Fantastic Friday Finds 4/24/15

Now that most of us have made the move to Google. Here’s a blog post on 4 things you can do to organize your drive.

Show your students the power of Google Drive while conducting research!

Check out the Connected Principals blog of shared thoughts of school administrators who share one goal; what is best for students. The #Leadership20 Series will be one to follow.

Here’s a unit for 7th graders on teaching them how to speak well.

Not that we have survived testing week, we all need to  “Dial up and Hug.”

Fantastic Friday Finds 4/17

http://www.supportingeducation.org/2013/05/20/technology-in-the-classroom-help-or-hindrance/

Tech Tips 
Videograbby is a youtube downloader web app that allows you to download your favorite videos right into your hard drive or Google Drive so that you can watch them later, edit them, transfer them to your mobile device, etc. It also allows you to convert a youtube video into MP3 format and also support High Quality mode. VideoGrabby was made with simplicity and usability in mind. This web app should not be used with copyrighted videos.

ListenCurrent harnesses the power of public radio. It makes it easy to bring authentic voices and engaging non-fiction stores to the classroom.

Google Tip - 71 Gmail tips and tricks (including some less known features, secrets, and settings) to enhance your Google Mail experience. Just a reminder, some features may not be enabled our educational domain. 

Somethings to thing about:
This article sheds some light on some common claims about technology in the classroom. Is it a distraction or not, you decide.

Whether we like it or not the world is going digital. Every where we look, except in our school buildings, people are connected digitally. This article discusses how and why we should go digital.