Google for Education Archives

April 16, 2018

Putting Learning on the Map with Google Earth

Gail Moore Geo Tools, Google, Google for Education, Pedagogy #EarthDay #GoogleEarth 0

Preparing students for a future with unimagined technologies can be a daunting task. As educators, we need to assess the tools that we use in our classrooms and consider if technology can make learning more meaningful for students. Think about the last map you used. Was it a huge, folded paper pulled from your glove […]

April 11, 2018

The Awesomeness of Applied Digital Skills

Gail Moore Applied Digital Skills, Article, Google for Education 0

The Bait! I admit I am a totally “Googley” teacher. From Google Classroom to creating journal entries with Google Draw with Kindergarten, I love immersing my students in the educational amazing-ness provided by Google For Education! You can imagine my chagrin when I found the Applied Digital Skills curriculum would be geared toward middle, high […]

April 10, 2018

Bringing the Outside World into the Classroom

Gail Moore Google, Google for Education, STEM AR 0

Augmented Reality (AR) in the classroom allows teachers and students to view 3D objects from around the world that they would normally not have access to with the exception of seeing them in a textbook or online. Most content areas cannot take students on trips around the world. Through Google Expeditions AR, teachers and students […]

April 6, 2018

Let’s Get Ready to Ignite Ontario Summit UP!

Gail Moore Google for Education, Pedagogy, Professional Development, Summit #edtechteam 0

Educators are busy people with no shortage of tasks being added to their “to do” lists each day. In the ebb and flow of a school year, it is easy to lose track of what brought you to the teaching profession and the ability to integrate your passion into your work. Reflect on the work that […]

April 4, 2018

10 Reasons Why I ❤EdTechTeam Summits

Gail Moore Google for Education, Professional Development, Summit 0

Before I start confessing my love for EdTechTeam Summits I have to be transparent with you and declare that my only affiliation with EdTechTeam is simply this blog, which I write for exclusively to share my passion for Google at no charge nor any sort of employment or financial contract. EdTechTeam has been a big […]

April 3, 2018

March PD Partner Report

Lisa Thumann Google for Education, PD Partners 0

March found EdTechTeam in eight countries including our summits in Bahrain, Germany, and Taiwan. Along with our other ticket Summits and Bootcamps in the US and Canada, we produced in-district professional development workshops for schools in Illinois, New York, Alabama, Canberra, and Mexico, to name a few. Don’t forget to tune in for our monthly […]

March 29, 2018

Projects with a Purpose! Applied Digital Skills

Gail Moore Applied Digital Skills, Article, Google for Education 0

Last year, at the end of summer break, I received a phone call from my principal. An elective class was needed. Incoming 7th-grade students needed more training on using Google tools. I had earned my Google Educator Level 2 earlier in the year, so it was decided that I would teach a “Google” class to […]

March 16, 2018

Using Technology to Amplify Student Voice in Primary/Junior Classrooms

Gail Moore Article, EdTechTeam Canada, Google for Education, Pedagogy, Summit 0

Crossposted from Jay’s Blog: CreateExploreDigitizeReflect&Connect “Create – Explore – Digitize – Reflect & Connect”. Almost all of our learning experiences are captured with one of these words. Like most teachers, I am always asking myself why something worked or didn’t work. When I think about whether the task embodied my classroom ‘mantra’ I can often […]

March 13, 2018

Teaching and Learning Webinar: Innovation in Social Studies

Lisa Thumann Google for Education, Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning 0

This month’s Teaching & Learning webinar was all about innovative ways to teach our students social studies and history. You can view the Youtube Live Event at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HIDRcJqYh4 and the resources from the panel at http://edtech.team/innovatewithhistory. Here are just a few of the ideas and strategies our panelists shared: @micahshippee spoke first about using Google […]

March 5, 2018

Got Chromebooks? Student Help Desk Support

Gail Moore Google, Google for Education 0

In the spring of 2016, our district decided it was ready to go 1:1 with Chromebooks district-wide during the next school year. With that decision, I threw out a crazy idea to my principal and superintendent: “What if we created a student help desk to repair the Chromebooks?” Much to my surprise and delight, they […]

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