Deb Norton Tech

HyperDocs  Lately, I am obsessed with HyperDocs. Have you heard about them?  HyperDocs are a transformative way to deliver an interactive lesson to your students that incorporates engaging and meaningful technologies.  What is a HyperDoc? Think of a HyperDoc like a digital lesson that offers students a personal experience which involves them in the learning throughout the entire process by incorporating various multi medias, creative activities and interesting websites.   Image Source HyperDocs come in many forms such as a Google Presentation, a Google Map and most commonly, a Google Doc with colorful tables built in. Perhaps a better way to explain a HyperDoc is to show you an example of one.  Click here to see a HyperDoc on Electricity.   Notice how the lesson is designed to access prior knowledge, build the concepts, provide student reflection, assess learning and all of the necessary components of a properly prepared...

Our Makerspace - The Liftoff Planning: We've been planning for a makerspace in our high school for over two years. During that time we introduced ideas and gave students a small taste of what was to come. Showcasing some tech on a table outside of our office to initiate interest and exposure. Implementing: This year we kicked off the official space and it is definitely a work in progress with challenges and successes. Here is the space before we began. We started with limited furniture, limited supplies and a blank canvas.  To prepare the makerspace, I gathered some tech, went shopping for supplies, up-cycled some furniture and made a plan. Stations: With the help of my co-worker, Jeremy, we assembled 6 stations throughout the makerspace. #1 A Green Screen Photo Booth Station with some green screen backgrounds   #2 A Hack Your Chromebook Name Tag Station #3 Virtual Reality Headset Station #4 An ...

Buncee is a Great Site I learned About This Past Summer If you are an educator I recommend going to edu.buncee.com  This is a free site that allows you to create a slideshow type presentation, but also can be used to blend learning for a lesson or even as a student portfolio or showcase. Your students will enjoy creating content with Buncee as well. When you first open a Buncee you are able to choose a background  from their gallery, from the web or upload an image of your own. Next you can choose from many different types of media to add objects to your page. Once your page is created you can add additional pages and view your Buncee in preview mode whenever you want. I love all of the options for adding media to your pages. The animations, drawings, videos, and stickers make your slides visually appealing. One of the richest types of media you can add is a 360 degree image from Buncee's gallery. These images allow the audience to click and scroll to ...

Are you looking to make money? Yes? Then I have a deal for you! Let me explain. Festisite is a site that lets you do all sorts of fun and unique things including making money with your picture on it. When you go to the site, click on Instant Creativity.   From there you will have many choices of what to create. Money, money, money Uncle Sam Queen of Hearts Wordle Minecraft GIFS Festisite  has been so much fun to explore and create with.  I highly recommend using  Festisite   to promote digital content creation.  Share this site with your students and colleagues. Enjoy!

Generation Z were born between 1995 and 2015.  They range from 1 year old to 21 years old.  In other words, the students we teach in school today are Generation Z.  Generation Y, also known as Millennials, range from 21 to 41 years old and represent much of our workforce today. I know what you're thinking. What will be the next Generation? What comes after Z? I did a little research and found out that the next generation might possibly be called Generation Alpha. I found this information by reading this article and here is a graphic from the site.  Let's take a look at a few facts about Generation Z. They have never known a world without Internet and cell phones and they have little or no tolerance for being without digital resources They are tech savvy and in constant contact with people 24/7 using Facebook or Twitter They want technology that is easy to use and will solve their problems, help coordinate their activities, or provide them with relevant...