Ed Tech in Our Classrooms

I built this little fella with my 3D printer during the cracks of my day last week.

 In my school district (Saline Area Schools), our Innovation Lab teachers put out a great newsletter each week. This is a good one for YOU this month with lots of links to tools you can use. [ PDF version ]

 Hannah sat down with me (via Zoom) to talk about tips and hints about the Google Certified Exam. After listening to her, I am convinced that you should do quite well.

 And fails beautifully. Nice try Elizabeth Austin.

 One of your online-only classmates earned the Google Educator Level One award after taking the test last week. Well done. I will make a brief interview with her so she can share her experiences about how she prepared and what it was like to take the test.  

3D printing in the classroom One of the more exciting up and coming technologies in the classroom is the 3D printer. 3D printers are extremely powerful tools but the barrier to entry can be high, especially with no experience in CAD (computer-aided design) and 3D modeling.  Fortunately, if there's one good thing about the internet it's that you do not need to redesign the wheel! There are many resources available to help with getting started with 3D printing! In class, we talked about Tinkercad which is a great entry-level application to learn the basics of 3D modeling, but there are lots of other resources to explore! Let’s take a look! T-Rex Model In my house, we have 2 printers and at least one is running most of the time. Currently, they are printing a miniature model of a T-Rex skeleton. My husband has wanted to make a mini-museum for a long time and he finally bought the plastic to do it. However, modeling accurate skeleton replicas is easier said than done. What he ended...

 Google Teacher Podcast. They are 122 podcasts deep and they are pretty decent. I think they have managed to keep the chit chat down to a minimum so you can get to the interesting tech stuff more quickly. Here is the link to the most recent one: Build Classroom Community with Google Tools