tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68846737789572474712024-03-15T21:09:40.356-04:00Emerging Tech EdEmerging Tech, Google, and all EdTech Tips and Tricks! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-35887368628006107882016-11-15T10:49:00.002-05:002016-11-15T10:49:40.856-05:00NEW Google Sites is LIVE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Finally, the day that we have all been waiting for! The NEW Google Sites is LIVE for anyone to use. The user friendly ability to drag and drop items from Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, PDFs, Images, Charts and More), move text boxes and create pages that are truely your own! </div>
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Check out the video below for a brief overview of how to create, change, add and publish from the NEW Google Sites! </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863304393266718827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-36514357762706454592016-09-17T15:17:00.000-04:002016-09-17T15:19:32.907-04:00Communication is KeyAt the beginning of the year, as we are setting up our Google Classrooms, OneNote Notebooks, and Email distribution lists, we can also think about other ways to communicate with parents and students. The following two means, allow third party texting with parents and students, but NO ONE knows each other's phone number.<br />
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<a href="http://www.remind.com/">Remind</a> - A communication tool that provides a safe way for teachers to text message or email students and parents.<br />
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Here are just a few of the new changes in Google Classroom and a walk through of how to add parent email addresses, what parents will see and how to categorize your assignments, announcements and questions into Topics! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-3822648740481306312016-09-05T10:13:00.002-04:002016-09-05T10:13:25.706-04:00New Forms Features If it's been a while since you have used Forms, you may have noticed two major changes. <div>
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1. Now you can GRADE quizzes directly in the Form!! NO NEED FOR FLUBAROO!! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-42636706113031412012016-09-05T09:58:00.001-04:002016-09-05T09:58:30.185-04:00New Google Training ExtensionThere are many ways to find tips and tricks when you are stuck in the Google Drive or with a new tool in the Google Apps Suite; but the new <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/training-for-google-apps/idkloemkmldbemijiamdiolojbffnjlh?hl=en" target="_blank">Training for Google Apps Extension </a>(which can be found in the Chrome Web Store) is a great extension to answer all of your questions and help through audio and video features.<br />
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Every section of the Google Drive (i.e. Docs, Sheets, Forms, etc.) will have tutorials (audio, video and written). <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/training-for-google-apps/idkloemkmldbemijiamdiolojbffnjlh?hl=en" target="_blank">Install it </a>and see how it can help you out today! </div>
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There are great number of educational resources in the <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/" target="_blank">Steam store</a> including <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/396030" target="_blank">InCell VR</a> and <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/343740/" target="_blank">InMind VR</a> (for use in Science and Biology classes), and <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/327140/" target="_blank">Tiltbrush</a> for use in an art class. </div>
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If you are using and HTC Vive in the classroom you may want to use these <a href="https://vrcover.com/product/htc-vive-pre-vr-cover-waterproof-for-exhibitions-sport/" target="_blank">covers</a> to prevent the transmission of germs. </div>
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<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/22/4251926/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-therapy-mental-health" target="_blank"><i>Virtual Rx: how Oculus Rift could revolutionize mental health</i></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-1411769551679786512016-06-04T08:13:00.002-04:002016-06-04T08:16:43.725-04:00Google TranslateThis past week in Rye Neck, I had one of the greatest experiences since I left the classroom. <br />
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A new student was just starting school on Thursday and she spoke no English (only Japanese). In this Third Grade class there are many students that speak Japanese, but to rely on them the whole day would be very difficult. When the student was introduced to the class the ESL teacher was with her in the morning, but I asked the main teacher, "What if we tried Google Translate?" <br />
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This week I began my own personal journey with #ThingLink360. <br />
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This week I had the opportunity to use my <a href="https://theta360.com/en/about/theta/s.html" target="_blank">Ricoh Theta S</a> for the first time on a field trip with the Sloatsburg Fifth Grade Students around the Village of Sloatsburg. After the completion of the trip, I created a #ThingLink360 as a post field trip assessment.<br />
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This is another #ThingLink360 that one of Dawn Bean's IE Fifth Grader's at RP Connor has just started working on. For this I created two documents, one for the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rOhwcuJIQgVSyvr8Fj7fi5k4biWEflJcekyh8Y8nzxE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">teacher</a>, one the <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RE0o9pbMS3KIfYVUyNLwDcMhjDZAl3izss-F7dKMbSo/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">students</a>. <br />
