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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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Content Aligned To National & State Standard, Flexible To Support Relevant Curriculum. Find the Perfect Piece Of Content For Lessons. Go beyond the book.

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Tools For Technology Integration & Infusion

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As a Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Dominique loves opportunities for global collaboration and enjoys traveling while training teachers around the world. She previously taught 4th and 6th grade for 9 years in Guadalajara, Mexico and served on the Google for Education International Advisory Board.

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November Student Tech Tip: Get More Out of Google

For this month's Tech Tip, I'd like to share a great infographic with you. It includes tips and tricks for advanced Google searches. Are you getting the most out of Google?

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Flippity.net: Flashcards and Other Resources for Educators and Learners

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Must Have Google Docs Add-Ons for Teachers

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Google Docs is a popular tool among teachers and students and several of you use it in their daily instruction. It offers a number of interesting features that allow users to easily create and share documents. It also supports collaborative team work and enables users to collectively work on the same document, exchange feedback and edit each other's work in real-time. There are tons of other important features that make Google Docs a must have tool in your instructional digital toolkit. We have covered several of them in previous posts here in EdTech and mLearning. Today, we want to draw your attention to the functionalities that are not supported by Google Docs but that can be easily added to it using add-ons.

Google Docs add-ons are third party applications that you install on Google Docs to empower it with extra functionalities. Add-ons store can be accessed from your Google Docs by clicking on 'Add-ons' in the top menu and selecting 'Get add-ons'. Add-ons are organized into five main categories: Education, Productivity, Utilities, Business tools, Social and Communication. You can also use the search box on top left-hand side of the page to search for specific titles. However, what you should keep in mind is that unless the add-on provides a functionality that is not actually provided by Google Docs then no need to install it. As you will see in the store, several add-ons there are just a waste of time.

That being said, we have curated for you this list comprising what we think are some very good add-ons to try out in your Google Docs. These are add-ons we have ourselves tried and are content with their overall functionalities. We invite you to check them out and share with your colleagues.

1- EasyBib Bibliography Creator
An easy way to create citations and bibliography lists. It supports different formats including MLA, APA, and Harvard.

A great add-on to use to provide audio feedback on students work. Simply highlight and record your voice comments.
3- Lucidchart Diagrams
Create and insert mind maps, diagrams, flowcharts right into your Google Doc.

4- Speech Recognition SoundWriter
A speech-to-text add-on that lets you voice type your Google Docs documents. This one is better than the Docs built-in voice type feature.

5- Template Gallery
Provides you access to a wide variety of professionally designed document and spreadsheet templates.

6- Table of contents
It 'automatically creates table of contents in the sidebar that can be clicked through, for easy document navigation.'

7- Easy Accents
Easily add accents for different languages right into your Google Docs document.

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Google Docs is a popular tool among teachers and students and several of you use it in their daily instruction. It offers a number of interesting features that allow users to easily create and share documents. It also supports collaborative team work and enables users to collectively work on the same document, exchange feedback and edit each other's work in real-time.

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Gmail is one of the best email services out there. It offers a wide variety of features and functionalities to help you manage your emails more effectively and enhance your productivity. Our section Gmail Tips and Tools for Teachers contains some useful resources to help you make the best of your Gmail experience. To these resources we are adding the visual below created by the folks in GetVoip. The visual features a number of handy Gmail tips and hacks to boost your overall productivity. You will get to learn how to use canned responses, how to use labels, how to turn on priority inbox, how to use folders, how to mute a thread and many more. Check it out and share with us your feedback.

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Gmail is one of the best email services out there. It offers a wide variety of features and functionalities to help you manage your emails more effectively and enhance your productivity. Our section Gmail Tips and Tools for Teachers contains some useful resources to help you make the best of your Gmail experience.

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Important Google Drive Collaborative Features Teachers Should Know

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Google Drive is in a continuous flux in terms of the functionalities and built-in features it offers to its users. A great deal of these features are especially useful for us in education. In this series of posts, we will introduce you to some of these features and show you what you can do with them and how you can access them. We are starting with the collaborative features first. These are features you can use in Google Drive to enhance collaborative team work and boost your productivity. More specifically, you will get to learn how to : share comments to specific collaborators on a document, make someone else the owner of your document, hold real-time chat with collaborators, share multiple files at once, and how to enable or limit what others can do with your shared files.

1- Send a comment to a specific person
This is especially helpful when you are working with collaborators on the same document and you want to share a comment with a specific person. He/she will get an email notification with your comment. Here is how to do it:
'On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
Insert and type a comment.
Somewhere in your comment, add the name (with the first letter capitalized). When the correct person is suggested click their name. You can also add the email address of the person you want to see the message.
Click Comment.'

2- Transfer ownership of a file
Google Drive allows you to transform ownership of folders and files in Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Drawings and My Maps to another person. Keep in mind that when you make someone else the owner of your file you wont be able to transfer ownership of that file back to yourself or anyone else and you can't permanently delete that file from Google Drive. Here is how to conduct transfer of file ownership:
'Open the homescreen for Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides.
Click the file you want to transfer to someone else.
Click Share.
Click Advanced.
To the right of a person you've already shared the file with, click the Down arrow .
Click Is owner.
Click Save changes.
After you make someone else the owner of a file, you can edit the file unless the new owner decides to change your access.'

