10 Educational Blogs Worth Following

Check out a few of the ten educational blogs reviewed at E-School News. These blogs, and others like them provide teachers with professional development as surely as any workshop of conference. You may discover that at least a few are worth reading on a regular basis. Most of these ten blogs are written by  seasoned writers who [...]

GDS Summer 21st Century Skills–Professional Development

GDS 2012 Summer Professional Development Summer Teacher Centered Workshop Take Time to Develop a 21st Century Pedagogy Collaborate! Connect! Inquire! Innovate! Two Sessions — You can participate in one or both. June 18-21st (Monday – Thursday)    9:00 am-3:00pm (lunch provided) August 13-16 th (Monday – Thursday)    9:00 am-3:00pm  (lunch provided) Join with colleagues in inquiry-based, [...]

AU Professor Peter Will Present on Copyright and Fair Use

GDS alum parent and American University (AU) Law Professor, Peter Jaszi, a widely known advocate for educators’ copyright policies and fair use understanding, will present at the March 20, 2012 Technology Tuesday session from 3:30 – 5:00 at the Lower School. He will discuss copyright law, fair use policies for schools, teachers, students, and school [...]

21 Signs You’re A 21st Century Teacher

Check out 21 Signs You’re a 21st Century Teacher over at the  SimpleK-12 Tech blog. Some of my favorites: You give weekly class updates to parents…via your blog. You realize the importance of professional development…and you read blogs, join online communities, and tweet for self-development. You take your students on a field trip to the Great [...]

Blogging Resources from Discovery Education

This web workshop, Fear Factor: Taking the Fear Our of  Blogging, was conducted by Discovery Education on January 3, 2012. The site includes links to many, many resources on blogging — lots to help teachers get a sense of how to use a blog in the classroom.

Teacher’s Guide to YouTube in the Classroom

Want to learn a lot more about YouTube?  Need to become familiar with a few video classroom strategies to get started.  Check out the Teacher’s Guide to YouTube in the Classroom over at the Edudemic blog. Lots of good ideas here, and not just on YouTube.  Check out some of the other posts on Google, [...]

Digital Media – New Learners of the 21st Century

I want to recommend this PBS program from February 2011 to you. Click on the full episode link below to view. “Digital media is increasingly present in kids’ formal and informal educational settings, becoming as common as pencils and notebooks were to their parents. Teachers and parents wonder: What are students doing with these technologies? [...]

iPads Given to School

GDS has received a gift of 25 iPads as well as funds to purchase applications to evaluate the effectiveness and usability of iPads in the classrooms. After winter break, the technology department will set up a structured, two-phase evaluation process: first, teachers will be able to checkout iPads in two-week periods for evaluation, and then [...]

How to Lock the iPad’s Screen Orientation

Do you find that your iPad sometimes has a mind of its own — flipping the screen between landscape and portrait orientations when you don’t want it to?  Well it’s very simple to lock the screen orientation. Here is how: 1.  Rotate the iPad so it is in the desired orientation 2.  Double-click the home [...]