Tips and tricks for using technology for learning at GWMS
Easily turn Google Spreadsheets into Online Flashcards!
Do you need students to practice vocabulary? Use Flippity.net! Create digital flash cards, word clouds, matching, and quizzing using your vocabulary lists. It’s simple and easy.
Need to some support creating and sharing Zimbra calendars? Check these out:
BrainPop is for more than just videos! ACPS now has a subscription with BrainPop that allows teachers to assign videos, quizzes, concept maps and more to students. Accounts are synced with Clever so no new usernames or passwords to remember. To access, go to Clever, click on BrainPop, click on Login, choose login with Clever. We will have more training on this later but check it out in the meantime on your own!
I’ve heard that some teachers know how many days left of school there are! If you are looking for some inspirational ways to end the school year with your students, check out these 8 epic ways to end the year from Edutopia – https://www.edutopia.org/blog/celebrating-end-of-school-year-vicki-davis
Looking for a fun, physical brain break for your students and want to help the world at the same time? Sign up for Kids Power Up Brain Break. For every 10 activities that your students do, food will be distributed to malnourished children. For more information: https://schools.unicefkidpower.org/kid-power-ups/#.WvxqLKQvzIU
Are you looking to be a more innovative, enthusiastic, student-centered educator who implements blended learning in meaningful ways? Technology Services wants you to attend the 3rd annual one-day, conference-style professional learning opportunity: Blended Learning Camp. The Camp takes place on Thursday, August 9th from 8:30am-3:30pm. This is an excellent opportunity to Refresh, Reboot, and Reimagine your teaching. You can sign-up in PLMS using the session code: 15358.
Have you tried an Impossible to Fail Quiz? If you would like a way for students to review what they know and get built in support for the concepts they don’t, try building an Impossible to Fail Quiz. Ask 6th grade English Language Arts teacher Blanca Mata about how she used it while doing stations last week.
Mailbox getting full? First step? Be sure to empty your trash by right-clicking on your trash and selecting Empty Trash. Second step? Delete large attachments from your Sent mail. Click on your Sent mail folder. Right-click in the gray bar at the top of your messages and select size. Delete the messages with the largest attachments.