David Lee EdTech

Steps:  1. Open Gmail. 2. Click the gear in the top right 3. Settings. 4. Click "Show all language options" and check the box for "Enable input tools" under the General tab and Languages 5. Choose your languages 6. Click OK 7. Click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page. 8. In Gmail, click on the pencil icon at the top right corner (You will see a small window) 9. Click on "Compose" 10. Move your cursor to where you want the text 11. hen start writing! 12. Click on the word or sentence you wrote

Steps:  1. Open Gmail. 2. Click the gear in the top right 3. Settings. 4. Click "Show all language options" and check the box for "Enable input tools" under the General tab and Languages 5. Choose your languages 6. Click OK 7. Click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page. 8. In Gmail, click on the pencil icon at the top right corner (You will see a small window) 9. Click on "Compose" 10. Move your cursor to where you want the text 11. hen start writing! 12. Click on the word or sentence you wrote

The fabulous 5th grade teachers, Erin Curtiss and Erin Hutchins, designed a science project-based learning (PBL) unit based on the beloved TV show, Star Trek.  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYy8o4nXZEY] Here is the driving question of the PBL unit: How can you, as Starfleet Academy Cadets, arrange the items on the ship’s manifest for teleportation using the physical and chemical properties of matter, and knowledge of compounds and changes in matter? The students will have to organize items into specific shipments based on physical or chemical properties. If the items are not placed in correct shipment containers, the teleportation of the items will not occur.  I decided to create a Google Slides template for the students to use to organize their items into correct shipments.  The "Shipment" slides contain an image of a "teleport" room, a  shape  designated for the items, a text box for the name of the shipment, and a text b...

Inspired by a blog post by  iPhys-Ed , I decided to take a picture of all the items I have in my Ed Tech bag. 1. Incase Range Backpack - Moss Green - CL55396 2. iPad 2 3. iPad Camera Connection Kit (SD card slot & USB port) 4. Samsung Galaxy S3 5. Nikon D600 6. Apple 60W MagSafe Power Adapter 7. Bose MIE2 mobile headset  8. MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2012 9. Nexus 7

The tech-savvy Mrs. Mitchell has introduced to me an amazing tool that lets teachers create a canvas of lesson materials. You simply drag and drop different resources from the search engine on the right onto your canvas. You can share your canvases with your students and fellow colleagues! Getting Started with Blendspace Resources The image below shows you all the resources you can choose from.  On the right, you are provided with resources from Youtube, Google, Vimeo, Flickr, Educreations, Gooru, Web, Dropbox, Google Drive and even from your computer.  Classes You can create classes and have students register with the class code at www.blendspace.com/register.  Creating Quizzes Lesson Tracking  

Here are the slides to my  “Look What a 2nd Grader Can Do! (Examples of Student E-Portfolios)?”  presentation I used during the Google for Education Summit in Korea.                            

Here are the slides to my  “How to Add Pizazz to Your Google-Integrated Class Site?”  presentation I used during the Google for Education Summit in Korea.                  

Here are the slides to my  "Google + Minecraft = Student Learning?"  presentation I used during the Google for Education Summit in Korea.