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Assign CK-12 Content Direct to Google Classroom Did you know you can assign content from CK-12 directly to  Google Classroom ? CK-12 has some amazing and diverse resources to help students learn and explore. It is one of my single most favorite resources to share with teachers and students. You can assign reading material, adaptive practice, videos, simulations, and more from CK-12's standards-aligned content library directly to your students in Google Classroom. Reads Videos Real World Applications (RWAs) Adaptive practice Quizzes Simulations (SIMs) PLIX Grades are automatically reported to your GradeBook in Google Classroom  saving time and effort. You can connect your existing CK-12 account by signing in, going to account settings and connecting your Google account under "Connected Social Accounts" section. Find, Assign, Connect...Success! Related: CK-12 information and resources Google for Education Resources .

We are quickly approaching the end of the school year. The weather is getting warmer, students are getting excited, and teachers are exhausted. It is a time for celebration and reflection. One thing I always did around this time of the year when I was a teacher was to reflect on the past year. What worked? What went right? What went wrong? How did I handle classroom management issues? How well did my students learn? Lots of questions to answer and get ready for next year. I did this throughout the year too, but this is the point where I really felt I could get some good information and feedback to plan and make changes for the following year. One thing I did as an evaluation of the year was to have my students fill out a survey about the class and their experience. It asked them to rate things such as was the classroom and equipment (labs and projects) adequate, was enough time given for demonstrations and review, how well did the teacher answer student questions, and their thoughts o...

PDF Candy is a site I just found out about from a colleague from up in Canada. It is an amazing collection of free, online tools to edit and manage PDF files . PDFs are one of the most common file formats used to share data and documents. Being able to edit and manipulate them is important. PDF Candy provides a robust, free, online tool set for working with PDFs. There is even a Windows download app. It is available in 15 different languages and is very easy to use. You can convert from PDF to formats like Word, JPG, DOCX, PNG and more and you can convert Word, JPG, DOCX, HTML, EPUB, MOBI and more to PDF. In addition, you can compress, merge, split PDFs, delete and rearrange pages, extract images and text and other tools. Check it out and see if it is useful to you. More PDF resources can be found here . Related: PDF tools, resources, and much more ..

Google kicked off Google I/O 2018 , their developer conference, yesterday, 5/8/18, with a keynote that had some amazing announcements in it.  Here is a summary of them with links to more info on each one. I'm pretty excited for these. Many will be great for education, including news, accessibility and more. ( Google for Education Resources) Google AI is the big topic of the day. AI is being implemented in pretty much everything Google does and there are some really amazing things being accomplished.  https://ai.google/ AI - solving problems for users https://www.blog.google/topics/innovation-technology/io18-overview/ opening AI centers around the world transforming Healthcare https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/deep-learning-for-electronic-health.html diagnosing diabetic retinopathy and use eye scan to predict cardiovascular risk helping doctors predict medical events and issues before they happen Accessibility hearing impaired - separating out the noise ways to help people with...

International education advocate Alan November will be holding a webinar titled “Teaching Critical Thinking and Web Literacy: Why Teachers are More Important Than Ever” on May 22. Alan has been saying for years that for years that these are areas that need attention, so I'm inviting everyone to attend! Webinar attendees will learn about the role critical thinking plays in web literacy and methods for teaching students to become astute consumers of media. Various aspects of media literacy will be discussed along with strategies for developing skills and competencies in those areas. Alan will also share strategies and resources for weaving critical thinking and web literacy skills into everyday instruction and guiding students toward becoming responsible consumers and creators of web and social media content. Alan November is an international leader in education technology and was named one of the USA's fifteen most influential thinkers of the decade by Tech and Learning magazine...