Tech Tuesday for May 22

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the wonderful weather we are having. I have some nice resources for you to check out if you have a spare moment.

The Digital Teaching Series

The summer is a great time to relaz, but also get needed credit hours. Here is a great program that offers online professional development from experts.

6 Week Courses

4.5 CEUs

3 Graduate credits available

The Digital Teacher Series is perfect for you if you:

• Want to dramatically improve student engagement and retention during your class
• Recognize the need to meet your “digital learners” on a new level
• Are feeling pressured to utilize district-purchased technology
• Understand your role in preparing your students to become “online learners”

There are 6 course on a wide variety of digital topics that are worth checking out.

Bloomin' Apps

Here is a great collection of apps put together by Kathy Schrock that focuses on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. If you are always wondering where certain web-tools fall in Bloom's, this is a great place to start looking. Here is one example of Google Apps in Bloom's format.

Voicethread

Here is a great post on how to use Voicethread. This is a wonderful web-tool that students love to use. This post will help you get started. Here is a video that will explain Voicethread in more detail.