Category: PD
Skip YouTube, Insert Your Videos Into Google Slides Directly
How to Insert Videos Into Google Slides video from Free Technology From Teachers You've always been able to insert videos into Google Slides, as long as you were willing to use YouTube. While this is certainly a reasonable option for many, it was a limitation particularly acute in education. Teachers and students are rightfully wary ...
Classkick
Classkick is a free platform for iPads, laptops, and computers where students do their work–and get help right when they need it. What are some of the key benefits of this tool? Teachers create, assign and grade paperless assignments. Teachers can see students working through assignments in real time. Teachers can quickly provide feedback (written, ...
Code.org Workshop 2/4
Saturday, February 4th at Issaquah Valley Elementary from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm there is a FREE workshop for K-5 teachers to learn how to implement Code.org's elementary curriculum into their classrooms. Issaquah teachers are eligible for 6 clock hours and 6 hours of tech compensation. Sign up Here or on PD Place. ...
ISD EdTech Challenge
Try our 14 day Ed Tech challenge to get your technology organized, keep yourself informed, and try some tested Ed Tech tools with your students! https://magic.piktochart.com/embed/19129661-isd-edtech-challenge
The PE Geek Gives 3 Great Ways To Capture Student Achievments And Results
Whether you are a health and physical education specialist or a general education teacher you may be searching for ways to quickly track student results. Technology integration in health and physical education has long been championed by Australia's Jarrod Robinson, who is known throughout the online community as "The P.E. Geek". In his blog http://www.thepegeek.com, Jarrod ...
ITP Dates
If you haven't checked out the ITP Application page yet, you might not know the dates for this outstanding program. As you head into break and begin to think about your summer plans, we hope you will consider ITP. Applications are due on January 17th, and we will begin notifying applicants on February 24th. If ...
Disney’s Moana joins Hour of Code
This year Disney's Moana joins Hour of Code with a drag and drop visual tutorial great for ages 8 and up. The self-paced tutorial does require some reading, and is available in 23 languages. The introductory video sets the stage and challenges participants to help Moana and her team discover the new world of coding, and to help ...
ITP Applications Now Live
The Educational Technology Department is pleased to announce that applications for the Issaquah Technology Project (ITP) 2017-2018 are now being accepted. ITP has been reconfigured once again to meet the constant changes in classroom technology. This year there will be one elementary session and one secondary session, to allow us to provide more technology for ...
Five Ways to Summarize Student Learning
We all know it is important to take time and summarize student's learning at the end of a lesson, but if your classroom is like many the time runs short and you scramble to fit it in...or put it off for later. Here are five fantastic tools that help students summarize their learning you will ...