November/December Technology Innovation Challenge

Grades 2-12 Teachers:  If you haven’t already, implement Google Classroom to digitize classroom routines and promote collaborative activities.  Show evidence of your students using Google Classroom by tweeting out a picture to #HudMediaTech.

Grades K-1 Teachers:  Use technology in an innovative way in your classroom and show evidence by tweeting out a picture to #HudMediaTech.  Some suggestions:  

-Students logging into Google and using Google Apps

-iPad activities

-Interactive lessons on the SMARTBoard

-Small group cooperative learning using the SMART Table

This challenge is part of Hudson's 21st Century Skills Contest. Win great prizes for your classroom! For more information, please click here.

If you have any questions or would like assistance with the challenge, please email Stephanie & Kristin at TLC@hudson.k12.oh.us.

October Google Forms Challenge

-Use Google Forms to administer a survey, formative assessment, or quiz to your students. 

-Use the data collected in the spreadsheet to inform your instruction.  

-Screenshot a picture of your Google Form and tweet it out. Or, share a live link to your Form.  Be sure to use the hashtag #HudMediaTech.

Information about Hudson's 21st Century Skills Contest

• Purpose
• Discover new and innovative ways to implement technology into your classroom.
• Share your ideas and collaborate with colleagues.

• How it Works
• Every month has a theme.  
• Complete the activity for that month, then enter the contest to win great prizes by showing evidence of your activity on Twitter using #HudMediaTech.
• Pictures are strongly encouraged!  You can also show ‘proof’ by tweeting out links to Google files using #HudMediaTech.

• Monthly drawings for prizes

• Support/Resources
• If you’d like support for these themes at PLCs and staff meetings, or in your classroom, email us at TLC@hudson.k12.oh.us.

Research with NoodleTools

For those of you who use NoodleTools with your students for research, here is some great news. Along with a new interface and added features to the resource, they've added Google Single Sign-on (SSO) as well. Now students will login with their Google account. 

Students in grades 4-12 can access the login page in two ways:

1. From the NoodleTools icon on our library site.

2. From the NoodleTools app in the "waffle" menu (grid icon within the Chrome browser). 

When logging in this way for the first time, students will be asked if they want to link their Google account with an existing NoodleTools account, which I highly recommend doing if they want any of their previous work available to them. 

More information on how to access their account can be found here. 

Along with the new sign-in, the NoodleTools interface has had a huge update and if you haven't used this tool in the past, it might be worth your time now. It's a great tool for teaching the research process. Use it just for citing sources or go all in with the use of the digital notecards, the outline and the creation of a paper via Google Docs. 

Helpful quick guides for your students can be found here. 

Be sure to email TLC@hudson.k12.oh.us if you have any questions or would like assistance when rolling this out to your students.