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Featured Resource: PowerMyLearning

May 2015Josh Whiting

PowerMyLearning is a free personalized learning platform that allows teachers and parents to design and assign custom activity playlists for students by choosing from thousands of games, interactives, videos, and simulations selected from across the world wide web. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: PowerMyLearning

Filed Under: Digital Learning ResourcesTagged With: Art, Blended Learning, Digital Resources, English Language Arts, Formative Assessment, Interactives, Janice Johnson, Languages, Math, Music, Parent Resources, PowerMyLearning, Science, Simulations, Social Studies, Teacher Resources, Technology, Videos

Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – May 2015

May 2015Josh Whiting

Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – May 2015

Our department’s monthly newsletter was recently sent out to all teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can also access it here.

This month’s highlights include:

  • Now Registering For Summer Technology Classes
  • Educational Technology’s Website Gem Of the Month
  • Chromebooks In the Classroom From Kathy Schrock’s Guide To Everything
  • Two Awesome Digital Language Arts Resources
  • Excellent Reading Apps For the Chrome Browser
  • GSD Teacher Spotlight: Integrating Technology In the Classroom
  • ESRI’s 2015 Storytelling With Maps Contest Is Open

Filed Under: NewsTagged With: Books That Grow, Chromebooks, DK Findout, English Language Arts, ESRI Story Maps, Fluencytutor, Geography, iPads, Litcharts, ParaPara Animation, Professional Development Resources, Social Studies, Teacher Resources

Teacher Spotlight: Jeffrey Horne, Skyline High School

April 2015Josh Whiting

Jeffrey Horne is not your average teacher. His students regularly use laptops and 21st Century skills to expand and invigorate their learning.  [Read more…] about Teacher Spotlight: Jeffrey Horne, Skyline High School

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: Celia Powell, Jeffrey Horne, Laptops, Skyline High School, Social Studies, Student Projects, World History

Featured Resource: The CIA World Factbook

February 2015Josh Whiting

The World Factbook is a free, public domain web resource prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency. The factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: The CIA World Factbook

Filed Under: Digital Learning ResourcesTagged With: CIA World Factbook, Data, Databases, Geography, Maps, Nikki Gregerson, Reference Resources, Social Studies, Student Resources, Teacher Resources, The World Factbook, U.S. Government, World Geography

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