5 Digital Resources for the Global Read Aloud 2019

What is the Global Read Aloud? The Global Read Aloud was founded in 2010 with the goal of having one book to connect the world. According to the Global Read Aloud website, now over 4 million students in 80 different countries have participated in this event! Educators selected recommended titles that they'd like to read …

Google Sheets Planbook

Looking for a new digital planbook? School will be in session before we know it and many educators are scrambling to decide which tool to use this year while lesson planning. Over the past few years, I have tried creating lessons using Google Calendar, Docs and Slides templates. Each of these tools makes it super …

5 Back to (Elementary) School Ideas with the G Suite for Education

Introduction The first week of school is around the corner and we are all scrambling for some fabulous ideas for kicking-off the school year and staying organized. Here are five ideas using G Suite for Education! 1: This is Me: Collaborative Slide Deck Question: How could we have students introduce themselves to classmates and receive …

New G Suite Feature: Add Audio to Your Slides

Google Slides just recently received the capability to add audio to your slides! Simply click on INSERT and select AUDIO to add a file from your Google Drive. Unfortunately, the ability to upload files from your computer is currently unavailable. Why add audio? Add audio recordings of thinking and explanations.Add narrations to presentations or digital …

Tips and Tricks for Google Slides Picture Books

Why Google Slides? Teachers and students are loving Google Slides for digital storytelling projects. For years, Google Slides was known for presentations but now educators have found dozens of innovative ways to use Google Slides in the classroom. Google Slides allows students to collaborate, add music and videos, receive feedback, insert images, work from a …

Tour Creator in the Elementary Classroom

What is Tour Creator? Last year, Google released the web-based Tour Creator that allows users to create interactive 360 degree tours right from their computers. Photographs may be uploaded from the Google Street View app or directly from a computer. Users may add points of interest, photos, text, audio recordings, and ambient music to their …

Google Sheets Holiday “Shopping”

Teach an introductory lesson to Google Sheets by doing some holiday shopping! Link to Template (Click TEMPLATE in the right corner to make a copy) What will students learn? Students will learn how to enter data, enter basic formulas, use FUNCTIONS, and create a graph by following the directions in the second tab. They can even …

Evaluating the Authenticity of Websites

The Objective This month, students in grades 3-5 evaluated the authenticity of three different websites. Students often are unaware that anyone may create a website and frequently believe that anything they read online is valid. If we are going to teach students how to use search engines and conduct research, then we must also show …

How to Write a Quality Comment

There are quite a few apps that allow students to leave quality comments for instant feedback to classmates' projects, work samples or blog responses. Tools such as Google Classroom, Flipgrid, and Seesaw allow students to post their work and receive instant feedback from their teachers and classmates, providing them with an authentic audience. Timely feedback …

4 Easy Ways to Integrate Tech During the Global Read Aloud and Collaborate with an Authentic Global Audience

According to the Global Read Aloud's official website, the Global Read Aloud was created back in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world! Although it may be easy to purchase the books and participate in the readings during class-time, educators may find it difficult to determine how to use …