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<a href="https://www.thinglink.com/user/376427612534210562" target="_blank">Bobby B Lewis</a> created a classroom walkthrough. This is a great way to describe your classroom before the beginning of the year starts. Help alleviate anxiety, show students where items belong, etc<br />
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Finally, ThingLink offers a great blog and Facebook Group with fantastic resources. The last blog post is full of great information - <i><a href="http://blog.thinglink.com/marketing/features-specs-for-360/vr-editor" target="_blank">Features and Specs for 360/VR Editor</a>.</i><br />
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<a href="https://www.thinglink.com/edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">ThingLink</span></a> <i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">is a platform for creating interactive images and videos for educational channels. Images come alive with video, text, images, shops, music and more!</span></i></h2>
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<a href="https://www.thinglink.com/edu" target="_blank">ThingLink</a> has developed a Virtual Reality editor which will assist in creating 360 degree ThingLinks.<br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://d97cooltools.blogspot.com/2016/05/3-reasons-to-take-thinglink-summer-vr.html#.VzMJ_hWDGko" target="_blank">3 Reasons to Take the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge</a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There are some great ways to learn </span>MORE<span style="font-weight: normal;"> about the Summer VR Challenge and how you can integrate the 360/VR challenge into your classroom:</span></span></div>
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<li>Sign up form for <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7903042564667493121">ThingLink Summer VR Challenge</a> </li>
<li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/ThingLink_EDU">@ThingLink_EDU</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/soxnevad">@soxnevad</a> for the latest news</li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-30665035698471896112016-05-09T09:57:00.001-04:002016-05-09T09:57:52.647-04:00Quick Tips to organize your Google Drive <h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<li><a href="http://gettingsmart.com/2015/11/60-popular-education-twitter-hashtags-2/" target="_blank">60 Popular Education Twitter Hashtags</a></li>
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"Google Now is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Google. Google Now is available within the GoogleSearch mobile application for Android and iOS, as well as the Google Chrome web browser on personal computers." <div>
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Google Now helps me organize my day to day events, see when packages are being delivered as well as choosing news and analyzing my news reading data. It narrows news articles and chooses those based on my interests and previous articles I have read. </div>
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Groups are dedicated spaces where you can share updates, photos or documents and message other group members. You can also select one of three privacy options for each group you create.<div>
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<li><a href="http://www.theedublogger.com/2011/05/11/the-why-and-how-of-using-facebook-for-educators-no-need-to-be-friends-at-all/" target="_blank">The Why and How of using Facebook for Educators - No Need to be Friends At All! </a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/" target="_blank">ShakeupLearning</a></li>
<li><a href="http://alicekeeler.com/" target="_blank">Alice Keeler</a></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-30314166642770042652016-04-03T17:50:00.001-04:002016-04-03T17:50:21.307-04:00It's Review Time: Part 2 Last year, just around this time, I posted a blog called "<a href="http://www.emergingteched.com/2015/03/its-review-time.html" target="_blank">It's Review Time</a>" all about Review Games great to use in any subject area. As we are heading into NYS Testing time again, Here are a few new (and some of my favorite) sites to review, quiz and help students through this time of year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.socrative.com/" style="color: #7d4417; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Socrative</a> </span>can be found in the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps" style="color: #7d4417; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chrome Web Store</span></a> and similarly to <a href="http://getkahoot.com/" style="color: #7d4417; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kahoot</span></a> lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops and smartphones. <span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://socrative.com/" style="color: #7d4417; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Socrative</a> </span>uses real time questioning, BUT IN ADDITION HAS instant result aggregation and visualization, wherein teachers can gauge the whole class’ current level of understanding.</div>
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Here is a great <a href="http://www.socrative.com/materials/SocrativeUserGuide.pdf" style="color: #7d4417; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">User Guide</span></a> that will show all the steps for working through, creating and understanding <a href="http://socrative.com/" style="color: #7d4417; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Socrative</span></a>. </div>
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One of the activities that I always loved to do with my students when I was teaching was Jeopardy or using flashcards for review. Now many of us know, use and love <a href="http://quizlet.com/">Quizlet</a> but what happens when you are fully immersed in the Google World! Well, then you have <a href="http://flippity.net/">Flippity.net</a>. With <a href="http://flippity.net/">Flippity.net</a> you can create flashcards (that look like REAL flashcards) BUT with words, PICTURES or VIDEOS!! Check out my blog "<a href="http://www.emergingteched.com/2015/01/making-flashcards-and-creating-jeopardy.html" target="_blank">Making Flashcards and Creating Jeopardy with Google Spreadsheets</a>"</div>
