Classroom Document Sharing Tools

Having a digital classroom means a few different things:

1. You have less stacks of paper

2. It is (generally) easier to keep track of student work

3. “The dog ate my homework” isn’t a viable excuse anymore

4. Note taking needs to take a new form

5. You need another method of sharing work that doesn’t involve handing papers from one person to another

Clearly, number 5 on this list is the one that will cause you the most thought these days, unless your dog is into eating computers – and then you have a bigger problem on your hands. Lots of things need to be shared. Students need to hand in their work, teachers need to offer feedback on said work, students need to share their collaborative work, and teachers need to share classroom information and tools of all variety. Luckily, there are tons of different tools out there that can enable you to share nearly any type of file (from .doc/.docx and .ppt to .mov, .mp3/4 , .zip and more!). There’s a lot of info out there on different cloud storage services – which are a great way to share files – but many of these are business focused and not as classroom friendly. We’ve put together a short list of some of our favorite methods of file sharing so that you, your colleagues, and your students can spend more time on the good stuff and less time trying to figure out how to get the information to one another.

File Sharing Tools

Dropbox

Dropbox comes up on nearly everyone’s list of easy file sharing tools. They offer 2GB of free storage, easy offline access, the ability to send files to Dropbox via email, and simple sharing. If you have huge documents (or just very high volume), you’ll need to either pony up the cash for a premium account, or get your friends to sign up, give them shout outs on social media, give feedback, etc.

Google Drive

Google Drive! It’s free! It integrates super easily with other Google products (many of which you probably already use in your classroom). The drawback is that if you need to share with folks who don’t have Google Drive/Gmail, you’ll run into an issue there. You get 15GB of free storage, and paid options beyond that.

OneDrive

This is basically Microsoft’s answer to Google Drive, from what I can tell. You get 7GB of space for free, and it integrates exceptionally well if you’re an MS Office user. If you’re not, it doesn’t make a ton of sense, but many classrooms are using Office these days.

Apple iCloud

Apple’s version of cloud storage service offers you 5GB free, and paid options beyond that. Easy to set up and use (even on PC). If your classroom is all Apple-based, this one is a must have.

Box

Box offers 10GB free storage with paid options beyond that, easy sharing of documents and folders, and easy to use regardless of platform or device.

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Models to integrate Technology in Teaching

Technology is obviously an essential element in our instructional toolkit. Knowing how and when and for what purposes to use this technology is much more important than the technology itself. Technology integration in instruction requires much more than just digital literacy and technical knowledge, it requires foresight, clear intentions, and well planned goals. The purpose is to meet students learning needs and as such technology is only a means to an end and not the end itself.

An important step in the process of effective integration of technology in education is having a pedagogical approach supported by a theoretical framework to ground your technology practices inside the classroom. Of course there are several frameworks to help you teach using technology but three approaches  in particular stand out from the rest. These are SAMR model, TPACK model, and Marslow model.

1- SAMR model

SAMR is a framework through which you can assess and evaluate the technology you use in your classroom. This framework is made up of 4 levels:

Substitution

In a substitution level, teachers or students are only using new technology tools to replace old ones, for instance, using Google Docs to replace Microsoft Word. the task ( writing) is the same but the tools are different.

Augmentation

Though it is a different level, but we are still in the substitution mentality but this time with added functionalities. Again using the example of Google docs, instead of only writing a document and having to manually save it and share it with others, Google Docs provides extra services like auto saving, auto syncing, and auto sharing in the cloud.

Modification

This is the level where technology is being used more effectively not to do the same task using different tools but to redesign new parts of the task and transform students learning. An example of this is using the commenting service in Google Docs, for instance, to collaborate and share feedback on a given task task.

Redefinition

If you are to place this level in Blooms revised taxonomy pyramid, it would probably correspond to synthesis and evaluation as being the highest order thinking skills. Redefinition means that students use technology to create imperceptibly new tasks. An example of redefinition is when students connect to a classroom across the world where they would each write a narrative of the same historical event using the chat and comment section to discuss the differences, and they use the voice comments to discuss the differences they noticed and then embed this in the class website.

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iPad Tips and Resources for Teachers

Below is what I have been preparing for you over the last weekend. I have gone through all the archive of posts I have shared here and consulted several other external resources to compile this guide. The purpose behind this work is to help teachers and educators better tap into the full educational potential of iPad and make a good use of it in their instruction as well as in their professional development.

I divided this guide into 5parts:

• iPad Technical Tips
• iPad Management Tips and Tricks 
• Resources for Finding Educational Apps
• iPad Apps Evaluation Rubrics
• iPad classroom posters

iPad Technical Tips

1- Take a screenshot 

To take a screenshot on your iPad just click on the the Home button followed immediately by clicking on the Sleep/Wake button. You will hear a click sound after the shot is taken. All the screenshots are saved in your iPad's Photo's Gallery. From there you can can email or share them on popular social media.

2- Print Docs from your iPad

My favourite way to print docs from iPad is through using AirPrint. AirPrint enables instant printing from iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac without the need to install drivers or download software. Simply select an AirPrint printer and print. It's that simple. AirPrint is compatible with most of the popular printers ( Canon, HP, Brother, Epson, Dell…etc). Check out this article to learn how to use AirPrint.

3- Double Click the Home button

When you double click on the Home button you will be able to :

• View and launch recently used applications
• Lock screen orientation, adjust brightness, play media, and adjust media sound.

