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Updates 10 Apps Teens are Using that Parents Need to Know This excerpt was taken from a blog by April Requard and might be helpful to share the the apps and blog post with parents. Not all social apps are bad. Most of the apps our kids use are truly an extension of your child’s “real world” social life. For the most part, our kids talk to people they only talk to in “real life.” With the influence of technology in our kids social lives, we can’t panic or over think every single thing, but we do need to empower each other and be aware of what our kids are doing when they are online and engaged in these apps. We teach our children how to swim so they don’t drown and the same is true for online social behaviors. We have to talk to our kids and teach them how to navigate through this online world. I believe strongly in not blocking everything, but in my opinion, there are certain apps that are just off-limits and I will share those with you in this post. The problem in most cases is that parents just don’t know how bad some of these apps can really be. The truth is told so perfectly by Kevin Honeycutt when he says, “Our kids are growing up on a digital playground and no one is on recess duty.” So true. Check the blog in its entirety at appsolutelyapril.com
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Curates Digital Resources & Tools Curates Digital Resources & Tools #ParkwayReads 15 Fresh & Fun Open Source Image Resources 1.
Flipgrid Reading Challenge Flipgrid is a tool where video, student engagement, and formative assessment happen. It’s a place where students can share their thoughts, opinions, and voice. A fun way to use Flipgrid in the classroom is to use it as a platform for students to reflect on their reading. Want to make it even more fun? Try adding a Flipgrid Reading Challenge. Everyone loves a good challenge and when we pair it with reading and an awesome edtech tool we are all set for an awesome learning experience.
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StockSnap.io: Browse through hundreds of high resolution images that are added weekly. The images are free from copyright restrictions, so you are free to use and modify them as you like. Burst: This is a photo bank powered by Shopify, and features dozens of categories to choose from. If you’re looking for cover photo tips for Facebook, Burst has a whole page devoted to them. Pexels: Pexels has top-quality free stock photos licensed under the Creative Commons Zero license. They are all very nicely tagged for searching, and are easy to find through their Discover feature. DeviantArt: DeviantArt has been around for a long time, and seems to get better with age. A free sign-up process allows you to browse and access over 350 million unique works of digital art. Free Nature Stock: This is a database of free nature photography created by designer and photographer Adrian Pelletier. SpaceX: This is an offshoot of Flickr containing space and astronomy-themed photos of all kinds. It is updated with new images every few weeks. Gratisography: Open source image resources by solo photographers are becoming more and more common on the Web. This one was created by Ryan McGuire, a creative visual artist. The British Library: Here we have another Flickr sidekick, and this one has an array of vintage photos of all sorts. Foodies Feed: Pictures of food may adorn some of our social media feeds, but often such images do have their purpose. Food-related visual projects can benefit from this colourful and interesting range of pictures. Negative Space: Negative Space is a community of photographers sharing their work with visitors who want to use “beautiful, free high-resolution images without any restrictions.” See the complete list at globaldigitalcitizen.org
Google Drawings
See the post and get the how to PDF at engagedmediasolutions.co m
Recently, Shannon at Southwest Middle hosted a lunch learn around Google Drawings and was kind enough to share with us. This presentation has directions, helpful tips, and project ideas. Check out the slide deck at goo.gl/w8xvYx
17 Little-Known Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Using Google in the Classroom The tools in this edsurge.com blog span everything from music to time-saving shortcuts and support for struggling students or those with learning disabilities. Check out these educators’ top picks or explore a list of attendee favorites here.
Instructional Partnership Resources
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The Creative Educator has focused on effective ideas and strategies to foster creativity and engage students in the curriculum and now they have shared end-of-year project inspiration. Explore grade-specific lesson plan pages to find and share ideas for the classroom.
Want to have students watch just a section of a YouTube video? Try ViewPure as a way to not only choose what section to show but also to block out distractions on YouTube and create your own url for the video. Click on the gear below the video once you have put it in ViewPure to access settings. http://viewpure.com/
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Add comments, pictures, links, maps, other videos, and more to a YouTube video using a new tool called Timeliney. It does require you to create an account to create, save, share and comment on videos shared with you. https://www.timeline.ly/
Photos for Class is one of a favorite site for students to use to find free images to use their projects. The most outstanding feature of Photos for Class is that it automatically adds attribution information to the footer of the images that students download. For the last few years Photos for Class has relied on Flickr's library of Creative Commons and public domain images. Recently, Photos for Class started to include public domain images from Pixabay's safe search. In the this video Richard Byrne demonstrates how you can use Photos for Class to find and download free images.
National Poetry Month Check out SLJ’s National Poetry Month Pinterest Board and a Collection of resources in Destiny (by Shannon Miller)
TEEN Activity Calendar It’s no joke — check out the April activity calendar for activities and books to celebrate April Fools’ Day, National Guitar Month and more. Library Journal Mover and Shaker Emily Ellis shares ideas for STEM experiments, craft projects, recipes and much more! Check out ideas.demco.com
Personalized Professional Learning Google Certification Levels 1 & 2 Are you Googly? Do you want to be? Did you know that Google has an entire training program where you can get certified as a Google Educator? This course is online, self-paced, and is meant to get you to earn your Google Educator Level 1 Certification. In order to receive salary credit, you must pass the Google certification test and submit certificate to Amy Johnson. For level 2 there is a prerequisite: You must complete Level 1 Certification before you are able to complete the Level 2 Certification class.
Humor @ Your Library
Affton Google Show & Tell Affton School District will be hosting the Affton Google Show & Tell on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Affton High School. The Affton Google Show & Tell is a free half-day event that focuses on all things Google in K12. This event will feature sessions by area educators using GSuite to promote student learning. There will even be open sessions for attendees to create their own sessions similar to Edcamp. Attendees may include teachers, administrators, district leaders, and library media specialists. Seating is limited Click Here to Register
Want to connect with other educators and transform learning? See upcoming spring learning opportunities offered through ConnectED Learning at connectedlearningstl.org
Each year Google releases a new set of prank videos for April Fools Day. People always look forward to these videos as they are so well produced and poke fun at current trends and technology and even at Google itself. See this entertaining blog post at
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Visit the edWeb Calendar for upcoming free webinars. Now you can also easily search and view over 1300 recorded edWebinars.
Contact Information Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass
Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.pkwy.info/pkwylibrary
Kim Lindskog Library Support Specialist Twitter: klindskog Amy Johnson Digital Learning Specialist Twitter: ajohnson106
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