Vol. 2, Issue 11 May 20, 2014
Tech News Tuesday online eNewsletter IN THIS ISSUE Schools almost out for Summer! Have fun with these awesome resources: Focus On – Resources for Teachers Cool Tool – Blendspace For the Rookie – How to use Tabbed Web Browsing Google Apps for Education – What is your MCS Google Account Mobile App – Adobe Voice for the iPad Trending Topic – Upcoming Google Classroom tool
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Table of Contents
Focus On page 1
Cool Tool page 2
For the Rookie Focus On: Resources for Teachers
ONLINE ENEWSLETTER PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY STAFF RESOURCES
OpenEd * opened.io Focused on offering Common Core resources. Wealth of Language Arts and Math lessons, games, quizzes, and tests.
Gooru * goorulearning.org K-12 collections of engaging web resources for Science, Math, Social Sciences, Language Arts, and Standards
Common Curriculum * commoncurriculum.com Create your Common Core Lesson plans on the web with easy to use drag and drop features
PBS Learning * ca.pbslearningmedia.org Free educational resources organized by grade level, subject, and standards
Discovery * discoveryeducation.com/teachers Free high quality, engaging, and relevant resources
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Google Apps for Education page 4
Mobile App page 5
Trending Topic page 6
TeachersFirst * teachersfirst.com Collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time
Global Education Database * gedb.org/courses Real-time directory of educational resources being used in the classrooms around the world
EducatorsTechnology * educatorstechnology.com Resources of educational web tools and mobile apps for teachers
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Do2Learn * do2learn.com Special Needs educational resources Modesto City Schools | Office of Instructional Technology www.mcs4kids.com/it
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Cool Tool
www.blendspace.com
Create lessons within 5 minutes. Easy to use drag and drop features to curate digital content and share lessons online. Collect web resources in one place and share with just one link. Students and Teachers sign-in with their Google Account. Allows content from Google, YouTube, Educreations, Google Drive, Dropbox, OpenEd, Gooru, any video, photo, audio, document, or presentation file. Has built in quiz creation and you can also embed a Blendspace into your website. Great for Differentiated Instruction and Project-Based Learning.
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For the Rookie
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Tabbed Browsing
a Browser is a program on the computer that allows you to visit webpages and use the Internet. Many Browsers are free such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Find out what browser you are using and make sure it is always updated with www.whatbrowser.org
Tabbed Browsing is a very useful feature that allows you to open multiple websites in a single browser. You can open webpages in a new tab, and switch between them by clicking the tabs you want to view.
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Google Apps for Education MANY WAYS TO GET TO GOOGLE APPS ON THE WEB Google Drive drive.google.com
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Welcome! You now have a Google Account through Modesto City Schools! This video will share what that means:
Google Docs docs.google.com Google Sheets sheets.google.com Google Slides slides.google.com Google Form forms.google.com Google Drawings drawings.google.com Google Sites sites.google.com Google Calendar calendar.google.com Google Keep keep.google.com ON ANDROID DEVICES Google Drive app link Google Docs app link Google Sheets app link Google Calendar app link Google Keep app link ON APPLE IPHONE IPAD DEVICES Google Drive app link
> Click here how to sign-in for your first time to MCS Google Apps for Education
Google Docs app link Google Sheets app link CHROME WEB STORE Google Drive app link Google Docs app link
> Apps and Extensions and Themes, Oh My! Click here to find out what it is all about
Google Sheets app link Google Slides app link Google Form app link Google Drawings app link Google Calendar app link
> Help and Support is just an email away for MCS Google Apps for Education. Email us at googlesupport@monet.k12.ca.us
Google Keep app link
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Mobile App
Story a
Telling Made Fun and Easy
Adobe Voice http://getvoice.adobe.com
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Trending Topic
Google Classroom
In September 2014 Google will be debuting a new free tool to Google Apps for Education suite called Classroom. It will help teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their classes with ease.
> Click here for more information and how to sign-up for a preview
www.google.com/edu/classroom
Have a great Summer from the folks at Modesto City Schools | Office of Instructional Technology www.mcs4kids.com/it
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