We are not alone ISTE19 part 4

This is a quick way to demonstrate that we are not alone in our searches. Google Hot Trends is a real-time look at the hottest searches at the moment.
Look at the trends: Trending`

Then look at Google Trends and compare terms since 2004. You can compare by the world, country, specific dates. Here is an image of my trend. Teaching our students to look at and compare data can be informative as well as fun.

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ISTE19 part 3

LMGTFY
How many of us have co-workers who think we know as much as Google? This is a tongue in cheek way of letting others know that with a click of a google search, they too can be in charge of knowledge.
Let Me Get That For You
So a co-worker asks you when the first day of fall is and here is your answer!
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=when+is+autumn+in+USA

Don't use this too many times or you might be out of a job!

ISTE 19 part 2

I'm going to jump back on the blog wagon and share some quick tips from my sessions at ISTE.  I've been retired for 18 months and I wanted to see what new adventures were looming in technology, especially for my passion of making learning accessible for challenged learners.
This is my second tip. This tip focuses on the challenged learner and making choices. You can begin in a google doc, go to add ons and select Story Starters. Story Starters can be used with the Google Home, now just wait for it- I know there are privacy and security issues that educators are still grappling with, so while that continues to be resolved, there is another way to access this. You select, how to play your story and select Chat. Choose a premade template-how easy is that? Then play and the student just speaks their choices. The choices are simple like left or right, yes or no, or go inside or don't go inside. I can think of many students who would benefit from having a story they speak that turns into audio and written format. This is from Google Experiments-click here and see more experiments. If you like this check back to see what I'll share next. 

Musings from ISTE19

ISTE 2019 Philadelphia

I'm going to jump back on the blog wagon and share some quick tips from my sessions at ISTE.  I've been retired for 18 months and I wanted to see what new adventures were looming in technology, especial for my passion of making learning accessible for challenged learners. So, stick with me for a few days while I look through my notes and share what I learned. If you really want to spend some time on a crowdsourced version of what happened at ISTE19, check Stephanie Howell's version. 
The first session I attended was all about  Wakelet which is an online site where you can find, organize and share your resources. This FREE online service is fairly new and was demonstrated by several educators who were excited about an easy way to share information like a backchannel during their session, a way to curate and share resources with their teachers, a newsletter for parents and I am sure you can come up with more ways to use. 
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