Category: Cool
Ed Tech Summer Training Resources (Elementary)
Did you attend any of the ed tech summer training sessions, and want access to the resources from those courses? Look no further! Use this Padlet Link to find presentation slides, examples, and other resources galore. Suggestion: open the link in a browser window and begin scrolling up/down, and left/right to find what you need. ...
Flipgrid, Microsoft, and Global Learning Week!
Save the date - next week is Global Learning Week! This is a collaboration between Microsoft, Minecraft, and Flipgrid. It's a series of free professional development sessions that will feature success stories and tips from technology-passionate teachers. It's an excellent way to receive professional development as we close out this school year and look intentionally ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flipgrid Shorts and Wakelet
A common frustration from my colleagues in Issaquah and from many global educators on the Facebook and Twitter groups that I belong is how to put all of the instructional stuff together in a neat little package. How can I put all these great Ed Tech tools in one spot for my students, and perhaps, ...
Take Seesaw To The Next “Level”
So you have been using Seesaw since the beginning of the year. You have gotten your parents connected and they are able to see some of the wonderful learning that is going on in your classroom. But maybe you as the teacher have been doing all the posting. You have been really good at taking ...
Student-Centered Learning Pt. 1
Resources and Links from This Episode Announcements No announcements this fortnight Student-Centered Learning Pt. 1 4 myths about student-centered learning Build student-centered learning the right way Classroom Hacks - Use Desktop Shortcuts to Get Students Places Faster We did not offer a classroom hack this week. Stay tuned for more to come. ...
KidCitizen: Explore Primary Sources with Technology!
Monday is a national celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Are you looking for ways to celebrate history with your students in ways that promote inquiry-based learning? KidCitizen offers opportunities for elementary students to explore primary source documents and make connections to their own lives by seeing, thinking, and wondering. In partnership with images ...
The Ed Tech Year In Review Through Song 2019 Edition
Our 2019 Playlist for The Ed Tech Year In Review Through Song Manic Monday - The Bangles (and Prince) Chosen by Stephanie Monday’s always feel like a production! Getting up is harder than any other day of the week, getting motivated to work, and it seems like traffic is never agreeable! thank u, next - ...