Google Apps for EDU: Randomizing Answers in Google Forms

Randomising Answers in Google Forms Google Forms just received another great update. When you create a Google form, you can randomise the order that the answers are presented. [...]

Source: http://www.googleappsforedu.com/randomising-answers-google-forms/

FT4T: Dozens of Virtual Tours and Webcams On One Google Map

This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers

Dozens of Virtual Tours and Webcams On One Google Map Through her blog Angela has shared some great ideas and resources for teaching history, civics, and geography. One of the neat resources that Angela shared a few years ago that I still revisit from time to time is a Google Map containing placemarks for dozens of webcams and virtual tours. Click any placemark on the map to find a link to a virtual tour or webcam for that location. [...]

Source: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/dozens-of-virtual-tours-and-webcams-on.html#.U123t8bVSEw

How to Green Screen

If your footage didn't give a clean green screen effect, you can adjust the tint of the screen to make it more transparent using this technique in iMovie.

FT4T: Cost of Living

Two Activities to Help Students Learn About the Cost of Living Spent is an online game designed to teach players about the challenges of living on minimum wage (or slightly higher) employment. Players begin by selecting a job which will provide the wages they have to survive on for a month. Then throughout the game players are confronted with challenges that they have to handle by making an "either or" choice. After each choice the player's account balance is adjusted. In addition to the change in the player's balance sheet, each choice is followed by an explanation of consequence of the choice made. The Living Wage Calculator is a website developed and maintained by Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier at MIT. The purpose of the Living Wage Calculator is to provide a snapshot of what it actually costs to survive in counties and cities in the United States. The Living Wage Calculator shows the differences between minimum wages and minimum living wages for each county and some cities in the U.S. The calculator accounts for eight different household scenarios from single adult to two adults and three children living in the same household. [...]

Source: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/two-activities-to-help-students-learn.html

Free Technology for Teachers: Analyzing Shakespeare With Storyboards

Free Technology for Teachers: Analyzing Shakespeare With Storyboards Creating a storyboard can be a good way to organize a story and plan a video project. As Rebecca Ray shares in the slides below, creating storyboards can also be a good way to deconstruct and analyze a story.[...]

Source: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/analyzing-shakespeare-with-storyboards.html

FT4T: A Handful of Helpful Google Forms Tutorials for Teachers

A Handful of Helpful Google Forms Tutorials for Teachers Google Forms and Google Sheets can be very useful for collecting all kinds of information from students and others. Three of the most common uses of Google Forms and Sheets in schools are creating quizzes, conducting surveys, and organizing workflow. The following videos, screenshots, and links will help you learn how to use Google Forms and Sheets in your classroom. [...]

Source: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/a-handful-of-helpful-google-forms.html

FT4T: An Illustrated Glossary of Genetic Terms

An Illustrated Glossary of Genetic Terms The National Human Genome Research Institute has a great talking glossary of genetic terms for students. The glossary is available online and as a free iPad app. The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms features scientists explaining each term. Most terms are accompanied by an illustration and some terms are accompanied by 3D animations. [...]

Source: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/an-illustrated-glossary-of-genetic-terms.html#.UzTswVzVT5o