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Using Google Scholar for Education
This video is part of Google's larger Search Education program through which you can find other webinar recordings, lessons for teaching search, and other reference materials that are useful for teaching and learning about best search techniques.
Thoughts, ideas, and resources that I deem worthy of sharing from the passing educational scene.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
What Tim Found Today 02/04/2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
What Tim Found Today 02/01/2012
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20 Terrific Twitter Chats for Every Kind of Educator - Online Colleges
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8 ways to use Youtube in any classroom « Web 2.0 edu
tags: youtube projectideas post2blog
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Harnessing the Power of YouTube - Google Teacher Academy Resources
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Teachers Should Use Social Networks to Inform, Not Socialize - Yahoo! News
tags: socialmedia socialnetworks socialmediapolicy technologyleadership post2blog
Saturday, January 28, 2012
What Tim Found Today 01/28/2012
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Google Plus now open to Teens, with safety features
"Google has set some default settings for teens to increase safety and privacy, including setting it so that only people in the teens circles can send notifications and comment on posts."
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gathers all of Google's resources and lessons learned into one place for educators. It is a booklet, that will be updated continually as a resource for educators
tags: googletools* googletools googleineducation* googleineducation googleapps4education* googleapps4education post2blog 21ctaskforce collaboration collaborativetools projectideas
Friday, January 27, 2012
What Tim Found Today 01/27/2012
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How to Create Your Own Textbook — With or Without Apple | MindShift
tags: textbooks digitaltextbooks textbookalternatives howto createyourowntextbook post2blog
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ClassroomWindow - find teacher-approved tech right now
an unbiased directory of teaching tools. From textbooks to assessments to tablets to smartphones, it’s all there.
tags: teacherresources* teachertools* classroomwindow post2blog
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Dozens of Examples of VoiceThread in Education
tags: voicethread* voicethread voicethreadexamples projectideas post2blog
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SoapBox- "looks to be the "do it all" back channel application for teachers."
You or students can create socially ranked questions where students can determine importance and that get updated in real time. Students can also participate in polls and respond to questions through a clicker type system. At the same time, students can mark whether they understand or are confused about something and the software updates real time. There is also an area for discussions where teachers can create topics and the can be discussed.
tags: soapbox backchannels post2blog
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Scholastic Teacher- Daily Starters
"daily starters" for review and practice in language arts and math skills. Teachers can select grade levels and even reveal answers. New skills and activities are posted every day!
tags: dailystarters teacherresources languagearts math post2blog
Thursday, January 26, 2012
What Tim Found Today 01/26/2012
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Can’t access Flash on your iPad? Rover CAN!
tags: flash ipad ipadapps accessflashonipad howto flash* post2blog
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PIPEDREAMS - Essential Tech Tools for NEW and Experienced Educators
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GradeCam - Free Formative Assessment Tool
a software suite that allows webcams and other types of cameras to be used to scan multiple choice tests and collect data to be used to aid instruction
tags: gradecam formativeassessment assessment post2blog teachertools* teachertools
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Tip 110 - Auto Generate QR Codes in Google Spreadsheet!
tags: qrcodes howto autogenerateqrcodes googlespreadsheets post2blog