Bookmarks of Note (weekly)

• 20 collaborative Google Apps activities for schools | Ditch That Textbook

  Tags: googleapps, Google Apps, Google, collaboration, GAFE

• Why Your Brain Needs More Downtime - Scientific American

  Tags: no_tag

• 5 Tips for Classroom Management With Mobile Devices - Edudemic

  Tags: classroom management, technology, BYOD, mobile learning, classroommanagement

• Brain breaks kids love - GoNoodle

  Tags: brain, breaks, kids

• 15 of Our Favorite Brain Breaks for Students - Ferndale, MI, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators

  Tags: brain breaks, engagement, breaks, brain, brain.breaks

• ClassDojo

  Tags: Management, Behavior, classroom, CLASSDOJO, communication

• The Coolest Things You Can Automatically Add to Google Calendar

  Tags: google, calendar, lifehacks, IFTTT, Pocket

• 36 Brain Breaks for Students

  Tags: brain, breaks, students

• Chalkup Social Learning Platform, Simple Learning Management. Student Engagement App for Schools.

  Tags: management, google, student, learning, social

• 7 Things You Need To Stop Doing To Be More Productive, Backed By Science - Business & Marketing - Medium

  Tags: time management:, productivity, marketing, medium, AL

• The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now) | Edutopia

  Tags: BYOD, tools, edutopia, apps, epic

• Take Breaks to Learn Better | Study Prof

  Tags: IFTTT, WordPress, Study, Skills, brain, breaks, focus, focusing, intelligence, learn, learning, secrets, smart, students, know

• Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers | MindShift

  Tags: apps, teachers, ipad, approved, tools

• The 46 Most Brilliant Life Hacks Every Human Being Needs To Make Life Easier

  Tags: life hacks, hacks, tips, life, lifehacks

• Lifehacker Pack for Windows: Our List of the Best Windows Apps

  Tags: Pocket, how, i, work, ifttt, lifehacker

• Lifehacker Pack for Android: Our List of the Essential Android Apps

  Tags: lifehacker, android, apps

• If You're a Kid (Dance Around!) (song for kids about following directions) - YouTube

  Tags: youtube, brain breaks, kids, directions

• Ten Tips on Organizing Your Mind, from Dr. Daniel Levitin - Speakeasy - WSJ

  Tags: no_tag

• What Successful Women Have Figured Out About Downtime | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

  Tags: no_tag

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Good things are coming down the road, just don't stop walking....

My housemate receiving her Master's

She earned the degree in August and began a new job in October. Nik and I are so very proud of her!! (If this were video, you would hear someone whooping in the background)

Bookmarks to get the new year organized

The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now) | Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-epic-byod-toolchest-vicki-davis

20 collaborative Google Apps activities for schools | Ditch That Textbook
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/02/03/20-collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-schools/

Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers | MindShift
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/apps-that-rise-to-the-top-tested-and-approved-by-teachers/

7 Things You Need To Stop Doing To Be More Productive, Backed By Science - Business & Marketing - Medium
https://medium.com/business-marketing/a988c17383a6

The Coolest Things You Can Automatically Add to Google Calendar
http://lifehacker.com/the-coolest-things-you-can-automatically-add-to-google-1562119291

The 46 Most Brilliant Life Hacks Every Human Being Needs To Make Life Easier
http://www.epicdash.com/the-46-most-brilliant-life-hacks-every-human-being-needs-to-make-life-easier/

Lifehacker Pack for Android: Our List of the Essential Android Apps
http://lifehacker.com/lifehacker-pack-for-android-our-list-of-the-essential-819094535

Lifehacker Pack for Windows: Our List of the Best Windows Apps
http://lifehacker.com/lifehacker-pack-for-windows-our-list-of-the-best-windo-787533613

5 Tips for Classroom Management With Mobile Devices - Edudemic
http://www.edudemic.com/5-tips-classroom-management-mobile-devices/

Chalkup Social Learning Platform, Simple Learning Management. Student Engagement App for Schools.
https://www.chalkup.co

ClassDojo
https://www.classdojo.com

#Edutekkie Interview with Vicki Davis - YouTube - Linkis.com
http://linkis.com/www.youtube.com/16s3s

http://twitter.com/Spiffwhitfield/status/553332712476782592

VickI Davis - Edutekkie - Linkis.com
http://linkis.com/www.edutekkie.org/sp/QDyzQ

http://twitter.com/Spiffwhitfield/status/553303803966291969

The rest of BackPorch Bookmarks group favorite links are here.

Bookmarks of Note (weekly)

• Work Smarter, Not Harder: 21 Time Management Tips to Hack Productivity

  Tags: productivity

• DoSomething.org

  Tags: organize

• 8 Ways For Teachers To Save Time In The Classroom

  Tags: teachers, classroom, via:packrati.us, time, time management

• Productivity 101: A Primer to the Getting Things Done (GTD) Philosophy

  Tags: productivity, gtd, workflow, Pocket, ifttt

• How I Organize Evernote: A Peek Inside My Personal System | Michael Hyatt

  Tags: evernote, IFTTT, 2014, EN, Pocket

• 5 Apps To Help Students Organize What They Learn

  Tags: curation, workflow

• 10 Lessons I Learned from a Year of Productivity Experiments

  Tags: productivity

• 6 Subtle Things Highly Productive People Do Every Day - Business Insider

  Tags: productivity, howto, via:packrati.us, en, focus

• How to Spend the First 10 Minutes of Your Day - Ron Friedman - Harvard Business Review

  Tags: IFTTT, HBR.org, Pocket, productivity, managing yourself

• 20 Productivity Apps To Keep You And Your Boss Organised

  Tags: Pocket, feedly, ifttt, recently, read, saved, for, later

• bubbl.us | brainstorm and mind map online

  Tags: mind map, brainstorm, online, map, mind

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Bookmarks of Note (weekly)

• A Must-Have Guide To Gaming In The Classroom - EdTechReview™ (ETR)

  Tags: gaming, infographics, research, IFTTT, gameification

• Historia: Game-Based Learning for Middle School History | Edutopia

  Tags: history, social studies, gamification, gaming, edutopia

• Touch Typing

  Tags: education, ipad apps, typing games, learn to type, typing test

• FlipQuiz | Gameshow-style Quiz Boards for Educators

  Tags: quiz, flipquiz, gameshow, assessment, game

• 12 Great Free Keyboarding Games to Teach Kids Typing ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

  Tags: mobile learning, keyboarding, games, free

• GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!

  Tags: Geography, maps, GoogleEarth, game, Games

• Games Can Advance Education: A Conversation With James Paul Gee | MindShift

  Tags: games, advance, education, conversation, jamespaulgee

• Jeopardy Rocks

  Tags: no_tag

• Mini Games City – Play Online Games, SAVE SCORES AND MEET FRIENDS - PLAY ONLINE GAMES, SAVE SCORES AND MEET FRIENDS

  Tags: games, online games

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