3- Chat with others
Chat feature allows participants in a Google Doc, spreadshett or presentation to chat with each other in real-time. Here is how to do it :
'On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
At the top right, click Chat. This feature won't be available if you're the only one in the file.
Enter your message in the chat box.
When you're finished, at the top right of the chat window, click Close '
4- Enable or limit what others can do with your shared
As the owner of a Google Drive file you can choose what others can do with a file you share with them. There are three options you can choose from:
'View: People can view, but can't change or share the file with others.
Comment: People can make comments and suggestions, but can't change or share the file with others.
Edit: People can make changes, accept or reject suggestions, and share the file with others.'

5- Share multiple files
Here is how you can share several Google Drive files at once:
'On a computer, go to drive.google.com.
On your keyboard, hold Shift and select two or more files.
At the top right, click Share Add people.'

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5 Important Google Drive Collaborative Features Teachers Should Know about

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Google Drive is in a continuous flux in terms of the functionalities and built-in features it offers to its users. A great deal of these features are especially useful for us in education. In this series of posts, we will introduce you to some of these features and show you what you can do with them and how you can access them.

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A few years ago I decided to start making video tutorials for the many Google tools that I write about on this blog and feature in some of my professional development workshops. This week I created my 250th Google tools tutorial. All of my Google tools tutorial videos can be found in this YouTube playlist. The tutorials in the playlist cover a wide range of features of Google tools for teachers and students. I've embedded a few of the highlights of the playlist below.

How to Record Audio in Google Slides

How to Measure Distances in Google Earth

How to Create Comic Strips in Google Slides

How to Use Data Validation in Google Forms

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A few years ago I decided to start making video tutorials for the many Google tools that I write about on this blog and feature in some of my professional development workshops. This week I created my 250th Google tools tutorial. All of my Google tools tutorial videos can be found in this YouTube playlist.

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Free Educational Resources for Teachers Using Google Services in Their Instruction

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This is a quick post to share with you this wonderful free resource from Google for Education where you can access tons of helpful guides, training lessons, tips, and educator-created materials to help you make the best of Google services in your instruction. There is also a section labelled 'Ideas' where you will get to explore how other teachers and educators are using Google services in their teaching and beyond. For instance, you will learn about 40 ways to use apps in the classroom, how to create dynamic project plans and schedules, how to better use Chrome web browser to enhance your productivity and many more. The third section titled ' Community ' is where you will 'find peers, collaborators, role models, and others who are eager to help you get the most out of Google tools and devices.'

If you are using any of the Google services in your instruction, this resourceful page from Google for Education should definitely be bookmarked. Among the tools covered are: Google Classroom, Calendar, Docs, Google Drive, Gmail, Sheets, Slides, Sites, Drawings, Sites, YouTube, Google Keep, Expeditions, Maps, Chrome, Google Earth, G Suite for Education, Google Plus and many more. It also provides resources on how use devices such as Chromebooks and Android tablets in education. Check them out and share with your colleagues.

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This is a quick post to share with you this wonderful free resource from Google for Education where you can access tons of helpful guides, training lessons, tips, and educator-created materials to help you make the best of Google services in your instruction.

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Interesting Ways to use Padlet in the Classroom

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I've seen and you've seen it too many times; a student or colleague needs a picture for a project so goes to Google Images and right-clicks to save the first picture she likes without any consideration of copyright. Even though Google Images does have a usage rights filter there are still better places to find images that are either in the public domain or have a Creative Commons license.

In the chart that is embedded below I feature thirteen alternatives to using Google Image search. All of sites in the chart offer images that are either in the public domain or have a Creative Commons license.

If you cannot see the embedded chart, click here to view it as a Google Document.

Join my upcoming course, Video Projects for Every Classroom to learn more about using public domain and Creative Commons images in video projects.

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A word cloud is a visual representation of the frequencies of words in a text. Teachers can use word clouds for a variety of instructional purposes from creating class groups using students' names to reflecting on lesson plans, this article from 21st Century Educational Technology and Learning Blog outlines over a 100 creative ways you can use word clouds with students in class. Now that you have an idea of the educational and pedagogical potential of word clouds in class instruction, here are some of our favourite web tools an iPad apps we uncovered from our archive which you can utilize to easily generate and share word clouds. Check them out and share with us your feedback in our Facebook page.

1- Wordle

'Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to your own desktop to use as you wish.'

'Tagul is an online word cloud generator that enables you to create amazing and unique word cloud art with ease. Professional quality results can be achieved in no time at all, even for users with no prior knowledge of graphic design. Best of all the service is completely free for personal use!'

3- WordItOut

WordItOut is a free word cloud generator that does not require a sign up. You can use it to create word clouds from sentences, entire documents or tables. You can also tweak the look of your word clouds by selecting a layout, applying different colours, adding fonts and sizes. When you are done, you can share your finished product with others through an embed code or download and make a copy of it as an image file.

4- Tagxedo

'Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.'

5- Word Cloud Generator

This is a Google Docs add-on to use on your docs to 'quickly assess what your emerging theme is, how to best categorize your document, or if it is someone's else's document - find out the theme of the document without reading it... Loads of new features including control over number of words, prettifying the cloud, dropping words and including a word count table in the document.'

Make great wordsalads out of documents that matter (or not) to you! With WordSalad you can make beautiful word clouds, super customized with different fonts, colors and words layouts.

Unleash your creativity by making beautiful word clouds on your iPad. Simply give Cloudart some text from a web page or paste some into the app and it will automatically create a gorgeous word cloud for you in seconds. Next, get busy with the intuitive sliders to customise your cloud to your heart's content. When you're happy with your masterpiece, share it with friends!

