Google Experiments hosts an ever-expanding collection of experiments, some of which have an educational component. Consider for example NotableWomen.com, an AR experiment that lets anyone see 100 historic American women on U.S. currency. The site includes Common Core Standards aligned lesson plans for grades 3-12.

Consider 20 Years With Google, an interactive visualization of Google Search queries. You can explore Google searches as a way of understanding our culture over the past 20 years!

Consider Groove Pizza, a playful tool for creating grooves using math concepts like shapes, angles, and patterns.

The possibilities are quite endless actually, have you and your students check ’em out: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/

Do you enjoy helping others? Are you passionate about edtech? Do you consider yourself a Google tools expert? If you answered, “Yes,” becoming a Google Certified Trainer might be for you!

Google for Education Certified Trainers are education professionals who help other teachers effectively incorporate technology into their classrooms. You might be an especially good fit for the program if you’re an instructional technology coach or specialist, but anyone can apply!

You can also take online workshops or in-person workshops to help you along with the process. See below for more info on two popular options:

Benefits of Attending the
Google Certification Academy via gEducator.com

• The 3 benefits of becoming a certified Google educator
• Content checklists to identify areas that you need to study before taking your exam.
• Exclusive study guides that you won’t find on the internet!
• Sample exam questions to give you experience with the unique question format of the Level 1 and 2 exams.
• Exclusive lesson templates you can take back to your classroom.
• Your guide to becoming a Google Certified Trainer
• Lifetime access to the GCA community
• A detailed roadmap to finishing your certification before school begins in the fall.
• Access to the Certification Reboot course in Google Classroom

Benefits of Attending the
Google Certification Academy via Shake Up Learning

• 50 Video Lessons (hands-on learning with Kasey Bell)
• 20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material
• Lesson Checks
• Private Community & Study Group
• Testing Tips
• Level 1 Challenges (testing scenarios)
• BONUS: This course includes the entire Google Classroom Master Class!
• 12 hours of Professional Learning Credit
• and MUCH MORE!

Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of REMC’s FREE Virtual Courses.

Seven courses are offered in June and begin on Monday, June 3.  Deadline for registration is Friday, May 31.  Each course is open for three weeks and consists of two (2) one-hour webinars and four (4) to eight (8) hours of resource review, assessment developments and written reflection.  SCECHs are available, ranging from 6 – 10, depending on the course.

• Enhancing Instruction for All Learners
• Increasing Efficiency and Productivity
• Authentic Student Learning & Gamification
• The What, Why, and How of Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Social Media: Professional Development through Social Media, Level 1
• Literacy Instruction and Technology: Foundational Elements, Level 1
• Inquiry and Questioning: Igniting Student Curiosity with Technology, Level 1

READ MORE and REGISTER

The REMC Apple Professional Learning Series 2019 offers educators a variety of learning opportunities that leverage the use of iPads, Apple resources and using SWIFT for app development. All sessions are FREE and 2 days in length.  You may register for one, two or three sessions across the three locations: Ingham ISD, July 31 & August 1 Kent ISD,  August 6 & 7 Washtenaw ISD, August 14 & 15 (nearest location relative to P-CCS) There is no cost for the sessions and SCECHs are free.  Lunch is provided each day. Read More and Register

Michigan educators and students are taking note of the increasing career opportunities in the field of coding, along with growth in drone film production, drone aerial photography, and drone engineering.

In response, REMC is launching a brand new training course for teachers, “Coding and Drones.” This REMC project combines coding and the art of aerial drone control. 

Register and learn more here: https://www.remc.org/Core/News/Article/1289

Join Teq Online Professional Development for a free webinar
Best Practices for Using Your SMART Board as a Station

Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 10 AM ET
Start using your SMART Board for more than just a screen! Join us as we explore the best practices for using your SMART Board as a station in your classroom. See examples of how to use the board in a variety of different grade levels and subjects for student-led instruction, review, and assessment!
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Use literature to get your students excited about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by actively involving them in the design thinking process. Each of the titles in this resource shares a story where something was built or invented by designing, planning, gathering materials, and creating.

In addition to strengthening literacy skills, your students will develop inquiry and problem-solving skills. They will also see that with perseverance, anyone can be innovative and invent new things! Make a STEM connection to each book below by clicking on the title to get additional information: https://sites.google.com/wcresa.k12.mi.us/literatureandstem/home

We know that everyone didn’t get to attend MACUL 2019, but there are SO many awesome folks that did, and one of them curated this amazing doc full of the awesome resources provided by the session facilitators during MACUL: bit.ly/maculresourcelist

Oh, and it’s in alphabetical order for your convenience. Remember, if you want help with the implementation of any of this, don’t forget to contact your friendly local Tech Integration Specialist at tis@pccsk12.com or just submit a Service Request.

Accessing museums and works of art from around the world has become easier! Google’s amazing and ever expanding digitized arts and culture collection has created a space where your students have even more cultural artifacts at their fingertips than ever.

Take them on a field trip, explore history, and zoom in on the high-resolution images to see the brushstrokes of artwork you could only see in person! Then try out the “Experiments” feature to look at all the art in a new and unique way. Trust us when we say that this will be one of your favorite bookmarks in your arsenal of teacher resources!

Link to Google Arts & Culture

If you’re not using Flipgrid already in your classroom, we are totally flipping out on you! It’s flipping awesome and your kids are going to flipping LOVE it…but we digress.

Please check out this great blog on why Flipgrid is great, how it solves teacher troubles, and more importantly, supports your students’ learning!

Blog: “Why I am Flipping for Flipgrid”

While you’re over on Medium, be sure to browse around for more amazing topical blogs. Medium is awesome.