Monday, March 10, 2014

Google +

The JCS Digital Learning Team have begun playing around with Google +. They have created communities and started doing Google hangouts. I started looking through all the features of Google + and it is pretty awesome. You can join communities of topics you are interested in. You can also create your own circles of friends. We could start our own ECES community!

Click here to learn more about what Google + has to offer!


Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Educational Maps in Google Maps

I was looking at freetech4teachers.com today and he was sharing how you can find educational maps in Google Maps Gallery. This is GREAT! Looking around the school we don't have maps in our classrooms anymore, however we can find maps and pull them up on our Smart Board. One example Richard Byrne showed was this one about internet usage.


Here is another one that was featured in Google Maps Gallery on Lewis and Clark.


Feedly





Feedly is my new favorite thing! I have a lot of blogs that I follow and this site allows me to put all of the blogs in one location! When I go to feedly.com, the most recent posts of the blogs I follow are up on a homepage. It is great! No more going from blog to blog. If you like to read blogs, I highly recommend you use this great tool!

JCS LiveBinder

JCS LiveBinder is a great place to look up curriculum information.They have a tab labeled Math CCSS Parent Information. This information is great to show or talk to your parents about. It will help explain to them why the new way of teaching is good for their children.

To get there go to http://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/elemdocs and click on LiveBinder.