Make beautiful tag clouds from your iPhone and iPad! Create a word cloud from a web page, custom text, your own spreadsheet file, or try sample clouds included with the app...

Create stunning word collages on your iPhone and iPad! Set up a collage with your text(or website URL), different layouts, fonts, and color themes.Simply start by clicking on the "Text" button. Add some text or input a website url. Select color theme and font in Settings. Select Landscape or Portrait orientation. Word Collage even lets you pan and zoom the picture.

5-Word Clouds by ABCya

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A word cloud is a visual representation of the frequencies of words in a text. Teachers can use word clouds for a variety of instructional purposes from creating class groups using students' names to reflecting on lesson plans, this article from 21st Century Educational Technology and Learning Blog outlines over a 100 creative ways you can use word clouds with students in class.

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30 Teacher Facebook Pages You Should Follow

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One of the things I love about teaching in the Information Age is the ability to instantly get new ideas, helpful tips, and inspiration from social media. Facebook is stacked with educational pages full of quick ideas you can use in your classroom, even the next day. Here are 30 recommendations for the best teacher Facebook pages to follow, in no particular order.

You may recognize Joe from The Ellen DeGeneres Show and also maybe from his now well-known April Fools' Day spelling test prank! Joe's Facebook page is home to videos that showcase his teaching philosophy, which is most noteworthy because it's all about bringing fun back into the classroom.

Love, Teach just gets it. She knows what's real and what matters to educators. Plus, she's pretty funny. Whether she's talking about important issues in teaching or laughing with her readers about a funny classroom moment, she's forever relatable. This is one of our favorite teacher Facebook pages.

I've had lots of principals, but I've never had one as funny as Gerry Brooks from Lexington, Kentucky. He creates and shares videos featuring humor that only a teacher can truly understand. If a Teacher Appreciation Week gift of a Flair pen corsage makes you giggle, this is definitely one of the best teacher Facebook pages that you'll want to follow!

A little bit of humor, a little bit of information, and a little bit of conversation. That's what you'll find on this Facebook page by Alyssa Roetheli. She has resources for upper elementary teachers, but much of what she shares would fit a wide range of grades.

Clever Classroom posts a mix of teaching ideas, inspiration, and humor geared toward primary teachers. Emma is a passionate teacher from Australia, and she focuses on little learner resources, like phonological awareness activities.

If you want a healthy dose of funny teacher memes in your Facebook feed, Digital Divide and Conquer is your guy. He's got a background in special ed and also spends a lot of time talking about technology.

Mind Shift is full of interesting articles about educational trends and innovations. I particularly enjoy the Sketchnote mini-posters they share, with all sorts of topics, like The Iceberg Illusion and 12 Benefits of Creativity.

Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerdy is run by two former secondary science teachers who post science teaching ideas, experiments, and videos for students of all ages. They also share some great science humor.

Angela Watson can ease your teacher stress. She talks to teachers about how to fit the enormous job of teaching into a true 40-hour workweek and how to manage the stress when you can't. Her Facebook page is full of encouragement and tips for being more efficient.

Edutopia posts interesting articles on a wide variety of teaching interests. Articles include topics like student-led conferences, helping students develop focus, and ways to add music to language arts. They also share teacher quotes and short videos with teaching ideas.

This teacher Facebook page just makes my teacher heart happy each time I see a post! I have read all of Ron Clark's books and love his motivational spirit, so seeing what's going on at the Academy is a day brightener!

Teresa's tagline, "Inspiring Ideas for Elementary Educators," pretty much sums up her Facebook page. Not only is it inspiring, but it's also full of ideas. Her posts are equal parts encouraging, funny, and helpful.

Alisa, from First Grade Fun Times, posts a mixture of original and classic quotes and memes related to being an elementary teacher. Teachers can also find helpful articles to enhance lessons and to ease the workload.

Touted as a "community of people obsessed with education," this site offers thought-provoking articles as well as tech resources, humorous essays, and more.

The Brown Bag Teacher is one of the top first grade teacher Facebook pages. It is packed with teaching ideas, helpful how-to videos, and pictures of classroom activities. She shares everything from teaching compounds using Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to Dog vs. Cat as an opinion unit.

Special Books by Special Kids was created by Chris, a former special education teacher. He shares videos of himself interviewing kids who face a variety of challenges because he hopes to raise awareness and promote acceptance. I love his videos because they're a great tool for classroom discussions.

"Empowering Teachers as the Experts" is the motto of The Educator's Room. On this teacher Facebook page, you'll find informative articles written by teachers as well as helpful videos and posts from teachers seeking advice.

Mrs. Russell's Room shares teaching articles, ideas, and videos. One thing I really like about her Facebook page is that she is a veteran teacher who still has a passion for teaching. She also shares lots of original (and definitely relatable) teacher memes.

Cassie, from Create-abilities, shares the latest ideas in education with thought-provoking articles, engaging blog posts, and activities that you can use right away. Not only will you get teaching ideas, but you might also find an encouraging word or a good laugh.

On Educational Technology's teacher Facebook page, you'll find ready-to-use technology tools and also strategies for the classroom, like a list of reading apps, whiteboard tools, tips for creating classroom newspapers, and more! Ever practical, this is one of the top Facebook pages for teachers in the tech space.

Eddie B. is a teacher from Houston who also does stand-up shows for teachers. He tells it like it is but does so hilariously! His videos are all about what teachers really say. If you like teacher humor, this is a page you'll want to follow.

Everything about this page excites me. Whether it's the beautiful pictures and videos, the historical trivia, or even the outdoor teaching ideas. If you have a love of learning, which most teachers do, this Facebook page is packed with information you'll enjoy.

Emily, from Education to the Core, shares resources, tips, ideas, and also occasional humor and words of wisdom for primary teachers. Her goal is to help teachers grow and develop their craft.

If you need some creative inspiration, Krokotak features arts and crafts ideas for lots of different age levels. Parents and teachers will also appreciate the short how-to videos, which go along with the art projects.

Mrs. D's Corner is one of the best teacher Facebook pages for special education teachers (or any teacher, really). She shares teaching ideas, thoughtful articles, videos, and also teacher humor. You'll also find hands-on activities, like how to make slime, cooking tips for the classroom, and more!

Education Week Teacher shares teacher-related news and information. This Facebook page presents a wide array of relevant topics, such as bringing creativity back to middle school, helping your students de-stress for the test, and teaching essentials that teachers can't live without.

The Daring English Teacher focuses on all things for the secondary English teacher. She posts book lists, teaching ideas, and meaningful articles. She also shares English teacher humor, like Shakespeare jokes, which are guaranteed to make you giggle!

TED-Ed shares a wide range of articles geared toward teachers with students of any age. In addition to hot topic articles, this teacher Facebook page posts short, animated videos for teachers, which can sometimes also be shared with students.

I just had to include my page because I really enjoy connecting with teachers on Facebook! Each day, I share a wide variety of things, like helpful teaching ideas that teachers can take straight to the classroom as well as interesting articles and videos. My daily goal is to brighten a fellow teacher's day with a bit of teacher humor or an inspirational post.

I've got to include this one because it truly is one of my favorite teacher Facebook pages! This page features lots of helpful articles, some that are academic and some that are just plain fun. It also shares inspirational quotes and teacher humor.

Are you on Twitter and Instagram too? Check out our 17 Best Teacher Instagram Accounts and 36 Best Teachers to Follow on Twitter for more great teachers to follow on social media.
One of the best places to uncover new teacher Facebook pages is an amazing teacher Facebook group. Check out our our WeAreTeachers Helpline for tons of teacher ideas and support.

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If you haven't already seen it, here is one of our popular visuals on Bloom's digital taxonomy. It features a number of key educational web tools to digitally operationalize Bloom's thinking levels. For each of these thinking levels ( creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding, and remembering) we came up with five web tools that better correspond with it. Our selection process is entirely based on our long-standing experience of reviewing educational web tools. We invite you to check it out and share with your colleagues. Feel free to download, print, or share the visual the way you want provided you include a link back to our website. Enjoy

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Important Google Forms Guidelines for Teachers

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Google Forms is an important tool teachers can use to create, edit and share surveys, forms, and quizzes. If you are using or planning to start integrating Forms in your instruction the chart below will be of great help. It is basically a set of guidelines provided by the folks in Google Forms to help you learn more about how to create a wide variety of forms. More specifically, you will get to learn how to create, edit and format forms; how to share your forms and collect responses; how to set rules for your form and use add-ons and apps script.

This chart is part of a series of EdTech charts we have recently started posting covering different Google services. For previous charts, check out: Google Drive Chart, Chromebook chart, YouTube chart, and Google Maps guidelines chart.

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Things Every Teacher Needs to Know About Google Forms

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Blended learning is a pedagogical approach to learning and teaching that marries digitality with classroom learning activities. It is both a mode of instruction and learning that has different models which according to Dreambox include: self-blend, online driver, face-to-face driver, rotation, and online lab. The visual below sheds more light on what blended learning is all about, what each of its models signifies, and the different tools and apps you can use in a blended learning class. Check it out and share with us your feedback in our Facebook page.

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Digital portfolios are great teaching, learning, and assessment tools. In today's post we are focusing on the learning part and are looking at e-portfolios from a student-centric perspective. To learn how teachers can leverage the powerful of portfolios in their instruction, check out Arter and Spandel (1992) paper (see reference list at the bottom of this page). By definition, a portfolio, according to Arter and Spandel, 'is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits to the student, or others, her efforts or achievement in one or more areas' (cited in Baki and Birgin, 2007, p. 77). The key word here is 'purposeful', a portfolio is different from a folder in that it has a purpose and is guided by a number of learning objectives and expected outcomes. Without intentional planning, a portfolio becomes a mere receptacle of one's work.

Three processes are involved in portfolio creation: collection, selection, and reflection. Each of these processes trains students in a number of skills. Together they provide students with the appropriate mindset to help them take responsibility of their learning and thrive as budding life-long learners.

There are numerous benefits students will gain from incorporating portfolios in their learning. Here is a summarized list of some these benefits based on readings we did in this regard (see sources list at the bottom of this post).
Portfolios enable students to record their learning and document their growth over a period of time.
They Provide students with a venue through which they can showcase their learning.
They can be used as a tool for self-assessment, self-reflection and personal development.
They help students focus on the process of learning rather than the end product.
They promote deeper learning as students actively engage in the learning process.
They develop students metacognitive skills (reflective practices) and help them take control of their learning.
They empower students' voice.
They are a ' method of self-discovery and confidence building'.
They help students develop personal and academic identities.
They assist students in locating their strengths and weaknesses and plan for future improvement.
They invite teachers' feedback and peers's input.
They help students develop their writing skills.
A portfolio presents a concrete evidence of your work and achievements to prospective employers.
There are several web tools students can use to create digital portfolios. We have already reviewed a number of them over the last few years. But if you are to ask us about the ones we recommend the most, we would direct you to the following:

We have created an infographic version of this post. Check out here.

1- Google Sites
This is one of the best platforms we have been recommending for teachers over the last few years. Students can use it to create and host their own digital portfolios. The site is simple and easy to use and they can set up their new website within minutes. They can create as many pages as they want, then upload their content, and share with others. Site Help has everything students need to effectively use Google Sites.

This is another good website students can use to create digital portfolios. Like Google Sites, Weebly provides users with a simple drag and drop editor that allows you to design your website the way you want. No HTML or coding knowledge acquired. You simply select a template, customize it with your own content and publish it to the web.

3- Google Slides
Google Slides can be used to create digital portolios in the form of a presentation. There is actually a pre-made template for that. This Portfolio template provides students with a tentative layout and structure to build their own portfolio.

Seesaw is a powerful tool to help students create and share digital portfolios. It allows them to capture and showcase their learning in multiple formats. They can include videos, drawings, text notes, links, and several other materials to their portfolios. Teachers and parents can easily access and check students work.

This is another practical option for creating digital portfolios. Students record their thoughts using notes then enhance these notes using things such as photos, audio files, links, and attachments. Evernote provides various organizational features that enable users to effectively organize their work so it can be easily searched and accessed across different devices.

Sources:
1- Arter, J. A. & Spandel, V. (1992). Using portfolios of student work in instruction and
assessment. Educational Measurement: Issue and Practice, 11(1), 36-44.
2- Baki, A. & Birgin, O. (2007). The use of portfolio to assess student's performance. Turkish Science Education, 4(2), 75-90. Accessed from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED504219.pdf
3- 41 Benefits of An e-Portfolio (Stable Transition).
4- The Benefits of E-portfolios for Students and Faculty in Their Own Words (Association of American Colleges and Universities).
5- Introduction to Using Portfolios in the Classroom (by Charlotte Danielson and Leslye Abrutyn, ASCD).

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5 of The Best Tools to Create Digital Portfolios in Class

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Digital portfolios are great teaching, learning, and assessment tools. In today's post we are focusing on the learning part and are looking at e-portfolios from a student-centric perspective. To learn how teachers can leverage the powerful of portfolios in their instruction, check out Arter and Spandel (1992) paper (see reference list at the bottom of this page).

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Web Tools to Gather Student Feedback Using Surveys & Polls

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The visual below is born out of the post we published earlier titled ' 17 of The Best Surveys and Polls Creation Tools for Teachers and Educators'. The infographic is too long to be included in that post so we are sharing it separately hoping you will be able to use it in case you want to save, download or print it. The visual features some of what we believe are the best web tools to help you gather feedback from your students or audience using polls and surveys. We have organized these tools into two main categories: those that are designed primarily for use within educational settings, education focused tools, and those that can be used for general purposes. Please see the original post for links of the tools.

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A Handy Visual Featuring 17 Good Web Tools to Gather Students Feedback Using Surveys and Polls

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The visual below is born out of the post we published earlier titled ' 17 of The Best Surveys and Polls Creation Tools for Teachers and Educators'. The infographic is too long to be included in that post so we are sharing it separately hoping you will be able to use it in case you want to save, download or print it.

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Great Google Forms Templates for Teachers

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Yesterday we wrote about tips on how to better collect and manage Google Forms responses and today we are sharing with you another important Google Forms resource which several teachers overlook. Pre-designed templates are ready-made forms you can appropriate for a wide variety of purposes. You do not have to spend tremendous amount of time working on a form template that is already created and provided for free. You can search the template gallery, pick the form you like and customize it the way you want. Below are some examples of templates you may want to consider when creating: an event feedback, assessment, worksheet, course evaluation, or exit ticket. To access and use any of these templates, head over to Template gallery, click to expand the gallery and scroll down to the bottom of the page where you will find them under the label Education.

There are several web tools you can use to create exit tickets, however, if you want an easy and quick way to do so, this template is for you.

This is a handy form to use to collect feedback following an event you organize. Unlike other templates this one is located in Template gallery under the label 'Work'

3- Assessment

You can use this template to create assessments. Using the editing tools on the right hand side you can add more sections, questions, and content.

4- Worksheet

If you want a quick way to create a worksheet form this basic template is a good place to start with.

5- Course evaluation

As its name indicates, this template is for creating course evaluation forms.
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5 Great Google Forms Templates for Teachers

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Yesterday we wrote about tips on how to better collect and manage Google Forms responses and today we are sharing with you another important Google Forms resource which several teachers overlook. Pre-designed templates are ready-made forms you can appropriate for a wide variety of purposes.

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10 Things Every Teacher Should Be Able to do On Google Classroom

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Educator Resources & Technology Training - Google for Education

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Discover numerous educator resources including technology training for teachers, courses, certifications and professional development for educators.

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With the pervasive use of technology inside our classrooms, pedagogical concerns related to the effectiveness of technology in transforming education and creating optimal learning experiences come to the surface. Every teacher drawing on technology in their instruction has probably, at a certain point in time, mulled over questions such as: does technology always work for every instructional task? Does it enhance students learning? How about distractive features that come with this technology. Do they affect students learning?

The strengths and weaknesses of technology is a topic that has been extensively covered in a wide variety of studies and the extant literature in this regard features multiple examples. The stance we have always espoused towards technology is one that celebrates its strengths and capitalizes on the advantages and affordances it provides for us in education while also working diligently to raise awareness of its inconveniences and help minimize their impact on learning. One way to do this is by introducing teachers to the different analytical frameworks they can use to assess, select, and use technology in their instruction. These are basically conceptual models that provide a number of guidelines for teachers to reflect on when trying to implement technology in class. After we have covered criteria for assessing educational apps to use with students, today's post is highlighting another important analytical framework called SMAR.

SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) is a four-level conceptual framework developed by Dr Ruben Puentedura (2006) to help teachers make effective use of technology in their instruction. It provides 'a framework to support educators and instructional designers in creating optimal learning experiences using mobile devices in education'(Roomers et al.,2014. p. 79). SAMR can also be used to encourage 'teachers to 'move up' from lower to higher levels of teaching with technology, which according to Puentedura, leads to higher (i.e., enhanced) levels of teaching and learning.' (Hamilton et al., 2016. p. 434). To help teachers better understand the SMAR concept we designed this illustrative visual based a number of interesting resources (see list at the bottom of this post)

The visual below is available for free download from this link (no commercial uses please).

1- Substitution Level
Using digital technology to replace analog technology, but this replacement does not result in any functional change. Example: Asking students to use a word editor to compose a piece of writing.

2- Augmentation
Digital technology is employed in a functional way to augment the learning task. Example: Using Google Docs inner features to write a paper. These features include: search functionality, spell check. voice typing, Explore..etc.

3- Modification
Digital technology is used to significantly redesign a learning task. Example: students use a digital portfolio tool to embed multimedia materials (e.g text, images, videos, diagrams, charts..etc) to showcase their learning.

4- Redefinition
At this level technology is used in a transformative way to create new learning tasks that would not otherwise have been created. Example: students use Skype Classroom to connect with a class from another part of the world or to hold live discussions with an expert or language teacher.

Sources:
Hamilton, R., Rosenberg, M. & Akcaoglu, M. (2016).The Substitution augmentation modification redefinition(SAMR) model: A critical review and suggestions for its Use. Tech Trends, 60:433-441, DOI 10.1007/s11528-016-0091-y
Puentedura, R. (2006). Transformation, technology, and education [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://hippasus.com/resources/tte/
Romrell, D., Kidder, L. C., & Wood, E. (2014). The SAMR Model as a Framework for Evaluating mLearning. Journal Of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 18(2), 79-93.
Davis, E. (2014). SAMR Made Easy with Google Apps. Google Apps Action. Retrieved from http://googleappsaction.com/?p=51

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With the pervasive use of technology inside our classrooms, pedagogical concerns related to the effectiveness of technology in transforming education and creating optimal learning experiences come to the surface. Every teacher drawing on technology in their instruction has probably, at a certain point in time, mulled over questions such as: does technology always work for every instructional task?

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Due to the large number of inquiries we receieve about G Suite updates and new features, we deem it important to highlight this resource page with you. G Suite Updates, for those of you not familiar with it, is the official platform where you can access latest updates concerning new G Suite features and enhancements. Everything is organized into a chart so you can easily locate relevant information. You can browse by product name or date of release or, alternatively, use key words to narrow down your search. There is also another page where you can learn about anticipated releases. In this way you will be able to keep updated about new enhacments introduced (or upcoming) to G Suite services you use. You may want to bookmark that page for future references.

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Due to the large number of inquiries we receieve about G Suite updates and new features, we deem it important to highlight this resource page with you. G Suite Updates, for those of you not familiar with it, is the official platform where you can access latest updates concerning new G Suite features and enhancements.

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Dig CC Mixter is a good place to find music for use in classroom projects like videos and podcasts. The music that you will find on Dig CC Mixter is Creative Commons licensed. And, as I demonstrate in the following video, Dig CC Mixter makes it very easy to give proper attribution to the artists whose music you use.

Dig CC Mixter is one of the resources that I recommend in my on-demand webinar 5 Video Projects for Almost Every Classroom.

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How to Find Free Music for Classroom Projects

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Dig CC Mixter is a good place to find music for use in classroom projects like videos and podcasts. The music that you will find on Dig CC Mixter is Creative Commons licensed. And, as I demonstrate in the following video, Dig CC Mixter makes it very easy to give proper attribution to the artists whose music you use.

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Teachers Guide for Using QR Codes in Instruction

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Teachers Guide for Using QR Codes in Instruction

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For those of you who haven't seen it yet, here is a handy visual featuring 10 easy ways to help you integrate the power of QR codes in your instruction. We have also included a list of resources at the end of this post so you can learn more about educational potential of QR codes in education.

1- Create interactive and engaging content
You can enrich the content you teach in class by adding QR Codes that link to further readings and resources around related topics. For instance, you can link to a PDF, a document, a video tutorial, a website, an audio file..etc

2- Share resources
Students can use QR Codes to share educational resources with each other (e.g class notes, web content, how-to videos etc)

3- Help with homework
Teachers can provide detailed instructions and how-to tips in the form of a QR Code which students can scan at home and use to solve the homework

4- Use in classroom activities
Instead of handing out dozens of handouts with instructions on how to work on a certain activity, you can generate QR Codes with all the required information and pin them up round the classroom.

5- Communicate with parents
Share with parents QR Codes with information about class/school events and activities, students learning...etc.

6- Scavenger Hunts
Add some interactivity to Scavenger Hunts you use in class. It will enhance students motor activity and get them engaged.

7- Use with books and reading materials
You can integrate QR Codes in textbooks and books you have in your class library. Upon scanning these codes students will be able to access more information and resources on the related book.
8- Provide easy access to online content
Sharing long URLs with students is not always the best option and most often some students will miscopy the website address and end up with a broken URL. Create QR Code with URLs you want students to check out and share it with them
9- Gather students feedback
You can create polls, surveys and forms using tools like Google Forms and share them with students as Q R Codes that students can easily scan and access
10- Research project
Get students to create QR Codes linking to the resources and web content they drew on in their research.

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Teachers Guide to The Use of QR Codes in Instruction

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September 23, 2017 For those of you who haven't seen it yet, here is a handy visual featuring 10 easy ways to help you integrate the power of QR codes in your instruction. We have also included a list of resources at the end of this post so you can learn more about educational potential of QR codes in education.

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Resources for Creating a Digital BreakoutEdu

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BreakoutEDU is ALL THE RAGE in the EdTech community ... and for good reason! These are fantastic activities to get your students involved in solving problems and working together. You know, those real-world skills we want our kiddos to have when they leave us?! 🙂

While BreakoutEDU is fabulous, if you can't afford or don't have time to purchase the physical equipment, try its digital counterpart!

Digital BreakoutEDU uses the same concept as the traditional activities except all of the "locks" and clues are digital, housed most likely in a Google Site making this free to create and use with your students!

Woohoo!

I've recently jumped headfirst into this fun new world, which is typically the case for me when I find something new or intriguing!

To learn more about my experience creating Digital BreakoutEDU activities, please click here. To find fabulous resources for creating your own, please click here.

Below are the Digital BreakoutEDU activities I have created ... I'm sure I'll add more to the list as the year goes on!

Thanks for stopping by!

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BreakoutEDU is ALL THE RAGE in the EdTech community ... and for good reason! These are fantastic activities to get your students involved in solving problems and working together. You know, those real-world skills we want our kiddos to have when they leave us?!

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There are times when a good video or video clip can be just the thing that a student needs to see how all of the pieces of a topic come together. And sometimes just seeing a demonstration or hearing an explanation from a voice other than yours can be what your students need.

Today, YouTube is the default source of videos for many teachers. Of course, YouTube isn't without it faults. One of those faults is distracting "related" content. Another fault being that YouTube doesn't have a tool for adding questions to the videos that you share with your students. Fortunately, there are third-party services to address those problems.

Tools for Adding Questions to Videos - AKA Making Flipped Lessons

After a few years remains at the top of my list of recommended tools for creating flipped video lessons. It is a neat tool that allows you to add your voice and text questions to educational videos. On EDpuzzle you can search for educational videos and or upload your own videos to use as the basis of your lesson. In your EDpuzzle lessons you can make it a requirement for students to answer a question before moving forward in the video. EDpuzzle has an online classroom component that you can use to assign videos to students and track their progress through your video lessons.

is a free service that allows you to build online discussions around videos hosted online and videos that you have saved on your computer. Registered users can upload videos to Vialogues or use YouTube videos as the centerpieces of their conversations. After you have selected a video from YouTube or uploaded a video of your own, you can post poll questions and add comments that are tied to points in the video. Your Vialogue can be made public or private. Public Vialogues can be embedded into your blog or website.

Find more tools like EDpuzzle and Vialogues in this Google Document that I created.

Remove Distractions from YouTube

When you're showing a video in your classroom you can remove distracting sidebar and "related" materials from YouTube with the following tools.

is one of my longest standing recommendations for viewing YouTube videos without distractions. At its basic level to use View Pure just copy the link of a video into the "purifier" on the View Pure website and then click purify. Your "purified" video will be displayed on a blank white background. You can password-protect links to videos that you share through ViewPure ( for directions). In the last year ViewPure expanded to offer curated collections of educational videos .

is a service that provides a few ways to watch YouTube videos without seeing the related video suggestions and comments. You can enter the direct URL of a video into Watchkin to have the sidebar content removed. You can search for videos through Watchkin and have family-friendly results displayed (if a video appears that is not family-friendly Watchkin has a mechanism for flagging it as inappropriate). Watchkin also offers a browser bookmarklet tool that you can click while on YouTube.com to have the related content disappear from the page.

Find more tools like these in my Google Doc, 11 Tools for Teaching With YouTube Videos. You can also get the document as a PDF through the Box.com widget below.

These were last week's most popular posts on FreeTech4Teachers.com:
1. Ten Tools for Teaching With YouTube Videos
2. Virtual Dice and Random Number Generators
3. Seven Good Places to Find Writing Prompts
4. Seterra Offers Science Quiz Games in Many Languages
5. Math Playground - Hundreds of Math Games & Instructional Videos
6. Mind Over Media - New Resource for Teaching Propaganda and Media Literacy
7. A Fantastic Virtual Tour of the Houses of Parliament

I've given keynotes at conferences from Australia to Alaska for groups of all sizes from 50 to 2,000+. My keynotes focus on providing teachers and school administrators with practical ways to use technology to create better learning experiences for all students. I like to shine the light on others and so I often share examples of great work done by others as well as my own. Send an email to richardbyrne (at) freetech4teachers.com book me today.

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10 Google Slide Ideas for the Modern Classroom

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Not only does Google Slides allow you to work in real time, collaborate with others, but it allows for an endless amount of creativity and originality. I have been using Google Slides for several years now and have yet to be limited by the by the graphic design and presentation features. I consistently use Google Slides in my middle school environment to allow students flexibility and choice. I personally find it allows the diversity of student learners to feel successful with their learning and helps develop and promote powerful digital literacies in students.

