Resources site for PearDeck

Site for PearDeck presentations created by teachers. You are able to filter according to grade level and subject level. Download, tweak - ready to use.

https://www.peardeck.com/orchard/activities/

Direct Integration of PearDeck with Google Slides

Thought about using Pear Deck's interactive features in your classroom? Well it has now been made easy for you with the ability to access PearDeck directly from your Google Slides presentation. Add Interactivity while working on your slides.

Senior Seminar (IRL: Digital Identity and Its Real Life Impact)

Should our identities online reflect who we are, or how we want others to perceive us? 

Is being "real" online synonymous with oversharing?  

Is it safe to truly be ourselves online? 

How much should we share?

How much do we curate our identities when we pick and choose what we post, who sees it, and what we delete after noticing that the stream of likes, shares, and comments that flow down our locked screens is just a trickle? 

These are questions SFS seniors considered during a lesson on digital identity facilitated by the digital learning coaches in collaboration with the high school counselors. The seminar is called IRL: Digital Identity and its Real Life Impact.  

During the seminar, students interacted with New Age Creators Online vs. Offline Self with Visible Thinking routine, Connect Extend Challenge, debated polarizing statements generated from Jenny Magiera's 2017 ISTE keynote, and analyzed their own digital footprints to see how much they tend to curate their own online identities. 

With no right or wrong answer, it was a privilege to hear these young adults deliberate, debate, and defend their interactions with the online world. The seminar groups took the discussion down their own paths, some arguing that curation is a necessary part of building a positive online identity, or is in itself, and artistic creation. Others challenged that idea and decided to be more "real" online. 

Ultimately, we left each class with the idea that we all need people to be real with, whether we find that community online or IRL. 

"Online Vs. Offline Self: Who Is The Real You? | New Age Creators." 

"Setting Free The Untold Stories In Education | Jennie Magiera, ISTE 2017 Keynote." 

(We showed from 24:27 - 28:34)

Student notes from Connect, Extend, Challenge

Presentation Slides

Thanks to the high school counseling team for your collaboration on this project, and the high school seniors for engaging in discussion, opening a window into your online and true selves.

Where can you find copyright images?

➢ http://search.creativecommons.org/

➢ https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/

        from https://search.creativecommons.org/

➢ https://unsplash.com/

All images are free and easy citing provided

➢ https://www.flickr.com/

➢ https://pixabay.com/

Google search with the right settings! (demo)

Tip: You can Google “cc search” or “unsplash” and get these results!

➢ https://www.canva.com

Smarter Everday: Rocket Bonfire Experiment

Please do not try this at home without parental supervision.

Kakao Taxi App now redesigned with English

Available in the Apps Store and Google Play

Article in 10 Magazine

https://www.10mag.com/kakao-taxi-app-now-completely-redesigned-with-english/

Girls don't play Lego

Resources for using Google Classroom

This post will help you get started with Google Classroom as well as provide some tips to make it work for you.

The site linked below is a good place to start. It shows you how to get started and then goes on to list the things you need to think about to use Google Classroom effectively.

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/10/16/the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks/


Here are a couple of detailed overviews of Google Classroom.

Alice Keeler is a well known educator. In the playlist below she gives 35 tips on using Google Classroom.

Here is the link to the playlist of 35 ideas.

New Improved Padlet app for mobile

Fast

Our apps went from Ford Model T's stuck in morning traffic to Ferrari racecars at Monaco.

Pretty

We've removed the clutter so you can focus on what matters to you most: creating and browsing padlets.

Gallery

A gallery of example padlets baked right into your dashboard for quick plagiarism inspiration.

More ways to post

Take selfies, record videos, upload files from Google Drive and iCloud.

Notifications

Stay on top of activity on your padlets. Keep things under control. You got this!

QR code

Join padlets by scanning QR codes. No more typing, yay!

Available on iOS, Android, and Kindle.

Install Padlet app