Category: Education

10 Ways to Evolve as an Educator

11/14/2017

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Attend the 4th Annual Tomorrow’s Classrooms Today Conference being held at Rider University on May 18 and 19. Salome Thomas-EL and Eric Sheninger are the keynote speakers. Over 80 innovative presentations that touch on learning, teaching, and leading in the educational world.
Become one with the E V O L V E as an Educator construct. Understand what it means to engage, value, orient, launch, validate, and embody.
Browse through the #HackGoogleEDU and #140EduTips hashtags to learn about new ways that Google and Twitter can be used in educational spaces.
Participate in #Satchat, a Saturday Twitter conversation for educators from all walks of life that takes place from 7:30-8:30 AM EST.
Read one or all of our books that are currently available on a bookshelf or a device near you. All Hands on Deck: Tools for Connecting Educators, Parents, and Communities; Personalized PD: Flipping Your Professional Development; Connecting Your Students with the World; Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities; 140 Twitter Tips for Educators; and Hacking Google for Education.
Subscribe to and read the monthly Evolving 8 Best Practices Email Blast.
Stay current with all things G Suite for Education by watching the 3 Minute Google Tip.
Bring the Evolving Educators to your school, district, or educational event. We offer Google Apps and Microsoft for Education training. The Evolving Educators also keynote events throughout the country.
Take the Getting Started with Twitter online course from our friends at Participate.
Read the Evolving Educators Blog to stay current with innovations in the field of education.

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5 Ways to Go Google in the Middle

9/17/2017

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Imagine a world where students can collaborate on a document at the same time from two totally different places. Better yet, imagine using a program that no longer requires the user to click the save button. Google has made this a reality for people inside and outside the educational world. Middle schools near and far are going Google to make their environments more engaging and efficient. Here are five ways you can make Google work in the Middle...

Create and maintain a Google Classroom for your advisory group. One of the main tenents of AMLE's This We Believe is that every child must have an adult advocate. Communicating and sharing in the virtual world can help further strengthen the relationships that have been established in the physical world.

Monitor student's appropriate use of Google Drive with Gaggle. Anytime a student's content raises an alarm, Gaggle sends an alert to the appropriate school authority. A healthy conversation can then take place with the family of that child to ensure critical issues are addressed. It's less about "We gotcha" and more about "We care."

Organize and run a one day Middle Level Google Summit for your own staff and also educators from outside the district. This event will provide your colleagues with a chance to share their innovative methods and learn from others. Need help with this? Contact the Evolving Educators at evolving@evolvingeducators.com.

Go 1:1 with Chromebooks at your middle school to drive student creation, collaboration, and connectivity. Students should not have to learn in isolation. Technology has provided the educational world with an oppportunity to support environments that are real-time and interactive.

Stay current with best practices in the Google worrld by following the #HackGoogleEDU and #GoogleEDU hashtags.

There are so many great opportunities for educators and students to leverage the power of Google tools in the middle school setting. Examine the ideas above and pick one to try out. The positive impact on yourself, fellow colleagues, and most importantly students, will be felt for years to come.

Get your copy of Hacking Google for Education: 99 Ways to Leverage Google Tools in Classrooms, Schools, and Districts by Brad Currie, Billy Krakower, and Scott Rocco.

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Make Google Work for You This School Year

7/30/2017

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Believe it or not the 2017-2018 school year is upon us and with this comes an opportunity to leverage the power of some Google tools to enhance your effectiveness and promote the success of students. Here a four things you can do with Google Tools this upcoming school year...

Amplify Student and Teacher Voice
Sign up for a Flipgrid account and post the video discussion community on your Google Classroom feed. Students can share their insight about a particular through virtual discussion. Faculty members could conduct an online book talk during the school year.

Brand Your Educational Environment
Sign up for Google Alerts to stay current with mentions of yourself, school, or district. Then, post online content to a Pinterest Page. Social media provides educators and stakeholders with an opportunity to archive digital content.

Inform Stakeholders
Sign up for Screencastify and create screencasts to inform students, parents, or community members of important information. Students can also use screencasts as a way to show what they know about the topic at hand.

Organize and Display Information
Enable the Mindmeister Google Doc Add-on to turn any bullet-point item into a visually appealing graphic organizer. This is a great way for students to make sense of information or notes they are taking in class.

Get your copy of Hacking Google for Education: 99 Ways to Leverage Google Tools in Classrooms, Schools, and Districts by Brad Currie, Billy Krakower, and Scott Rocco.

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3 Ways for Students to Collaborate in the Digital World

1/16/2017

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The National Education Technology Plan and the ISTE Standards highlight the importance of collaboration with technology for all school stakeholders. John Hattie's effect size list is composed of various elements directly tied to the effect collaboration has on learning. Here are few tools that can enhance collaboration efforts in the digital world...

Ziteboard allows users to collaborate on an interactive online whiteboard. Think of the possibilities for students to show what they know about the topic at hand or collaborate on a project in real time.

Poll Everywhere Google Slide Extension allows users to embed a previously created Poll Everywhere poll that automatically activates once the slide deck is in present mode. Students can use this feature in their own spaces to engage audiences in meaningful discussions.

Google Drawing is a wonderful tool for students to create, collaborate, and share in real time. Venn Diagrams, flow charts, mind maps, and other helpful graphic organizers can assist students to make sense of their own learning.
Take a risk today and provide students with an opportunity to use one of the these interactive tools during an upcoming unit of study.

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