Deb Norton Tech

Even though this is an educational technology blog, I've decided to take a different approach with this post and share a personal use of technology.  At the beginning of the new year, 2015, I made a life change. I decided to start eating better and making my health a priority. My motivation came from losing a close family member to alcohol and overeating. At that time, I realized that I wanted to get back in control and try to change my habits. Here is a picture of me in December of 2014: And here is a picture of me today, December 2015: Technology helped me to take on the health challenge in several ways and if sharing some of these sites and tools helps others, I'll feel so happy. 90 Day Low Carb Challenge - Closed Facebook Group I joined an online community of other people who encouraged and motivated me to eat well. I do not promote a certain kind of diet or eating. This is just what worked for me. Diabetes runs in my family, and I knew that cuttin...

Take some time to have some holiday fun with these sites. Holiday cards, snow line and decorating cookies are on the agenda. Watch this Chat with Deb to see some great sites to share with your students for a little holiday fun. Sites shared in this video: Free printable cards Snowline Cookie Decorating Build a Snowman Another Build a Snowman Thank you to Intel's Teachers Engage for sponsoring this Chat with Deb post. 

 Explained in Just 10 Minutes  This week we celebrate Computer Science Education Week and along with that Hour of Code. For many educators, committing to doing an hour of code with our students can take us a bit out of our comfort zone because we haven't experienced coding before. Well, fear not, this Chat with Deb video will take you through an hour of code activity and help you to feel knowledgeable about what to expect. And it will only take about 10 minutes of your time. Here is the URL to the website with all of the Hour of Code activities - www.nortonaasd.weebly.com For more information on Hour of Code check out - www.code.org Let me know if this video was helpful and if you decide to support the Hour of Code with your students. Thanks for watching and for all you do in the classroom. Deb

Notetaking Tool from Readwritethink.org Integrated with Google Classroom Video Series - #7 Google Classroom Tech Integration This video demonstrates how to use Google Classroom to assign note-taking using a student interactive from readwritethink.org.   Students can add big ideas, sub-topics and more .  The student interactive can be found at Readwritethink.org  Note Taker I hope you found this video helpful for technology integration in your classroom. Let me know if you decide to give Notetaker a try. Click here  if you would like to be  awesome  and  discover  more  tools to integrate with Google Classroom.