21 Favorite Middle School Apps @TeachersApps http://t.co/0jWKiDebM9 … #holtontechtips
— Mary Dobroth (@MrsDobroth) November 29, 2013
from Twitter https://twitter.com/MrsDobroth
November 29, 2013 at 06:59AM
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Friday, November 29, 2013
21 Favorite Middle School Apps
from Twitter https://twitter.com/MrsDobroth
November 29, 2013 at 06:59AM
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Friday FAVORITES - STEM
1. GoldieBlox & Rube Goldberg "Princess Machine" Video (goldieblox.com)
2. Goldie's Field Notes (goldieblox.com)
3. What Most Schools Don't Teach (code.org)
4. The Facts About Women in Computer Science (new jersey institute of tech)
5. 15 Reasons Why We Should Be Teaching Our Kids To Code (teachers with apps)4. The Facts About Women in Computer Science (new jersey institute of tech)
6. The Best Engineering and Programming Tools (graphite)
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Great Video From @goldieblox
Great video from @goldieblox encouraging girls to be engineers! http://t.co/9Yu4uuFy9J #holtontechtips #holtonstem #STEM
— Mary Dobroth (@MrsDobroth) November 21, 2013
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November 21, 2013 at 03:25PM
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
IF THIS THEN THAT
You might have noticed that my last few blog posts look a little different. That's because I am using IF THIS THEN THAT.
IF THIS THEN THAT is a free service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement:
I first learned about this super cool tech tool from Catlin Tucker who provides an excellent step by step tutorial. After trying it out for a few days I am sold! IF THIS THEN THAT links the tools you are already using allowing them to work together - and by working together the tools really start to work for you!
1. Create an account at IFTT.com
2. Create a recipe by choosing a trigger (if this) and an action (then that).
3. Sit back and watch the internet work for you!
The recipe above shows that I am using IFTTT to connect Twitter and Blogger. Each time I tweet with the hashtag #holtontechtips, a blog post is automatically created and labeled, IFTTT and twitter. How cool is that!? What I love most about this particular recipe (besides the fact that the internet is literally working for me) is that the readers of my blog who are not on twitter can still read the information I share on twitter. It took a little playing around to find the recipe that works best for me. I quickly realized that I didn't want every tweet to create a post on the blog, by changing the rule to read "new tweet by @MrsDobroth with the hashtag #holtontechtips" I can easily control which tweets create blog posts.
I know I am easily excited about new technology tools, but this might be the coolest tool I have come across yet! Check it out today and for more information and a step by step guide, check out Catlin Tucker's post on IFTTT!
IF THIS THEN THAT is a free service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement:
I first learned about this super cool tech tool from Catlin Tucker who provides an excellent step by step tutorial. After trying it out for a few days I am sold! IF THIS THEN THAT links the tools you are already using allowing them to work together - and by working together the tools really start to work for you!
This is how it works:
1. Create an account at IFTT.com
2. Create a recipe by choosing a trigger (if this) and an action (then that).
3. Sit back and watch the internet work for you!
The recipe above shows that I am using IFTTT to connect Twitter and Blogger. Each time I tweet with the hashtag #holtontechtips, a blog post is automatically created and labeled, IFTTT and twitter. How cool is that!? What I love most about this particular recipe (besides the fact that the internet is literally working for me) is that the readers of my blog who are not on twitter can still read the information I share on twitter. It took a little playing around to find the recipe that works best for me. I quickly realized that I didn't want every tweet to create a post on the blog, by changing the rule to read "new tweet by @MrsDobroth with the hashtag #holtontechtips" I can easily control which tweets create blog posts.
I know I am easily excited about new technology tools, but this might be the coolest tool I have come across yet! Check it out today and for more information and a step by step guide, check out Catlin Tucker's post on IFTTT!
Monday, November 18, 2013
A Design Thinking approach to Digital Citizenship
A Design Thinking approach to Dig Cit via @lizbdavis
Thanks @jsvoorhees for sharing! http://t.co/0f6HfgVSTS
#holtontechtips #digcit
— Mary Dobroth (@MrsDobroth) November 18, 2013
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November 18, 2013 at 11:23AM
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Privacy Settings Can't Always Protect You
Privacy Settings Can't Always Protect You http://t.co/LzQEnlgGRP via @MartiWeston
#digcit
— Mary Dobroth (@MrsDobroth) November 18, 2013
from Twitter https://twitter.com/MrsDobroth
November 18, 2013 at 08:02AM
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Friday, November 15, 2013
They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets
They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. http://t.co/caEwkP8Edk
#digcit
— Mary Dobroth (@MrsDobroth) November 16, 2013
from Twitter https://twitter.com/MrsDobroth
November 15, 2013 at 05:29PM
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Friday FAVORITES - GOOGLE
1. All Things Google eBook
A free ebook from Teq to help teachers make the most out of all things Google - Google search, drive, forms and earth (teq.com).
2. Getting Started with Google Sites
A quick step-by-step guide I created to help get students started creating Google sites as a means for creation of digital portfolios or collaboration trough class wikis (m.dobroth).
3. Ideas for Using Google Presentations with Students
Catlin Tucker's blog post with 5 ideas of how to use Google presenations with students such as having students create flipped lessons or crowd-sourcing information as a class (catlintucker.com).
An infographic displaying tips and tricks to help students - and teachers - refine online searches using Google to be able to search more effectively and efficiently (hackcollege.com).
5. Collaborative Brainstorming with Google Docs Drawing Tools (cooltools.blogspot.com)
Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners' blog post describing how Google docs drawing tools can be used by students to create collaborative, mind-maps.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
4th Annual Blended Learning Lab - RECAP
Thank you to all who were involved in making Holton’s 4th Annual Blended Learning Lab a success! Over the course of two days participants heard from a variety of speakers, participated in classroom simulations, explored blended learning tools and most importantly connected and collaborated with other educators.
The focus of this workshop was to hear from blended learning veterans and beginners, provide basic tools and resources for exploring blended learning, and provide hands-on experiences and exploration. If you were unable to join this year, we hope to see you next year!
Here is a quick recap:
What is Blended Learning –
- Warm up activity using Today's Meet as forum to "crowd source" questions and comments while participants viewed What is Blended Learning.
- More ideas of how to use Today's Meet for real time discussion - The Beauty of the Back Channel.
Featured Keynote Presentation by Catlin Tucker –
Steps to Blended Learning –
- Steps to Blended Learning Presentation
Project Tuning Protocol –
- Project Tuning Protocol Presentation
- Project Tuning Protocol Explanation
- Project Tuning Protocol Project Planner
Design Think Process –
- Design Thinking as a way to think about redesigning a lesson
- 20 Minute Design Think Challenge (adapated from OESIS presentatiion Incorporating Design Thinking into the Blended Model, Matthew Cavellier and Hannah Sobol, Shattuck-St.Mary's School)
Meeting the Students Where They Are –
- Mobile Stats Video
- Geared towards businesses, but contains great stats about the mobile world we live in today
The focus of this workshop was to hear from blended learning veterans and beginners, provide basic tools and resources for exploring blended learning, and provide hands-on experiences and exploration. If you were unable to join this year, we hope to see you next year!
“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”
–John Dewey
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