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Using Google Maps and Earth in the Classroom

My wife and sons recently took an extended trip to Ireland to visit my wife’s family. I met up with them over the winter break. Part of my job before the trip began was to ask my sons’ teachers what they would be missing in school, and if there was anything they could do to keep…

Using Lucidchart for Mind Mapping and Graphic Organizers

A while back, I wrote a blog named: 5 Really Cool Google Apps Related Resources for the Classroom. In that post, I mentioned Lucidchart. Lucidchart is a great resource for mindmapping and creating graphic organizers. It can be used in Google Apps. Other options for mindmapping and graphic organizers are Google Drawings and MindMeister. I like…

8 Ways to Share Information with Students and Parents

In previous posts, I have written about the importance of communication as well as ways to build student communication skills. Here is an early post of mine about communication and collaboration in the classroom. In this post, however, I discuss ways for teachers to provide students and parents with ways to access class information. This…

10 Great Ideas for Alternative Assessment

There is inherent value to traditional tests and research reports. There is also value in alternative assessments though. There is plenty of research to support this. Here is a top ten list of alternative assessments to try in your classroom. I am including tool and resource links where appropriate. Everything I include can be used…

Google Drive App Add-Ons

In Google Drive, you have the option of starting many different projects using various Google Apps. These Apps include Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, and Forms. Did you know you can find and add more though? There is an option for adding more apps beyond the stock apps that come with Google Drive. This can be done…