Category: google
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Learn About Google Fusion Tables
The ability to connect information to geographic locations and display that combined data geo-spatially can be very powerful. In September 2011, I had an opportunity to learn a little about how Google Fusion Tables support geo-spatial data manipulation in Sean Maday‘s presentation at the Google Geo-Teacher’s Institute in Lewiston, Maine. Last week at the ISTE conference…
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Developing Communication Skills With YouTube & iPad Videos
Ginger Gregory is the Gifted Resource Teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, and currently has 117 videos on her classroom YouTube channel. Ginger has used the six iPads in her classroom and her free, district-provided YouTube channel (since the Yukon school district participates in the Google Apps for Education program) to help her…
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Create YouTube Channel with Custom URL (April 2013)
(Cross-posted from Yukon Public Schools Instructional FAQs) Following recent changes in Google+ and YouTube, the steps and menu options for creating a professional YouTube channel have changed slightly. The following steps outline how (as of April 2013) you can create a “custom channel URL or name” for a YouTube channel you associate with your school…
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Use Google to Identify Plagiarism & Teach How to Avoid Committing It
(A shortened, edited version of this post is also available as, “A Story About Plagiarsim and Group Projects.”) The past couple weeks my 7th grade daughter has been working on a National History Day project for her social studies class. Today she proudly showed me the display board which her group created about our president.…
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When Creative Musical Genius Meets YouTube
There are some people in this world who have creative, musical genius that absolutely knocks your socks off when you hear and see it. Jon Cozart (Paint on YouTube) is one of those people. His 104 second video with himself, “Lord of the Rings in 99 Seconds,” has 1.3 million YouTube views to date. It…
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Google Calendar Appointment Slot Double Booking Mystery
We use Google calendars with appointment slots to let teachers book computer labs and other resources from our high school library. There is a mystery we need help solving: sometimes two teachers are able to reserve the same timeslot. Check out this short video for more details. If you have any suggestions or ideas about…
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Setting Up Blogging Buddies with KidBlog, Excel and a Google Spreadsheet
Since January of 2012 I’ve been working with teachers in Yukon Public Schools as an “innovative instructional coach.” One of the primary things I’ve been working with teachers on is interactive writing: Helping setup class blogs teachers can use to facilitate sharing student writing online. I help teachers configure their sites so they can MODERATE…
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Lessons Learned: Hosting & Leading Local Technology Integration Workshops
In February of 2009 I became a full-time, “independent, digital learning consultant.” Since December and January tend to be very slow months for education conferences (and therefore challenging from an income / cash flow standpoint for professional speakers / PD workshop leaders like me) I’ve experimented with a variety of different self-hosted technology integration workshops…
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Tutorial: How To Upload a Video to YouTube
(cross-posted from Yukon Public Schools Instructional FAQs) Here are instructions for uploading a video to your YouTube channel. If you haven’t setup your channel yet, see the post, “Create an Educational YouTube Channel” and do that first. STEP 1: LOGIN TO YOUTUBE Visit youtube.com and click the SIGN IN link in the upper right corner.…