What is Blended Learning?

My friend J.R. shared this infographic with our friEdTechnology Team yesterday and I thought it might be helpful to lots of other educators as well. Thanks to Knewton.com for the graphic and included rights to republish.

Created by Knewton

Handy Google URLs from @friEdTechnology Amy

Until I started researching for this infographic, I didn't even know some of these handy URLs existed. Did you? Do you have one to add? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks,
Amy

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Download various versions of this file here

Do You Have a Student-Centered or Teacher-Focused Classroom? [Infographic]

I hope you enjoy this helpful infographic about some characteristics of a Teacher Centered vs a Student Centered Classroom. SOMETIMES, every classroom is Teacher Centered, but not always. Keep your students the center of your classroom, and you'll be the best teacher you can be. Let me know what you would add! See multiple file types below the graphic.

Special credit to teacher extraordinaire Kristy Edgar of The Village Middle School for her amazing, tireless, and awesome work with the graphics for this post. Kristy, YOU ROCK!

Click to view larger . . .

Files to download or print
Please do not remove attributions or claim as your own work, other than that, please use this graphic or document in training or otherwise. Let us know if you do with a post on social media!

The Change Curve: Change is Hard, You Go FIRST

Two different Change Curves merged into one with Google Draw. Enjoy . . .

Sources: http://goo.gl/OKUZdC & http://goo.gl/ArzZs

Google Edu Infographic: How to Force a Copy of a Document

Can't see the image via email? Visit the blog here.

Try it out! Click this link to take a copy of the file. This technique also works on other Google filetypes (Sheets and Slides).

Original URL:

https://docs.google.com/a/friedtechnology.com/document/d/1CqUbWOHedWr9WiLO7M4aM9IIDPple1HhDGSx23tzerA/edit?usp=sharing

Edited URL (the Force Copy URL):

https://docs.google.com/a/friedtechnology.com/document/d/1CqUbWOHedWr9WiLO7M4aM9IIDPple1HhDGSx23tzerA/copy

Google Edu Infographic: Getting Started with Add-Ons

More Add-Ons for Edu can be found at http://goo.gl/0YJ8Og and http://goo.gl/Yj8WoM

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How to get Add-Ons:

• Open a Google file
• Click Add-Ons
• Search for or Choose the Add-On you Want
• Click the Blue Button that says +FREE 
• Use the Add-On by clicking "Add-ons" from the menu bar in your file

Google Edu Infographic: Top Google Add-Ons for Education (Revised)

More Add-Ons for Edu can be found at http://goo.gl/0YJ8Og and http://goo.gl/Yj8WoM

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Fry Up Easy Graphic Organizers and Infographics with Lucidchart: Guest Post by Lucidchart's Eliza Wright

Guest Blogger: Eliza Wright, reach Eliza @lucidchart on Twitter

Wish you had access to a free online tool that allowed you to quickly fry up graphic organizers for the whole class?  

Give Lucidchart a try.  As a popular diagramming web application, Lucidchart offers a modern solution to the age-old challenge of visual learning.  Teachers can manage a team account that allows them to collaborate with their students' work in real-time classroom setting.  We realize that graphic organizers are a time-honored tool for visual engagement, so we added graphic organizer templates to our educational templates section.  Now you can make great-looking graphic organizers in a snap.

When you use Lucidchart to create graphic organizers--or any other type of diagram--you get fresh content, a plethora of publishing options, and customization out the wazoo.

Plus, we’re completely free for educators and students. If we’ve piqued your curiosity, keep reading.

How to sign up for a free educational account:

Sign up here for a professional trial account, preferably using an educational email address.  Once you do that, click here to apply for your free educational account.  Then we’ll approve you and you can start diagramming upon login.

One caveat: You will only have access to our educational templates once you’ve signed up for a trial account and your educational upgrade has been approved.   

How to fry up your first graphic organizer:
1) Sign into your educational account
2) On the right side, under “My Documents”, click “Create”, then click “New Document”
3) From there, you have the option of starting from scratch or from a pre-existing template
4) To start from scratch, click the “Blank Flowcharts” button
5) To start from a template, click any of the categories on the right side. The educational category is titled “Educational”
5) Click on that category and select your preferred template to start diagramming.

In any document, you can tweak shapes, text, line direction, and even the size of your canvas.  Another fun feature for students is our design functionality. Drastically alter the look of your diagram by playing with colors, borders, gradient, drop shadows, fonts, and more.

Give us a shout out!

Remember, all of these features are offered at no cost. We believe that supporting education is the right thing to do. We do want to spread the word about this great resource, so if you use Lucidchart and love it,  mention or review us (on a school district site, classroom blog, resource list, etc.) and link to our website.  If you need support or more information related to your Lucidchart review, please email Brad at bhanks@lucidchart.com and we’ll be happy to help.  

(Note from @friEdTechnology: As you know, I never ever ever publish anything from vendors, but I just really like Lucidchart and appreciate they are giving educators and students this AMAZING tool for free. If you are a vendor offering a completely FREE, fully functional education account and you want to publish on www.friedtechnology.com, check out the "Guest Post" guidelines linked at the top of this blog.)