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Checking for understanding by having students create products

April 12, 2016 by Kim Lepre 2 Comments

checking for understanding | assessment | authentic assessment | real world learning

It’s that time of the year….TESTING! At my site, the English and Math teachers test students while the other classes teach on a block schedule. This may not be a big deal for you if you already teach that way, but the transition can be tough for some. One of the best ways to make this […]

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Filed Under: Curriculum, Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: checking for understanding, explain everything, featured, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Thinglink

Accessing FREE eBooks with the Open eBooks app

April 4, 2016 by Kim Lepre Leave a Comment

Back in February, the amazing Open eBooks program began offering thousands of free eBooks to low-income students in America. The New York Public Library developed an e-Reader app that comes loaded with eBooks for students ages 4-18, which can be read without any checkouts or holds. While hundreds of books are already in public domain, the […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: eReader, literacy, open eBooks

How keyboard shortcuts will make your life easier

March 15, 2016 by Kim Lepre 2 Comments

I have mixed feelings about shortcuts. As a driver, a shortcut to a destination can either be a timesaver or a frustrating “tour of the city.” Google Maps has taken me down some interesting routes, with the only benefit being that I now know where certain roads end. When it comes to my students, I’m not fond […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: featured, keyboard, shortcuts

Creating a table of contents in Google Docs

March 8, 2016 by Kim Lepre Leave a Comment

How to create a table of contents in Google Docs | educational technology | education | lesson plans | activities | first year of teaching

Yesterday I ruminated on the subject of this week’s blog post. I finally decided that it’s time to go over how to create a table of contents in Google Docs. This is more of an intermediate tutorial geared for those of you who are already well on your way with the app. Why a table of contents? There […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: bookmarking, Google Docs, headings, hierarchy, linking, table of contents

Some Google Sheets fun

March 1, 2016 by Kim Lepre Leave a Comment

google sheets | spreadsheets | how to use google sheets | educational technology

For the past several weeks I’ve been writing about Google Docs and a little bit about Google Forms. For those of you who are familiar with Google Apps for Education (GAFE), you know that there are other apps in the suite that are amazing. Today I want to highlight a few functions I use in […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: Google Sheets, mail merge, merge cells, split cells, spreadsheet

Collaborate and create with Google Apps

February 16, 2016 by Kim Lepre Leave a Comment

collaborate with students | collaborate learning | creating together | education | teaching | google apps | educational technology

During this past 4-day weekend, I spent some of my time working on various tasks. One of them was creating a trip packing list, and another was grading some of my students’ performance task essays. For both, I took advantage of the collaborative nature of Google Apps for Education (GAFE). I know I’ve written about this […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: collaboration, Google Docs, Google Sheets

How to getting rid of that pesky Microsoft Word formatting

January 19, 2016 by Kim Lepre Leave a Comment

microsoft word formatting | annoying formatting | Google Docs

I have blogged several times about one of my new tech best friends, Google Docs. Ever since I discovered it and forced myself to use it, I find that I prefer it over Microsoft Word. Don’t get me wrong; I still love Word. I’ve been using it forever, and before that WordPerfect (did I just age […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: formatting, Google Docs

How to use four popular presentation apps for the iPad

January 12, 2016 by Kim Lepre Leave a Comment

blogging | why students should blog | how students should blog | digital footprint | lesson plans

And we’re BACK! After a luxuriously long and restful three weeks of Winter Break, the staff at my school came stumbling back yesterday morning. We got right to business with our third EduCon, dubbed the WinterCon. We’ve received so much buzz around the district about these events that we had visitors from the district office […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching Tagged With: EduCon, explain everything, Google Slides, presentation apps, Prezi

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