Category: Teacher Feature
Interactive Choice Boards with Canva & Canvas
Many teachers have been embracing the high-leverage practice of Universal Design for Learning and making student choice a priority. The UDL principle of Engagement encourages individual choice and autonomy and might include choice boards and playlists as a vehicle to provide student choice. In Mrs. Buck’s 6th-grade science class at Maywood, she created a choice ...
Access to Books and Learning During Hybrid and Remote Learning: Highlighting our Teacher-Librarians
As School Library Month draws to a close, it’s an opportune time to highlight the behind-the-scenes work that our teacher-librarians have been doing to ensure that students have access to books and literacy experiences, despite distanced learning. Learn more about School Library Month here. Curbside checkout (or an “outside library”) is a term that our Issaquah teacher-librarians have coined for the process of ...
Teacher Feature: Zoom Breakouts
Great teaching is happening around our district, whether it is online, hybrid, or in-person. As a TOSA, I have not been able to observe this teaching as often as I have in the past. I might get into a classroom to help solve a tech problem, which I am happy to do, but that often ...
Teacher Feature: Seesaw Practice Boards with Reyna and Maureen
Looking to cut down on the amount of Seesaw activities you are assigning, collecting, and responding to? Consider creating Seesaw practice boards to streamline your class work and create meaningful independent practice activities for students in a predictable structure. In this teacher feature, we highlight two Issaquah School District elementary teachers who are using Seesaw practice boards to promote student independence, improve teacher workflow, ...
Jill Klune Shares About Tech Tools to Support English Language Learners
Resources and Links from This Episode Announcements No announcements this fortnight Tech Talk - Jill Klune and Using Tech to Support English Language Learners ELL and Flipgrid ELL and Actively Learn Classroom Hacks - Use Desktop Shortcuts to Get Students Places Faster My classroom hack is both for teaching students, but also for personal productivity… ...
Teacher Feature: Caroline Dwyer On Integrating New Tools
This edition of the pod features our interview with Caroline Dwyer about her efforts to use Teams and Class Notebook with students. Check it out above and check out the resources we discussed on the episode below. Resources and Links from This Episode Announcements No announcements this fortnight Bell Ringer Brush Ninja Archive.org Library of ...
Teacher Feature: Using Teams & Class Notebook
It's the beginning of a new school year and that often means the start of a new classroom management strategy, trying a new technology tool, or putting a twist on a tried and true procedure. This year, Mrs. Caroline Dwyer-Sanik has taken the dive into Teams and Class Notebook for the first time and I had ...
Research, Technology, & Diversity: Teacher Feature with Julie Hembree
To help fully integrate and celebrate the diversity of her school, teacher-librarian Julie Hembree at Cougar Ridge Elementary is utilizing technology, research, and literacy in an interesting and student-centered way! Cougar Ridge had purchased 120 flags from around the world, which hang proudly and prominently around the school. Julie wanted to move a celebration of ...
Teacher Feature: Breakout with Kristi Hafferty
Some of you may already know about our Ed Tech Library's kit for Breakout Edu. Breakout EDU is a collection of locks, boxes, and materials that can be used to play an immersive learning game. Breakout brings alive the four C's, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. We have four kits available, they come to your ...
Teacher Feature: Classkick with Michelle Moon’s Class
For our first "teacher feature" of this school year, I had the pleasure of visiting Mrs. Moon's fourth grade class at Discovery Elementary to see how her students are using Classkick to demonstrate their mathematical thinking! In math workshop, students are in three differentiated stations: one group works on Classkick/Zearn using iPads independently, a second ...
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