Refine Your Google Searches

Ever want to know how to create a Google search that better pinpoints the results you hope to find? Use these tips to help!

Refine Web Searches

We Are Teachers--30 End-of-Year Assignments

These aren't necessarily tech-based or inspired, but certainly some of them can be designed with a tech integration focus.

https://tinyurl.com/y5pdttnd 

SAMR Model

The SAMR Model is a framework to help guide your technology integration and move it up a notch.

Web Tools--No Registration Needed

Nathan Hall has created a list of web tools that don't require students to set up accounts. Take a look:

https://nathanghall.wordpress.com/webtools-no-registration-needed-for-students/

Stop Motion Animation Using Google Slides

Time to Talk Tech by Brad Dale offers instructions on how to create stop motion animation using Google Slides. He includes a video with steps to follow.

Safe Internet Searching for Students

SweetSearch takes the searcher to a fully vetted whitelist of websites  leverages Google to search only a fully vetted "whitelist" of websites. Perfect for elementary students!

Create a Graph

Create a graph for your students or, better yet, have them create one! Visit https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/.

Storytelling with Scratch CSFirst

Dive into the Scratch programming language to tell a story! Visit CSFirst to get started!

Dochub

DocHub

Create Halloween Cards

Challenge your students to create Halloween cards using Storyboard That:

Halloween Card Instructions

Personalize Certificates

If you're interested in creating personalized certificates for your students without having to enter student names one by one, or manually, follow these handy instructions:

How to send personalized certificates

Podcasts

Interested in creating a podcast for your classroom? Take a look at these tips, courtesy of Richard Byrne:

Practical Ed Tech

Newsela

Newsela is a database of current events stories created for classroom use. Indexed by broad theme (e.g. War and Peace, Arts, Science, Health, Law, Money), stories are both student-friendly and can be accessed in different formats by reading level. Newsela is a tool teachers can use to differentiate nonfiction reading. Sign up for a free account!

Tiny urls and bunch your links

Free Technology for Teachers offers suggestions for sites that create short urls from lengthy ones and others that bunch links together for sharing. Check out this article by following the link.

Design Thinking Projects

Provide your students with opportunities to dive into Design Thinking with these ideas from Nureva Span:

6 design thinking projects that inspire students to dig deeper via kwout

Spark Student Collaboration

15 ways to spark student reflection in your classroom via kwout

Learn to Code!

Hour of Code Week...

is coming! There are a lot of options to learn to code and many of them are geared specifically to elementary students. Click on the link above and visit any of these sites to explore further!

Learn by Doing: The 8 Best Interactive Coding Websites

Coding for Kids: Free Websites That Teach Kids Programming

Top 5 Coding Websites for Kids

Teach Your Kids to Code: The 14 Best Coding Websites for Kids

Design Thinking Live Binder

Beginner's Guide to K-12 Design Thinking

Take a look at this Live Binder for extensive resources to get your students thinking and designing!

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers

BOGGLE the mind of your students with this interactive game! Click on GO for the roll!