you ready to run from your classroom screaming with freedom? If you are interested in keeping up with what's new, the latest Google updates/changes, or inspiration for new ideas in your classroom over the summer, check your email or subscribe to this blog. Posts will probably not come every week over the summer, but they will be published on a fairly regular basis (at the very least, once per month). Relax and enjoy your time off. Feel free to contact me if you need help trying something new with technology for next year. Summer is a great time to explore and play with new tech!
Included in this post:
- KISD Free Workshop exploring free Instructional eResources - SCECHs Available
- MVU Blended Learning Day Camp
- Flippity - make reviews a game
- Add Animated GIFs to Google Slides and Docs
- Using Advanced Slides Features
- Add Your Favorite Sports Team's Schedule to Google Calendar (or Christian Holidays, moon phases, and more!)
KISD Free Instructional eResources Workshop
If you are looking for free resources to use with your students on Chromebooks and iPads, this will help. KISD is offering 2 free workshops on August 18, one for elementary and one for secondary teachers. Sessions will last 3 hours. This workshop will help you utilize MEL (Michigan Electronic Library) to find free resources. Here's the link for the details and to register.
MVU Blended Learning Day Camp
Michigan Virtual University (MVU) is hosting a blended learning day camp for teachers, July 12th at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. (Blended Learning is a program where the student learns at least in part via digital/online media.) The day will include six "lightning talks" by teachers sharing their classroom passion, a speaker from the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) to speak about the power of open educational resources and why teacher collaboration is so important, small group conversations about what's going on in classrooms, the challenges being faced, and hopes for next year. The cost is only $25 and includes breakfast, lunch, a blended learning book and a "survival kit". More information and registration info is available at myblend.org/daycamp2016. If you have any questions, please contact Jamie DeWitt of MVU, jdewitt@mivu.org.Flippity
Flippity is a great free tool for creating flashcards, Jeopardy-like quiz shows, spelling words manager, Mad Libs creator, random name picker, progress indicator, and more, using Google Sheets. Each one of those categories has a demo, written instructions, and a template. When you open the template it will prompt you to make a copy of the template in your Google Drive. It's easier to follow the instructions if you have your copy of the template open. (Remember, you can rename your template copy anything you want, and move it into any folder in your My Drive.) Once you have your template copy, just go about changing it to include the information you wish to use. There is no app, extension or add-on to install, you simply go to flippity.net and select the template and instructions for the game you want to use. At the bottom of the instructions, is a link for more information or FAQ - reading some of this information will help you with more advanced features, such as including photos or videos in your questions.
Add Animated GIFS to your Google Presentations and Google Docs, from Shake Up Learning by Kasey Bell
GIFs are those animated pictures and images that you see all over web sites and social media, (like the Venus Flytrap at right). They're useful for making a point, as well as showing quick instructions for something. They may also grab your students' attention and make you look like a pro.
Add Animated GIFs to Google Slides and Docs
GIFs are those animated pictures and images that you see all over web sites and social media, (like the Venus Flytrap at right). They're useful for making a point, as well as showing quick instructions for something. They may also grab your students' attention and make you look like a pro.
Using Advanced Slides Features
The Apps Show presents: using Advanced Slides Features, such as using templates, adding different slide layouts, collaborating and keeping design consistency, embedding video in your slides, inserting and updating charts, Q&A, seeing presenter notes, and presenting from a mobile device.Add Your Favorite Sports Team's Schedule to Google Calendar
Add Your Favorite Sports Team's Schedule to Google Calendar, by Better Cloud Monitor
This is just a fun little tip. Never miss a game again - even when the schedule changes. Yes, the NCAA games are also included so you can get your favorite college team too. This also works for adding Christian Holidays, such as Ash Wednesday, Ascension Thursday, etc. Under the More section, you can get moon phases and sunrise/sunset times.
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