4- Creating folders for apps

To create a folder for your apps.Touch and hold icons until jiggling, then drag the app on top of another and a folder will be created  to hold both of them. You can add more apps to this folder by dragging other apps to it. Give the folder a  name the folder then  click on the home button to save.

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Science of Study

The study of the mind has intrigued generations of researchers from the scientific community.Bu not until the last two decades of the 20th century that cognitive science made some formidable breakthroughs in areas related to the   understanding of how the human brain process information and deals with the everyday learning. Some examples of the insights uncovered through rigorous cognitive studies are included in this wonderful visual entitled "The Science of Study".

The Science of Study takes an inside look at how our brains function when assimilating information and explores the different relations between our study and sleep habits   and our brain productivity. Here are a few of the interesting ideas covered in this visual:

• Multiple experiments have shown that staying up late can often be counterproductive. A Harvard study found fatigue negatively affects the cortex, which stores information in the brain.
• Cramming often prove effective in the very short time, but those gains tend to vanish as time passes. We perform better when study sessions are spaced out over longer periods of time rather than packed into one sitting.
• Our brain has over 90.000 miles of fibers which allow us to process information in fractions of seconds.

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Technologies Of The Future

By Katie Lepi

Our classrooms – and our lives more generally – have come a long way in terms of technology. From ye olde school slate to iPads, the way students learn, teachers teach, and we all research has changed significantly. But what is coming down the pipeline in terms of technology of the future? Humanity’s views of the potential of future technology has always been interesting to me (think about things like Back to the Future and Star Trek: Where are my hoverboard and my transporter?!). The handy infographic below takes a look at 10 innovations that may or may not be possible by 2050, along with a % guesstimation of the likelihood that the technology will actually exist. Keep reading to learn about the potential of these 10 fun future technologies.

10 Technologies of The Future

Dream Downloads – 5% chance – Will you be able to download your dreams via brain scan?

Human + Robot marriage – 10% chance – Will you or your colleagues (or students) have avatar companions rather than human companions?

Child Born in Space – 10% chance – Will you know someone who gives birth in space?

Moon Hotel – 25% chance – Forget the Disney World, maybe your students will be headed to the moon for April break

Humans Live 150 Years – 40% chance – Which means we would retire at age…..120? Oof.

Robotic Insects Crop Pollination – 40% chance – Could this be the solution to disappearing bees and other pollinators in nature?

Cloned Humans – 60% chance – Let’s hope your students don’t clone themselves so they don’t have to come to class

Spray On Skin – 70% chance – Just keep a spray bottle of it around for small classroom accidents

Electronic Display Tattoos – 80% chance – Because ink is so 1980′s

Active Contact Lenses – 90% chance – Like google glass in contact lens form. For the anti-spectacled among us

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Internet Is Changing Education

How Is The Internet Changing Education?

By Katie Lepi

The internet has brought many wonders to our lives. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I don’t get lost much anymore (thanks to my Google Maps app), I never have to look up hot spots for meals ahead of time when I travel (thanks, Yelp), and when I want to know more about something, I can take my phone out and find the information I’m looking for.

The internet has brought great things to education, too. Research is easier, for sure. And online learning is bringing education options in varying ranges of affordability to a much wider audience. The handy infographic below takes a look at how educational power is shifting away from the hands of the institutions and more into the hands of students. Keep reading to learn about some of the milestones of e-learning, the current state of the internet and education, and what changes the internet is making happen.

How Is The Internet Changing Education?

• In 1971, The Open University in England begins broadcasting lectures on TV
• The now well known Univ. of Phoenix opens in 1989
• The term e-learning was coined in 1999
• Online education is currently a $34 billion industry
• The Open University is now the UK’s largest with 250,000 students
• The University of Phoenix is the largest in the US, with more than 500,000
• Khan Academy has over 41 million views on its courses
• Online learning can offer more personalized learning options
• Students can learn at their own pace, taking as many or as few classes at a time as they choose
• There are fewer one size fits all lecture based courses
• The London School of Business and Finance offered an MBA delivered entirely through a Facebook app

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Things To Remember About Classroom Feedback

By Katie Lepi

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Feedback is an inevitable part of teaching. Naturally, you’re in a position where you’re giving a whole lot of feedback, but you’re likely on the receiving end of feedback as well. We’ve all been on the receiving end of feedback in various aspects of our lives, and I’m sure we’ve all experienced some feedback that was less than desirable – for a variety of reasons. Even if the feedback itself is inherently negative, the delivery and process of the feedback doesn’t have to be. 

The handy infographic below (from ASCD) offers 7 important things to remember about feedback. These are important items to remember both when you’re giving and getting feedback. Keep reading to learn more.

7 Things To Remember About Classroom Feedback

• Feedback is not advice, praise or evaluation. Feedback is information about how we are doing in our efforts to reach a goal.
• If students know the classroom is a safe place to make mistakes, they are more likely to use feedback for learning.
• The feedback students give teachers can be more powerful than the feedback teachers give students.
• When we give a grade as a part of feedback, students often don’t see past the grade.
• Effective feedback occurs during the learning, when there is still time to act on it.
• Most of the feedback that students receive about their classroom work is from other students – and most of that feedback is wrong.
• Students need to know their learning target – the specific skill they’re supposed to learn – or else feedback is just someone telling them what to do.

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