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Welcome to the new home of the edTechCCPS blog. We have changed blogging platforms to bring you the reader a more refined experience. Come back here in August for amazing content. Until then check out the archives on the old blogging platform here.

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Link directly to Google Classroom Assignments and Question Activities

One of several new features in Google Classroom is the ability to link Google Classroom announcements, assignments, or question activities directly into a presentation, doc, HyperDoc activity, or any other media that can include web links. Why use this in your instructional practice? Efficient, saves time! Less clicking! No scrolling or filtering to find the activity in Google Classroom! Post a Google Classroom assignment link in a Synergy grade book assignment! ( helps students to find the assignment easily ). How does this enhance teaching and learning? Students can go directly to the Question activity as part of a lesson that includes facilitating an online discussion, back-channel, or poll ( active participation ). As part of a learning activity include a direct link to an assignment in Classroom, where students can add their choice of created products ( student engagement / voice & choice ). This makes it easy to have student work in one place an...

What is an LMS?

What is a LMS? What is an LMS and why should I use one? You may have heard the term LMS (Learning Management System ) talked about in meetings, or read about in the board docs or ACTS notes. Well, what is it? And more importantly, why are moving in this direction? An LMS is a learning management system that will provide a true one stop user experience for your teaching materials, assessment tools, projects, rubrics, learning outcomes, group conferencing, etc. The learning management system we have chosen to purchase is Canvas. Canvas is a large company that currently provides LMS functionality to many major universities, the Virginia Community College System, and the entire K-12 public school system in North Carolina. Canvas allows you to create assessments, manage instructional content, conduct group discussions or video chats/leave student feedback, create rubrics, and will auto grade your assessment materials. Canvas integrates with ...

Your End-of-Year Tech List: Closing Out Your Digital Classroom

Your End-of-Year Tech List: Closing Out Your Digital Classroom Just as you close out your physical classroom for the year, you should also close out your digital classroom. To help you do so, we have created the following Tech List, with helpful links and hints. ✔ Task Tips Helpful Links Google Classrooms Archive your Google classrooms to prevent students from unmonitored posting. If you delete a class, you no longer have access to posts or its associated resources. Written Video Edmodo Classrooms Archive your Edmodo classrooms to prevent students from unmonitored posting. If you delete a class, you no longer have access to posts or its associated resources. Directions Google Drive (Students) Have students create a folder labeled 2017-18 and drag all of their current docs and folders into it to “clean-up” their drive. Directions Google Drive (Teachers) Take some ti...

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