Category: Announcements
STEM Learning Opportunity: DESMOS
ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHING AND LEARNING Present's FOR BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE USERS In-person sessions on April 16 & May 30, 4:00- 5:00 pm at Issaquah Valley Elementary, Portable 6. AND Online learning via Actively Learn Earn 8 STEM clock hours and technology compensation! Learn how to use the online calculator, find and use teacher-created activities ...
Teacher Feature: Global Collaboration Project & Spark
What do collaboration, personal narratives, and videos all have in common? Adobe Spark! This year, Issaquah Technology Program (ITP) participants were asked to work on the Global Collaboration standard by pairing up in elementary/secondary teams. I had the pleasure of seeing parts of this collaborative effort in Erin Kwok's 6th grade Digital Photography class (PCMS) ...
Teacher Feature: Readers Workshop & Actively Learn
Actively Learn once again is being featured from a PCMS classroom, this time Erin Kwok, who used it for 8th grade Readers Workshop. Groups were able to choose from a variety of novels and then were asked to participate in their discussion using Actively Learn. One group, who chose the novel The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, were able ...
I’m a Specialist And I Want to Use Seesaw
So, you’re a music, physical education, or library specialist. You have heard about Seesaw from general education teachers in your buildings or maybe you have gone to a Seesaw training. You think you are ready to try using it in your classes but are not sure the best way to go about it. “How many ...
More tips and tricks with Outlook
Ready for some more tips for Outlook? Previously we posted about an introduction to Outlook Calendar, but here are some more advanced options for Outlook Calendar. Scheduling Assistant will help avoid asking when everyone might be available for an appointment. First, create a new appointment: Then choose Scheduling Assistant and add your colleagues. You will now be ...
Flipping the Classroom and Actively Learn
Time has become a precious commodity for classroom teachers, so more and more, the classroom is being flipped to provide more hand's on learning during class and less direct instruction. A flipped classroom in a science class might require students to review a video on the periodic table in EdPuzzle, read an article on Actively Learn, ...
Spice up PPT with active hyperlinks, add-ins, and animations!
Ready to take PowerPoint to the next level? Try incorporating more interactive elements such as hyperlinks (Jeopardy anyone?). By editing your PowerPoint in the desktop version, you can add links right within the presentation to other slides. Templates are often available (for free or purchase) but may not have the game or content you are ...
Engaged Readers with Actively Learn
As we strive to create active readers who can engage with a complex text, it is important that we develop a joy for reading at the same time. Reluctant readers will often disengage from the content, but Actively Learn blogger Dr. Natalie Saaris offers some practical tips in her blog post, "5 Ways to Make Rigorous Content Motivating to Students," to ...
ITP Application Deadline Extended To March 3
UPDATE: Welcome back. We have decided to extend the ITP application deadline to Sunday, March 3 at 11:59 PM. We hope that you are safe and warm during our recent snow storms. We understand that completing your ITP application may prove difficult during our school district’s hiatus. As a result, we are going to extend ...
Thinking about STEM
Today seems to be all about STEM and we couldn't be happier! STEMposium is happening this evening at Issaquah High School from 5:30-7:30 pm. Come explore student led booths that showcase STEM learning in our classrooms and after school clubs, participate in one of our activity booths, or see how STEM is used from one ...