Month: May 2020
Field Notes – Kristie Bennett and the Importance of Creating Informal Spaces for Planning and Learning
We're in the midst of some crazy times and we're also in the midst of a radical shift in our teaching and learning. While this might seem like the time to keep our heads down and stay focused on taking the next right step, here at Bits & Pieces, we also recognize the importance of ...
Flipgrid’s Creative Updates
Flipgrid has some creative updates! If you're familiar with Flipgrid, you know that it is a platform that allows you to create projects with video, text, digital inking, and emojis. Now, there are even more tools to explore! This gives both teachers and students the ability to record simple videos, as well as much more ...
What to do with those pesky PDFs?
As we have moved to a remote learning environment, you may be straddled with a curriculum full of PDFs. Unfortunately, these are not as easy to navigate in the online world without a hefty knowledge of Adobe. Well, we have some awesome workarounds for getting students to interact with those pesky PDFs. Option 1: Convert ...
Field Notes – Relearning How to Talk with Each Other with Stella Jones
We're in the midst of some crazy times and we're also in the midst of a radical shift in our teaching and learning. While this might seem like the time to keep our heads down and stay focused on taking the next right step, here at Bits & Pieces, we also recognize the importance of ...
Field Notes – Digital Scavenger Hunts with Josh Berg and Eric Ensey
We're in the midst of some crazy times and we're also in the midst of a radical shift in our teaching and learning. While this might seem like the time to keep our heads down and stay focused on taking the next right step, here at Bits & Pieces, we also recognize the importance of ...
Giving Feedback to Students in Seesaw
In this time of distance learning, giving feedback to students has become a bit different because much of it has to be done remotely. There is no one-to-one personal conferencing. And families may be having a challenging time at home navigating all the online assignments. It has become vital to give quick but meaningful feedback ...
Field Notes with Holly Stipe
We're in the midst of some crazy times and we're also in the midst of a radical shift in our teaching and learning. While this might seem like the time to keep our heads down and stay focused on taking the next right step, here at Bits & Pieces, we also recognize the importance of ...
Teams Hacks
When routine bites hard And ambitions are low And resentment rides high But emotions won't grow And we're changing our ways Taking different roads Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again - From 'Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division Teams is really great (I think) ...
Book Creator
Want to make books for your students to read? Book Creator is an online or iOS program that you may use to create your own stories. Here is one I created on keeping our laptops clean and safe. Each teacher gets 1 library with 40 books for free when you sign in at app.bookcreator.com, Issaquah ...
Teacher Announcements in the Clever Portal (K-5)
Add a teacher announcement to your Clever page with a new feature that is available now! Open Clever and select the teacher page that you want to add a message to, then click the create teacher announcement button. Craft your message for the day or week that you want to send to students and then ...