Friday, August 13, 2021
Friday Matinee: 21 Google Docs Features You Should Know How to Use
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Did You Know? You can lock a Google Sheet tab
You can control who can edit individual sheets (tabs) within your Google Sheets? Protected sheets are marked with a small padlock symbol. Others can see the sheets but not edit them. Follow @benlcollins on Twitter for more great tips like this one.
Friday, August 6, 2021
Friday Matinee: Podcasting in the Classroom
As you know, we now have a room set up where you or your students can create podcasts. Before you do that, you may want to watch this webinar on Podcasting for Personalized Learning. Jen Giffen does a wonderful job talking about podcasting and she is a podcaster herself! Here's the description for the webinar:
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Did You Know? Send from Gmail Extension for Chrome
This extension (Send from Gmail) when added to Google Chrome makes Gmail your default email application and provides a button to compose a Gmail message to quickly share a link via email. The extension will open a compose window in Gmail when you click an email address on a webpage. It will create a message when clicked, using the page title as the subject and the selected page text and link address as the message.
Let us know what you think!
Friday, July 2, 2021
Friday Matinee: Kentucky's Academic Standards for Technology
The new KY Academic Standards for Technology will roll into full implementation this fall and are a graduation requirement for all K-12 teachers. This video provides an overview of the standards and an introduction to a teacher resource and student example dashboard that has been created to support teachers as they infuse the standards into their classrooms. The new KY standards follow the ISTE Standards for Students.
Friday, June 25, 2021
Friday Matinee: The ISTE Standards Community
Although we teach in higher education, the standards were written for grades P-20. These standards are not only a great guideline for integrating and using technology in the classroom, but they are important in the preparation of teachers who will be going into classrooms where technology plays an important role.
The ISTE Educator Standards are one part of a larger set of standards from ISTE, which include education leaders, coaches, and students. The ISTE Standards put students at the center and provide a nested framework of support for multiple stakeholder groups.
To learn more about the ISTE Standards for Educators, go here. Check out this short video explanation, ISTE Standards For Students and Educators, by Tiffany Feild. You'll find that the ISTE Standards for Educators are your roadmap to helping students become empowered learners and they will help you rethink traditional practices. As you expand your understanding of the ISTE Standards for Educators, you are also connecting to the ISTE Standards for Students in a variety of ways. Join with the ISTE Standards Community to engage with other educators to learn more about how to use the standards in your teaching.
On another note, Arlene Borthwick, Professor Emerita, National College of Education, National Louis University, shared two opportunities to discuss and provide your perspectives on technology infusion in teacher preparation programs. * Attend and participate in this ISTE21 Live conference session being led by Joseph South, ISTE’s Chief Learning Officer, and Ji Soo Song, ISTE’s Senior Policy and Advocacy Associate: Call to Action for the Future of Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation, Tuesday, June 29, 11:45 AM Eastern. See: conference.iste.org/2021/program/search/...
* Share your perspectives on technology infusion in teacher preparation by participating in a research study currently underway. Responses from full, part-time, and adjunct instructors of educational technology in teacher preparation are requested by June 30, 2021. Learn more about the study by reviewing the consent form at bit.ly/EdTecQSort_Consent
She would be happy to respond to any questions about the above two opportunities. You can email her at aborthwick@nl.edu.