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As of April 2016 this program is still in Beta. Teachers can start the live version but students cannot. "This is an in-class, team-based learning game based on any Quizlet study set. Students are randomly paired into teams of 3-4 students to race against other teams. Each team must work together to clear their board, and the first team to do so wins." -quizlet.com Go to <i><a href="https://quizlet.com/help/test-out-the-beta-of-quizlets-new-in-class-game" target="_blank">"</a></i><i><a href="https://quizlet.com/help/test-out-the-beta-of-quizlets-new-in-class-game" target="_blank">Test out the beta of Quizlet's new in-class game</a>" </i>for more information. </div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-62850806534434721532016-03-22T09:51:00.001-04:002016-03-22T09:51:35.498-04:00Vetting Resources, CSUnplugged and More! There are a multitude of resources on the web but how do you determine what are good and useful and what are not. Here are a few resources that may inspire and intrigue you and your students as well as some sites to help you vet your own materials:<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.2px;">A Series Of Free Science Activities And Videos From </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.2px;">Google</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.2px;">.</span></span></span><br />
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Chrome Music Lab is a collection of experiments that let anyone, at any age, explore how music works. They're collaborations between musicians and coders, all built with the freely available Web Audio API. <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/03/introducing-chrome-music-lab.html">http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/03/introducing-chrome-music-lab.html</a><br />
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The Unplugged project is to promote Computer Science (and computing in general) to young people as an interesting, engaging, and intellectually stimulating discipline. We want to capture people’s imagination and address common misconceptions about what it means to be a computer scientist. <br />
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The community-driven database of educational technology products on the EdSurge site allows teachers to search for products by category, grade level, and learning needs.<br />
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Over the past few days I have had more time to delve into the world of VR and utilize my Leap Motion. A Leap Motion is a gesture and motion tracker that will follow the motions of your hands to remove the need for a mouse. Leap Motion for the past 6 weeks has been running a <a href="https://developer.leapmotion.com/3djam" target="_blank">3D Jam 2.0</a> for developers to create their own software, apps and programs that would work and integrate with Oculus Rift (predominately) as well as other open source projects (such as Google Cardboard).</div>
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Unlike Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, does not come with it's own graphical interface card and therefore cannot run its own programs directly from the device, therefore we need an engine that can run the program from the computer to our cell phone: Trinus. Trinus (as stated from their website):</div>
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I have been able to sail a ship in Wurm through Trinius and Google Cardboard, roll a ball through a labyrinth and Trinius and my HooToo (This was more difficult with the Leap Motion controls)<br />
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The adhesive I was using continually fell off as the Leap Motion was getting quite hot. There is a <a href="http://store-us.leapmotion.com/products/vr-developer-mount" target="_blank">Leap Motion vr developer mount </a>for those interested for $20 through the Leap Motion Store.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-38813752954239456232016-02-19T09:04:00.000-05:002016-02-19T09:19:11.701-05:00Virtual Reality, Education and SocietyDuring school holidays seem to be the only time that I get to delve deep into my hobbies. Now most of you know Technology and especially Educational Technology are of great interest to me (good thing I work in Emerging Tech!), but also of interest to me are the trends of the future, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and how the two will come together to change the scope of the educational playground.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.emergingteched.com/2015/01/google-cardboard.html" target="_blank">Google Cardboard</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.emergingteched.com/2015/01/google-cardboard-curricular-integration.html" target="_blank">Google Cardboard: Curricular Integration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.emergingteched.com/2015/11/google-cardboard-and-digital.html" target="_blank">Google Cardboard and Digital Storytelling</a></li>
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As we think to the future, the device students choose to have in their hands are their cellphones, as recently noted in the WSJArticle <a href="http://www.wsj.com/video/teens-new-homework-tool-a-cellphone/8547BE19-7B83-4E98-9E2C-BD1D31CBC42C.html" target="_blank"><i>Teens' New Homework Tool? A Cellphone</i></a> highlighting a friend and former colleague, Heidi Bernasconi, Students live in a virtual world where a device is always at their finger tips. They can complete assignments and get news in real time; even see locations around the world in 3D.<br />
