Technology through Time

A teacher requested that I put together a rubric that her students could use to grow the characteristics and traits for being a strong distance delivery student in an Interactive Videoconference Class. This is the first version of the rubric and checklist.

Social studies teachers: This is a great video for students on what's happening in Syria. https://t.co/6FPKiyIi6X via @voxdotcom — John Spencer (@spencerideas) November 17, 2015

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you have a fun technology lesson you will be doing in your classroom?  Contact me and I can help be extra support in your classroom.  Do you have an idea for a technology project but want help implementing it?  Contact me and I can support you in planning and/or implementing.  Do you want to try a new technology project but are unsure how to go about it?  Contact me, I have lots of technology ideas that we can discuss.  ————————————————————————————————————————— Two Lessons you Can Apply Across Content Areas:  Choose your Own Adventure Google Forms:  Remember the old Choose Your Own Adventure Novels? Help students create their own, whether it is for a science investigation or retelling an event in history.  Lesson: https://docs.google.com/a/k12northstar.org/document/d/1yFJ07RppdaA2VPid6TWS4lMOVHf239uP386C25I5_YI/edit?usp=sharing Presentation:  https://docs.google.com/a/k12nort

Creation of a multi-media timeline using TimelineJS. Students worked as a class on a Google Spreadsheet and then published to TimelineJS. Students then presented as a class. Here is a set of steps to walk through the lesson. 

Canvas Tip Did you know you can do Peer Reviews in Canvas? When creating and editing an assignment, scroll down and select the box to Require Peer Reviews. You will then be given the option to manually or automatically assign peer reviews, or even assign anonymously.  Learn more about peer review here: https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212/l/54366-what-is-a-peer-review-assignment https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212/l/54363-how-do-i-submit-a-peer-review-to-an-assignment Did you know you can create an assignment on the Calendar and them move it to another day? Click on the calendar on the left navigation bar. Double click any day on the calendar and a window will pop up to add an event or assignment. Choose the assignment tab,,write the assignment title, and add more options if needed and then submit. If you need to move it to another day just click and drag to another day, it will automatically change it in modules and assignments. Learn more about Canvas Calendar here: https: