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What to Ask if Your Child’s School Uses Google

April 13, 2019 by Cat Weers

As announced at Google Next this week, over 90 million people are using Google for Education. Wildly popular, free, and transformative in the way it allows schools to harness the use of technology, Google for Education can be a positive introduction to collaboration tools that will be transferable outside the walls of the classroom.  Google’s […]

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10 Google Integrated Tech Tools to Try

October 27, 2018 by Cat Weers

Each of the tools in this list integrates seamlessly with Google Classroom, which makes management a breeze! The most exhilarating aspect of the tools in this post is each of them use student voice and choice is that you can combine any of them to take engagement and creativity up a notch.  Better yet, let your students decide which tools they want to use. Read on to see my top picks for fantastic tech tools, that also happen to integrate with Google for Education.

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Filed Under: Featured Lists Tagged With: 2019 educational technology list, 2019 tech tools, ed tech tools to try, edtech, edtech resources, edtech reviews, flipgrid fever, g suite for education in the classroom ideas, google extensions to try, google for education, google in the classroom ideas, new google tools to try, new tech to try, scribe for google, soundtrap in the classroom, stackup for education reviews, teacher technology tools, technology tools to try in 2019, using flipgrid in the classroom, using pear deck with google slides, using technology in the classroom 2019, wevideo for schools, writereader review

5 Reasons I’m Obsessed with My Rocketbook

March 22, 2018 by Cat Weers

Oh, Rocketbook, you are the best of both worlds- analogue and digital.  Much like a child of the 1980s, like myself, born before the inception of the Internet but hearing the dial up of AOL my freshmen year of high school. Today, I still like both worlds. Writing things down makes them “sticky.”  Personally, writing […]

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Filed Under: Featured Lists Tagged With: digital organization, how do you organize your digital life, rocketbook, rocketbook app, rocketbook app review, rocketbook review, should i buy a rocketbook, teachers using rocketbook

10 Things I’ve Learned from Leaping out of My Comfort Zone

October 5, 2017 by Cat Weers

This fall would have marked my 14th year as a public school educator, within the same school division where I attended grades K-12.  My formal job titles ranged from Social Studies Teacher, Virtual Instructor, Curriculum Writer, E-Learning Coordinator, Technology Integration Specialist, and Robotics Coach. Beyond the titles, I had the pleasure of working with some […]

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5 Ways to “Google Proof” Instruction and Why You Should

August 13, 2017 by Cat Weers

If a learner can Google the answer, is it meaningful? Are you teaching students how to wade through information and decipher its validity? Or are you teaching to the end of course test? 

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