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Recently, the NYTimes created their own Virtual Reality App and Website <a href="http://www.wsj.com/video/teens-new-homework-tool-a-cellphone/8547BE19-7B83-4E98-9E2C-BD1D31CBC42C.html" target="_blank">NYT VR: Virtual Reality</a> and sent out to its print customers a Google Cardboard. Nonny de la Peña's, a journalist and presenter at TEDWoman <i><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/nonny_de_la_pena_the_future_of_news_virtual_reality?language=en" target="_blank">The Future of News? Virtual Reality</a> </i>trying to find ways to integrate the reality of News and still maintain integrity of the news stories. <br />
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<a href="http://clear.msu.edu/clear/resources/rich-internet-applications/" target="_blank">Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) </a></h2>
The Center for Language Education <a href="http://clear.msu.edu/clear/">http://clear.msu.edu/clear/</a> has a lot of free tools for World Language, ELL and Special Education teachers. On the website click on resources and then click on <a href="http://clear.msu.edu/clear/resources/rich-internet-applications/" target="_blank">Rich Interactive Applications RIA</a>. There are many tools here in which students can RECORD themselves using Video or Audio!<br />
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No matter what our content area is, every teacher is a teacher of reading; therefore, why not have a great list of <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WtKot4e8GFQvnuMfDICpbeY-dxXjKFHH2BESVhaV_mg/edit" target="_blank">Google Tools for Reading</a>! These Google Tools have not been broken down by grade level but rather skill or topic. </div>
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Here are a few tools that are great for use in the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rtokzhpvkUPnymudl_ZVmfAA7H33VIyLQUpujNGwrTo/edit" target="_blank">Math classroom</a>. These Google Tools have not been broken down by grade level but rather skill or topic. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">This allows students an opportunity to find an issue and create a current position on it and then defend or support it. Could change the face of how kids view government. Yay - Nay - debate - counterpoint. It can also give the class an opportunity to write to the congressman/woman directly. The coolest part is that “the next phase” -- you wait and then you can check back in and you can see how your congressman/woman voted.</span></h2>
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The 4c's of learning, a Review of ALL Google Tools and More! A great compilation of resources in one location. </div>
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There are great apps and ways to integrate Special Education tools into the classroom. One great website that will help narrow your choices of special Education apps for both Android and IOS devices is <a href="http://spedapps.kent.edu/" target="_blank">SpedApps</a>. This app was created with the mindset to:<br />
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Teachers sign up a class or learners can sign up on their own. Penpalschools matches everyone with their own PenPal for a 6-Week exchange. Students login to the website or mobile app each week to complete standards-aligned assignments focused on language, culture, and current events. Students share what they’ve written with their PenPals, who respond with their own ideas and perspectives. <a href="https://www.penpalschools.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.penpalschools.com/</a> </blockquote>
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The Mindset Kit is a free set of online lessons and practices designed to help you teach and foster adaptive learning mindsets. This website contains information about Growth Mindset, Teaching Growth Mindset, Assessments, as well as PD for teachers and staff around the idea of Growth Mindset. Overall, it is a very useful place to start when looking for information on the topic of Growth Mindset.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-65308163845835268772016-01-20T11:04:00.001-05:002016-01-20T11:04:23.753-05:00Look at our YOUNGEST users!! <br />
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Are you working on an interesting project? Are you or your students using Google in a non traditional way? Email and share! Invite me into your classroom! <a href="mailto:aklebanoff@lhric.org" target="_blank">aklebanoff@lhric.org </a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422042079522748996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884673778957247471.post-12192160880223761322016-01-16T08:21:00.002-05:002016-01-17T16:35:59.639-05:00Emerging Technologies - .gif creator and GeogreetingSometimes the best tool for the job is not a Google tool! This week I was able to interact with Lauren Wolman's 5th grade class from Rye Neck's F.E. Bellows Elementary School and see some of the ways they used a .gif creator and Geogreetings to complete their spelling and vocabulary homework as well as learn about their science terms. <br />
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ABCYa Animate MIGHT be one of my new favorite sites. Although the site may look limited and a little "babyish" it is FAR from it!! Students are able to created animated pictures through templated backgrounds, pre-designed characters and sprites, or import as well as draw their own designs. <br />
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Here is an example of a <a href="http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?ydUpBooUBoCyEBmoU975">geoGreeting</a> that I have created for you...<a href="http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?ydUpBooUBoCyEBmoU975">CLICK HERE</a>. geoGreetings are great ways for students to be introduced to locations around the world, geography and architecture. Think of all the possibilities!! <br />
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Happy New Year! This week I have had the opportunity to revisit with a teacher that I worked with last year, Eleni Pallogudis, and her third grade class. Last year when we worked together we<br />
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