The 14th Annual Summer Institute featuring GAFE PeakFor the first time in 14 years the York Summer Institute will be split into two different workshop sessions. The first two days (Monday and Tuesday June 23rd and 24th) will focus on literacy, math and integration and the final two days (Wednesday and Thursday June 25th and 26th) will focus on Google Apps for Education.
The GAFE Peak Conference, as we like to call it since it is smaller than the actual GAFE Summits that are offered world wide, will be a high intensity two day event focused on deploying, integrating and using Google in Education to promote student learning in grades K-12. The workshop will feature Google Certified Teachers and Educators, practicing administrators, solution providers, and classroom teachers. Attendees of the York Summer Institute will have the option to choose to attend all four days, two days, or just one day this year depending on their interests and needs. We encourage everyone to take a look at the course offerings and register soon. As always, York School Department employees can attend free of charge. Both the 2-day Summer Institute and GAFE Peak Conferences are open to the public. Registration fees and pricing is available on the websites; Summer Institute and GAFE Peak Interesting ArticlesStudents Reading E-Books Are Losing Out, Study SuggestsCould e-books actually get in the way of reading? That was the question explored in research presented last week by Heather Ruetschlin Schugar, an associate professor at West Chester University, and her spouse, Jordan T. Schugar, an instructor at the same institution.
Distracted by Tech? Address the Problem, Not the SymptomI wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me to block a site. Truthfully, I’d charge people that want me to block all games from the internet a little more. It would fund my retirement nicely. It’s a problem that occurs everywhere- the complaint that games and social media distract students and make it difficult if not impossible for them to do the learning they need to do.
iPad Workflow Info GraphicWatch out, Apple: Chromebooks on the rise in schoolsEducation sales of Chromebooks, the lightweight laptops that run software from the internet instead of a local hard drive, have skyrocketed in the last year—and Chromebooks now account for 19 percent of the devices sold to schools last year, according to Futuresource Consulting.
9 Essential Social Media Tips for Educators
Social media has had a major impact on education in recent years–perhaps a bigger impact than many realize.
Why We Still Need LibrariansEnvision the role of school librarians as extending beyond the physical space of the library and being more than the keepers of books and reference materials and consider the critical knowledge and skills that school librarians bring to the digital learning transition.
Movement Grows to Assess Students' Digital LiteracyA growing chorus of educators is saying schools should evaluate students' abilities to apply technology to real-world issues
Learn TwitterNo matter where I am, every time I speak I hear people say, “I wish someone would teach me how to tweet.” Well, I’m hoping this resource will provide some of those folks a place to learn how to leverage this social media tool at their own pace.
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New Links for TeachersVintagePublic domain posters and advertisements that could be use to enhance research projects and presentations.
Go Social Studies GoGo Social Studies Go is essentially a series of multimedia books about common social studies topics. The site is divided into three main sections; U.S. History, World History, and World Religions.
StormboardStormboard is a super beautiful virtual sticky note brainstorming and collaboration application that lets classrooms or teams share online whiteboard space. In addition to virtual sticky notes, Stormboard makes it simple to add quality and usefulness to your shared space with photos and video.
SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!With SimCityEDU, educators have more than a just digital game. They have the tools and content they need to make learning come alive for their students. In the game, students play the role of mayor, doing the challenging work of addressing environmental impact while balancing the employment needs and the happiness of the city’s citizens.
Games and LearningThrough coverage of the market, research and up-to-date analysis, Games and Learning reports on the opportunities and challenges facing those seeking to unlock the educational power of games
New Google Links1st Annual GAFE Peak ConferenceWe invite you to join us for the first annual GAFE Peak (smaller than a summit) in York featuring Google for Education to be held at the York Middle School in York, Maine on Wednesday and Thursday June 25th & 26th 2014. This high intensity two day event focuses on deploying, integrating and using Google in Education to promote student learning in K-12. The program features Google Certified Teachers and Educators, practicing administrators, solution providers, and classroom teachers.
GAFE Support Site Updates
How To Use Google Voice In EducationWith Google voice, incoming calls can forward to multiple numbers; say ring your home phone and mobile phone at the same time. Or you can turn off the forwarding and have all your calls go to Google Voice. All voicemails get transcribed and sent to your Gmail address. Text messages also go to your Gmail.
Google Tech Posters for the Classroom8 posters, all of which relate to tips and tricks for Google Search, Scholar, Books, and Earth.
Google Story BuilderNow with Google Story Builder, you can build a video story that looks like it is being typed live between two collaborators in a Google doc.
TimelapseTimelapse is about as close as you can get to a time machine, if that time machine hovered above the earth and gave you a bird’s eye view of development and change.
Doctopus: Now Even Easier to UseDoctopus is a Google Spreadsheet script that can help teachers manage the flow of shared work in in their Google Drive accounts. The basic concept behind the script is to enable teachers to quickly share documents with all of the students on a roster, monitor usage of shared documents, and give students feedback within that roster spreadsheet.
Chalkup - Distribute & Grade Assignments in Google Drive Without Using ScriptsChalkup is a neat service that combines the concepts of Google Drive and Edmodo into one slick package. In Chalkup you can create classes to which you distribute announcements and assignments in the message board style that you find in Edmodo. Your students can sign-in to see what you post, reply to your posts, and submit assignments. The best aspect of Chalkup is found in its Google Drive integration
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