Google Information and Using My Blog

With the new information regarding Google shared by the district, I wanted to remind you that I have an entire page dedicated to Google Apps for Education that you can take a look at when you have free time. It is above this post in the menu bar. It will show you the many different Google Apps that are available to students and staff and how to use them. If you have any questions, please email me and I will be happy to help. I'm free during both lunches and would be happy to sit and talk about any questions you might have.

I also wanted to share some information on using my site. As it has grown over the past few years, it might be hard for some people to find information they are looking for quickly. Here are some screen shots I hope will make the search a bit easier.

You can find information on the most used items in the district in the main menu. 

You can search my blog for specific items by using the search box on the right.

You can find some topics that have been tagged by looking at the tag widget on the right. 

I hope this helps you with looking for information and trying new things this year. If there is something you are looking for and you can't seem to find it, let me know and I will help you out. 

Thanks!

Nick

Last Tech Tuesday of 2011-2012

Good afternoon everyone. I hope this post finds you all well. I wanted to make sure I sent out the last Tech Tuesday of the year on Tuesday.

While I will be continue to explore and catalogue awesome new sites over the summer, I will not be updating the page until the school year starts. Thanks for all of the support and kind words. It's always nice to know that the site is helping teachers.

Here are some final plugs for those interested in attending a conference or getting some Grad credit over the summer. 

The Digital Teaching Series
I'm teaching a grad class online on Project Based Learning using Web Tools. If you are interested in exploring 21st Century instruction, consider taking my course.

The summer is a great time to relax, 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.

 

Michigan Google Conference

Michigan has it's own official Google Conference set for October 19th. Registration is open and I encourage teachers that are interested in exploring what the free tools that Google has to offer can bring to their classroom. I may be biased as a featured speaker, but trust me when I tell you that this will be a valuable conference for teachers looking to learn more about Google tools. I encourage you to sign up quickly before space runs out.

Below you will find links to topics I have covered on this site. Each link will take you to posts that contain the topic I tagged them.

I hope everyone has a great summer and I look forward with working with all of you in the Fall.

Dropbox           Elementary               English               Google               Math         

Science             Smartboards            Social Media      Social Studies    Technology

I hope everyone has an awesome summer and I hope you will give some of these a try.

NP

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.