Icons (w/ Google drawings)

While learning about visual literacy, I stumbled on the idea of icons. An ICON is a simple picture or symbol representing an idea, concept, or action.            Icons … Quickly and compactly show information Focus and emphasis certain ideas Help you remember things You can use icons in projects, posters, lab report […]

Google Research

Really cool tool built in Google Docs Search, Cite, and Link to sites.   Click TOOLS -> RESEARCH Click to Read More

Google Search Tips and Tricks

Google Search Tips and Tricks Google Search Tips

Googling

We all use Google to find out anything about everything.  But how does Google actually work? I was curious so I Googled:  “how does google search work”.  At least I started to until this came up. I didn’t have to complete my search term, Google predicted what I wanted.  So I clicked on it and got […]

Google Reader: Bringing the Web to You

EDIT:  Google Reader is deceased.  : (  Feedly is a good alternative that does a similar job.  I also still use Pulse and Flipboard on my iPad to view my feeds. Google Reader is a great way to bring website articles and blog posts from you favorite sites to one site that you can check […]

Personal Learning Plans

One of my goals this school year is to allow students to have more of an ability to create their own learning goals and design projects based around their questions and interests.  I created a format to organize self-created investigations for myself and my students. Click on the Personal Learning Plan Links in the menu […]