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Google Squiggly Line: Game Changer
So you are trying to see if a student has opened a document you shared or created with them right?
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Got Google Slides Game?
I am a Google Slides fangirl. I use it for everything when I am teaching from created hyperdocs (more about them later), posters, stickers, and so much more. Slides is more than it appears to be.
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Bitmoji Virtual Library
If you know me at all you know I love Bitmojis. They are such a fun online sticker for education. During this trying time adding a bitmoji or two to a students assignment or adding them to my own assignments just gives my assignments a bit of flair. So much so that I created a virtual library a couple of weeks ago.
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Zoom vs. Meet
Which is better for students? Zoom or Google Meet...you be the judge. I give you my experience with both products using both with students in a rural community with varying levels of internet connectivity.
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Upgrading the Booktalk
Booktalking is a standard librarian activity and there are so many different ways to do it and I have done quite a few of them. At the Middle School/High School Level this is one of the ways we can continue to inspire students to read for enjoyment. I have tried the book cafe, musical books, book-tastings, book dating, lecture style book talk, book trailer stations, #booksnaps, and Peardeck Booktalks. I will talk about all of them and the benefits and drawbacks for each one. I love books and sharing them with students is the best but even better is when they share with me 🙂 Book Tastings/Dating Let’s start with…
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The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo I received this title via @kidlitexchange for an honest review. So what exactly do you get in The Language of Thorns? Leigh says in her interview with GdM: “These are the stories my characters would have heard growing up. Some of them deliberately evoke popular fairytales, others diverge more radically from the familiar. They come from different countries around the Grishaverse, so you’ll get slightly varying views on magic, heroism, and even beauty depending on whether the story is from Kerch, Ravka, Fjerda, or Novyi Zem. There are a few easter eggs for readers of the Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone…
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CROB: Choose Your Own Booktalk
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo I received this book via @kitlit exchange a fantastic group I found on instagram. When I first picked up this book I thought it would be a movie tie-in for the summer blockbuster. Boy was I wrong. It is a standalone book that is fantastic. It is part of a series of books that are reimagining superheroes for a new generation. I am extremely excited about Catwoman coming out very soon. I really enjoyed the differences in mythology that Bardugo chose. Although it had the heart of the film it really was very different in its mythology. I also enjoyed that the main character…
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CROB: Choose Your Own Booktalk
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Live From Olympia
Project Inspiration: Students are fascinated with Ancient Greece and I thought it would be interesting for students to take their inquiry questions and interest video-making and combine it into a collaborative project. This project could be for grades 6 and up depending on the curriculum. Essential Question: What if we lived in Ancient Greece? What is the importance of Ancient Greece to us today? What can we learn about ourselves from the Ancient Greeks? The Situation: A film crew has been transported back in time to report on Ancient Greece. It is your job to do research on an aspect of Ancient Greek life for the film crew. You are also…
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Google Classroom & LLC
Google Classroom has been written about quite a bit in the past few months but I have a take on it from a Librarian perspective. I really like the ease of the site and the integration with Google Drive. It is much easier for my staff to understand the functionality of things like Doctopus and gClassfolders if they do not have to use them. For the most part GC does everything they need it to do. I quite like the ease of adding items to GC. There are many options from a uploaded (from computer) to a youtube video and from your drive of course. GC also created a folder…
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Edmodo vs. Schoology
Updated: 7/23/18 Learning Management Systems are a big part of the Flipped Classroom movement. However, you do not have to use a flipped classroom to utilize these tools. Some are free and others are paid such as Blackboard. Meeting and interacting with students online is important. Facebook is bad word in education and therefore has not been utilized as a way to interact with students and teachers. I have tried many different ways to utilize interactive sites. Websites, Blackboard, Moodle, and the list goes on. Two of the most popular from my experience are Edmodo and Schoology. Both are great but it depends on what you will use them for. Therefore…
