World History
My students are not old enough to use Google+ (18 years old), but TinyChat will allow them to create chat rooms and have as many people as they want in it. Then kids can set up a room and then get to work on their project or studying for a test.
Alternatively your students can use a 12 person free room called Oovoo (which may be their answer to G+ since they just jumped to two more).
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World History
Online Study Groups for Your Students
Alternatively your students can use a 12 person free room called Oovoo (which may be their answer to G+ since they just jumped to two more).
- Changing The Face Of Instruction
I am a member of several Facebook teacher sites and am in the midst of adding to one where a teacher said his administration has banned front of the room teaching. A number of the teachers are saying how awful that is. Truth be known I have...
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My mom asked me the other day where I get all of my ideas and sites for the blogs. I told her that I basically just teach and search for answers to all of my questions. For example the other day a friend asked me for help with her daughter's...
- Digital Study Buddies To Improve Retention
Too many kids do not study for tests and still more think studying is just filling out a study guide. Sure you could argue that our students have become desensitized to them due to the incredible number they take, but I try to get them to get into groups...
- Three Great Informal Assessment Tools: Socrative, Wallwisher, Today'smeet
Here are excellent step-by-step directions from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) on how to use three great informal assessment tools--Socrative--Today's Meet and Wallwisher. Socrative looks especially cool. It's a little like Poll...
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I found this from a Tweet from "mrpotter". It is exactly what I was looking for to be able to use in the classroom. It details how you could create a "circle" which is where you could put your students. Then when you (or they post something)...