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All About Accessibility Tools in the Classroom
By Alex Sellitsch I am a frequent user of all things Google, so I put together a list of accessibility tools that I found to have helped me on a few occasions. Google Translate: This amazing feature will help you translate into another language. It has helped me speak to Spanish speaking individuals at my…
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Holiday Game Hyperdoc
By Alex Sellitsch Since I am already in the holiday spirit, I found an awesome Hyperdoc game board that allows students to click the various links around the game board. Students will learn about Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and viewing holiday traditions by using Google Earth. These are just a few of the interactive activities within this…
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The San Diego Zoo Live Cams
By: Alex Sellitsch For this weeks virtual field trip, I decided to pack my bags and fly to San Diego, CA (but not really). I was able to get comfy in my bed without the hassle of traveling, and watch from home the animals that live in the San Diego Zoo. There were a lot…
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Extra
Extra is a Spanish comedy show with English and Spanish subtitles. The show has a comedic “Friends” vibe to it and centers around two girls, Lola and Ana who share an apartment in Spain. They have a downstairs neighbor that they interact with, Pablo who is also a main cast member. In the episode I…
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Using Presenter Coach in the Classroom-By:Emily Faragher
Presenter Coach gives students the opportunity to really practice their presentation by listening to them speak. This program gives feedback as the person is presenting. Presenter Coach gives tips about the pace that the presenter is speaking at and monitors how many times a person uses filler words. The program warns the individual to use…
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Microsoft Translator
After reading Chapter 2 of our textbook, I learned about Microsoft Translator. This tool is a way for diverse school communities to communicate without the difficulty of finding interpreters for those whose native language is not English. Translator is free, easy to use, and accessible through any mobile device. There are more than one hundred…
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Using Microsoft Sway
What is Microsoft Sway? Microsoft Sway is a design application, much like Power Point and Slides, but a more uniquely multifaceted tool. According to “Sail the 7Cs” Microsoft’s education textbook, “One of Sway’s features that stands out to us is the linear fluidity. There aren’t sections broken up by slides, content presented in pieces, or…
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Tech Blog Post 3
Sheila Godfrey The tool that I chose to discuss is called Discovery Education. This web tool enables educators to take their students on virtual field trips. I chose this tool, because I think it is important for students to be able to explore and learn about our world, near and far. I also feel that…
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Human Rights in the Classroom
Going into education, I plan to teach in high school classrooms. During their high school years students are forming their identity and questioning their purposes or motivations. Much of their work is seen as pointless, tedious, and uninteresting to them. To add something to the monotony of schoolwork, I would love to incorporate lessons on…
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Classroom to Classroom through Technology
Topic:Global School Network What I found use full about Global School Networking is it opens a lot of opportunities for child to work at their on own pace that they need and get equal education that they need.Also students can make new friends and learn about different cultures , and also it will help expand…