The following are 10 Google Slide ideas for the modern day classroom:

Google Tip: Use your Google Search filters to find large copyright free backgrounds and wallpapers for your sign patterns.

Google Tip: Customize the size of your posters in Google Slides (File>Page Setup) to develop any size poster for your classroom. Google Slides can even make posters several feet long on either dimension!

Google Tip: Have students collaborate in the same Google Slide document to create a publishable anthology. The revision history tool will also allow you to see the exact contributions of each student. The anthology can then be published to a Google Site as a rotating slideshow.

Google Tip: Encourage students to complete all written work in Google Docs prior to inserting in Google Slides via Text boxes. This ensures stronger collaborative editing and polishing.

Google Tip: Work in layers when creating a graphic design. Start with a solid background and keep building with desired shapes and banners. You can also create a shadow effect by duplicating a shape, colouring one black and one white and layering slightly offset from one another.

Google Tip: Take advantage of the Explore tool directly in Google Slides to search pre-filtered information from the internet. This also allows information to be directly sourced right into your document. (Under "Tools" in the main panel).

Google Tip: Encourage students to collaborate together to create a powerful Slide Deck on a cause they feel strongly about. Images will transparent backgrounds (Google Search Tool) help create sharper looking visuals (especially if you are using a coloured background).

Google Tip: Turn down the transparency on images to create a more subtle effect, which then also increases the visual power of the text. You can also use the rectangle tool to create a slightly transparent overlay. (Click custom under the fill color palette options).

Google Tip: Use the curved connector tool under the line to connect shapes on your Google Slide. There is also an elbow connector tool if you perfect more geometric looking flowcharts or graphic organizers.

Google Tip: Share your creative and original Google Slide Graphic Designs by integrating them directly into your Google Sites! Very simple and easy to do!

Emma Cottier
Certified Google Trainer
Middle School Teacher & Technology Support
Saanich School District 63
Twitter:@EmmaCottier

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A couple of weeks ago I published a video about how to use the Audio Player for Google Slides Chrome extension. That extension was updated this week.

The updated version of Audio Player for Google Slides gives you the option to have your music play continuously through your slideshow. The previous version of the extension only let you add music to one slide at a time and if you needed that music to play throughout the presentation, you would have to add it to each slide. The update to Audio Player for Google Slides will let you have your music played without interruption throughout your presentation regardless of how quickly or slowly you advance your slides.

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Add Music to Play Continuously in a Google Slides Presentation

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A couple of weeks ago I published a video about how to use the Audio Player for Google Slides Chrome extension. That extension was updated this week. The updated version of Audio Player for Google Slides gives you the option to have your music play continuously through your slideshow.

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A simple animated GIF can be useful for things like showing how a simple system works, illustrating the steps to solving a math problem, or showing a sequence of before and after pictures. A few months ago I shared three easy ways to create animated GIFs. This morning I discovered another easy way to create a GIF.

Docs365 GIFmaker is a free Google Slides add-on that you can use to turn your slides into a GIF. To make a GIF with Docs365 GIFmaker first create a set of slides in the sequence in which you want the parts of your animation to appear. After making your slides run the Docs365 GIFmaker add-on. The add-on will then turn your slides into a GIF. You can specify the dimensions that you want your GIF to be or you can use the default sizing. Your GIF can be downloaded directly to your computer or you can save it to Google Drive right from the add-on.

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An Easy Way to Create a GIF from Google Slides

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Google Drive Keyboard Shortcuts for Teachers

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Google Drive is one of a Swiss Army knife comprising some of the best productivity tools to use in your instruction. Besides being a cloud based storage system where you can save and access all of your digital content, it also embeds handy applications enabling you to write documents, design presentations, create spreadsheets, and make beautiful drawings. It offers several collaborative features to enhance team work and facilitate collaboration on joint projects. Our Google Drive section here in EdTech and mLearning provides you with the necessary resources to help you tap into the educational potential of Google Drive, check it out learn more.

The purpose of our post today is to share with you this updated chart featuring some interesting keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive on the web. You can access the full list from this page or you can display it in your Google Drive by pressing on Ctrl + / (Chrome OS, Windows) or ⌘ + / (Mac).

Click on the image below to access to the full list.

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Make The Best of Your Google Drive with These Handy Keyboard Shortcuts

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Google Drive is one of a Swiss Army knife comprising some of the best productivity tools to use in your instruction. Besides being a cloud based storage system where you can save and access all of your digital content, it also embeds handy applications enabling you to write documents, design presentations, create spreadsheets, and make beautiful drawings.

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HyperDocs are powerful frameworks for teaching and learning. HyperDocs are also meant to be shared and remixed with credit. The best educators create HyperDocs for their students and then share them with other educators.

We've organized some of our favorite places for HyperDoc Templates and Sample HyperDocs that can be remixed in this document.

There are many great places to share and explore HyperDocs. Here are six of our favorites.

Twitter is another great resource for finding and sharing Hyperdocs. Here are some of the popular hashtags connected to HyperDocs.
Want to learn more about HyperDocs? Please explore some of additional posts to learn more.
If you have a favorite place to share HyperDocs or have a question about HyperDocs, please post in the comments below.

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Where Are Your Favorite Places to Find and Share HyperDocs?

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HyperDocs are powerful frameworks for teaching and learning. HyperDocs are also meant to be shared and remixed with credit. The best educators create HyperDocs for their students and then share them with other educators. We've organized some of our favorite places for HyperDoc Templates and Sample HyperDocs that can be remixed in this document.