World History
- Fcps Personalized Learning In-service
I am giving a hands on presentation at Fairfax County, VA's Advanced Academic Institute at South County HS from 8:30 - 11:30. If you work for FCPS and would like to sign up go into MyPLT and type in summer into the search box and the AAP courses...
- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...
- Polleverywhere And Quizlet
Kim Belknap is doing a presentation for our social studies in-service later this week on PollEverywhere which allows the teacher to quiz students using a phone (doesn't have to be a smartphone) or a laptop. Above is how you do it. Kim...
- Blackboard Quiz Converter
We are mandated to use Blackboard and while I link a ton of things to it, here is an easy way to create a file which you can import into Bb for a pre-made quiz. Just cut and paste the quiz in the box and push the bottom to convert it. Then...
- Google + For Teachers
I hope you are going to be hearing a lot more about Google + as it might help teachers where Facebook has not. While Facebook is just a tremendous way that teachers could have kids talking about assignments after hours, most school systems ban...
World History
How to Create a Quiz in Google Survey
This week or next I am showing my students how to make a simple quiz in Google Survey. Above is a short video explaining how to create a Google Survey (quiz) which I found using a simple search on Youtube. Below is a video that tells you how to correct it automatically. It is only 4 minutes long. I know social studies teachers tend to recoil when they see math formulas, but it is an easy one and might save you a lot of time in the long run. I found it by using the search engine on FreeTech4Teachers.
- Fcps Personalized Learning In-service
I am giving a hands on presentation at Fairfax County, VA's Advanced Academic Institute at South County HS from 8:30 - 11:30. If you work for FCPS and would like to sign up go into MyPLT and type in summer into the search box and the AAP courses...
- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...
- Polleverywhere And Quizlet
Kim Belknap is doing a presentation for our social studies in-service later this week on PollEverywhere which allows the teacher to quiz students using a phone (doesn't have to be a smartphone) or a laptop. Above is how you do it. Kim...
- Blackboard Quiz Converter
We are mandated to use Blackboard and while I link a ton of things to it, here is an easy way to create a file which you can import into Bb for a pre-made quiz. Just cut and paste the quiz in the box and push the bottom to convert it. Then...
- Google + For Teachers
I hope you are going to be hearing a lot more about Google + as it might help teachers where Facebook has not. While Facebook is just a tremendous way that teachers could have kids talking about assignments after hours, most school systems ban...