Free Reproducibles
NOW Classrooms, Grades 9–12
Developed specifically for grades 9–12, this resource presents classroom-tested lessons that help take instruction and learning to the next level through technology.
Benefits
- Understand that real transformational change results from teaching and learning, not ever-changing digital devices.
- Give students opportunities to exercise their voice, choice, and creativity using multimedia and digital tools.
- Implement practical novice-, operational-, and wow-level lessons and tips for using digital tools in classroom lessons.
- Connect each lesson to career and technical education (CTE) courses, such as entrepreneurship, culinary arts, web design, and many more.
- Help students keep themselves and their data safe online and make ethical decisions on the Internet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Chapter 1: Embracing Creativity
- Chapter 2: Communicating and Collaborating
- Chapter 3: Conducting Research and Curating Information
- Chapter 4: Thinking Critically to Solve Problems
- Chapter 5: Being Responsible Digital Citizens
- Chapter 6: Expanding Technology and Coding Concepts
- Appendix: Glossary of Tools and Terms
REPRODUCIBLES
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Introduction
- Blackboard
- Canvas
- D2L
- Edmodo
- Google Classroom
- Google’s G Suite for Education
- Microsoft Office 365 for Education
- Moodle
- NOW Classrooms
- Otus
- P21
- PowerSchool Learning
- Schoology
- Seesaw
- Showbie
Chapter 1
- Animoto
- Annotable
- Audacity
- Blabberize
- Canva
- Chirbit
- Comic Life
- Creative Commons
- ERIC
- Evernote
- Explain Everything
- Flickr
- Freerange Stock
- GarageBand
- Google Chrome
- Google Drawings
- Google Images
- Google Slides
- iMovie
- Keynote
- Magisto
- MasterFILE Premier
- Pexels
- PicMonkey
- Pixabay
- Podbean
- PowerPoint
- QuickVoice
- Screencast-O-Matic
- Seesaw
- Showbie
- SoundCloud
- Spreaker
- Tellagami
- ThingLink
- Vimeo
- VirtualDub
- Voki
- WeVideo
- YouTube
Chapter 2
- AWW
- Explain Everything
- Global Classroom Project
- Global Education Conference
- Global SchoolNet
- Google+ Communities
- Google Hangouts
- Hootsuite
- iMovie
- Khan Academy
- NetSmartz
- Recap
- Screencast-O-Matic
- SimpleK12
- Skype
- TeacherTube
- TED-Ed
- TweetDeck
- WatchKnowLearn
- WeVideo
Chapter 3
- DHMO.org
- Evernote
- Google Advanced Search
- Google Keep
- Google Scholar
- NoodleTools
- NOW Classrooms, “Preresearch Forms”
- OneNote
- Padlet
- Wikipedia
Chapter 4
- Canva
- Capterra, “The Top 10 Free and Open Source Project Management Software for Your Small Business”
- Google Forms
- Google Hangouts
- Google Keep
- Infogr.am
- Lifehack, “15 Best Brainstorming And Mind-Mapping Tech Tools For Every Creative Mind”
- Microsoft Excel
- Mind Map Maker
- MindMeister
- OneNote
- Piktochart
- Poll Everywhere
- Slack
- Snapchat
- SurveyMonkey
- Taiga
- Zoho Projects
- Zoho Survey
Chapter 5
- Citation Machine
- Common Sense
- Common Sense Education, “What’s the Big Deal About Internet Privacy?”
- Common Sense Media, “Digital Footprint”
- Common Sense Media, Scope and Sequence: Common Sense K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum
- Creative Commons, “About the Licenses”
- Creative Commons, “Choose”
- Destiny Quest
- EasyBib
- Goodreads
- Grammarly
- NetSmartz
- NoodleTools
- NSTeens
- Planet Nutshell
- ProWritingAid
- Quetext
- TermsFeed, Terms of Service Generator
- TodaysMeet
- Turnitin
- Wikipedia, “Terms of Service”
Chapter 6