Diigo Bookmarks (weekly)

• Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Everything Teachers Need to Know about Google Classroom

  tags: google classroom blogpost

• Google Classroom, Doctopus and Goobric - YouTube

  tags: blogpost google classroom doctopus goobric

• The Genius Hour Design Cycle: A Process For Planning -

  tags: blogpost design thinking genius hour 20time

• Teach Tech Trussell: Google Classroom, Doctopus and Goobric - The Ultimate Workflow!

  tags: blogpost google classroom workflow doctopus goobric

• The Electric Educator: 5 Google Classroom Mistakes

  tags: blogpost google classroom

• The Three Most Important Questions You Can Ask Your Teenager | Michael Mulligan

  tags: blogpost grit psychology

  • Preteens from affluent, well-educated families... experience among the highest rates of depression, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, somatic complaints, and unhappiness of any group of children in this country. As many as 22 percent of adolescent girls from financially comfortable families suffer from clinical depression. (pp. 45-46)
  • Deresiewicz claims that this generation of highly accomplished, college-bound students have been robbed of their independence because they have been raised in a petri dish for one purpose only: to attend an elite college that ensures their and their families' economic and social status.
  • Instead of being nurtured towards real curiosity and a genuine sense of citizenship, these millennials are conditioned to think that everything they do is for the purpose of looking good in the eyes of admissions officers and employers: you earn good grades not because they mean you are learning something, but rather because they will help you stand out from your peers when applying to the Ivies.
  • Many college students who fall apart under pressure because they cannot conceive of the fact that hard work and learning are positive outcomes in and of themselves

• Recent Video | PBS NewsHour | PBS

  Marshallow Test

  tags: self-control KIPP video psychology blogpost

• 10 Online Learning Trends to Watch in 2015 [#Infographic] | EdTech Magazine

  tags: blogpost infographic edtech big data Gamification personalized mobile learning APIs augmented reality MOOC ReNEW

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Diigo Bookmarks (weekly)

• Slides Carnival - Free templates for presentations

  tags: google google presentation presentation gafe blogpost

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Weekly Diigo Links

• Getting Started with Google Draw | Teacher Tech

  tags: blogpost technology edtech tools google apps google draw

• Learn Voxer - Joe Mazza

  tags: blogpost technology edtech tools communication pln pd

• Google releases guide to help schools integrate its technology into classrooms | 9to5Google

  tags: blogpost technology tech integration edtech Google

  • 5-step approach to deploying a digital education solution

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5 Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers to Save Time in 2015

By today, you've undoubtedly read numerous feel good blog posts this holiday season, all meant to jump-start your motivation and excitement for the coming 2nd half of the school year. Instead of providing inspirational words (of which I have few), I decided to contribute in a more practical manner (with a nod to the motivators for taking care of that!).

So here are 5 Google Chrome Extensions to add to your repertoire this year. Since time is always the enemy, I chose the following in hopes that they bring you tidings of great efficiency... or something close to that.