Category: Actively Learn
Using the Independent Reading Library on Actively Learn
If you have not yet explored the Independent Reading Library, take a moment, either in teacher mode or student mode to find some of the current event articles available. This is a great place to assign students an "Article of the Week" or independent reading assignments. More importantly, they can even track their reading with ...
Creating a Text Set in Actively Learn
While Actively Learn offers a variety of knowledge sets for ELA, Social Studies, and Science, you can also create your own text sets with your uploaded content. Do you have a few articles or some student samples that you'd like to share? Uploading them into your content will allow you to then create a text ...
Video Lessons in Actively Learn
Ready to take Actively Learn to the next level of media? You can now upload videos from YouTube or your Google Drive into Actively Learn. From your "My Imports," choose "Add Content" and "Import Video." Actively Learn offers a tutorial on how to add your videos. The best part is, you can embed questions throughout the ...
Text Pairings/Knowledge Sets in Actively Learn
As you are wrapping up the school year this is a great time to think about what went well and next steps for the upcoming school year. I know, you are waiting for summer to arrive, but right now everything is fresh in your mind so it is a great time to reflect. While you ...
Small Groups and Editing in Actively Learn
Actively Learn is continuing to make their platform more user-friendly for teachers. Just announced this week are the ability to create small groups as well as the ability to edit previously uploaded Google Docs. First is the new small group function. Under "assignment settings" are two options: Reading settings and Small group settings. Both offer ...
New Actively Learn Extra Help and Teacher Features
A beta version of suggested grading is now available. You can opt-in and it will suggest based on historical data of a similar question whether the answer is basic, proficient, etc. Whiteout is now able to block out videos and photos with "White Out Above." An eraser will appear in teacher view while students won't ...
Poetry Month & Actively Learn
April showers bring May flowers and a celebration of poetry Create or appreciate, April poetry month is in full bloom Actively Learn casts rays of sunshine on inspirational poets Questions to ponder, notes to guide, abundant styles Lyric Narrative Descriptive Elegy Epic A poem to appreciate singularly or in a set By grade level ...
Using Actively Learn For Classroom Research
Primary sources, secondary sources, and the ability to create and collaborate are reasons why Actively Learn is a great space to encourage classroom research. Teachers can assign primary sources to their classes and work through note-taking using the "highlight and take a note" option. Questions can be embedded (many are already included), but teachers can modify ...
Actively Learn Features Make Learning Interactive & Differentiated
Calling all Science teachers, what is new in Actively Learn – PhET! PhET is a series of interactive simulations that includes virtual science experiments, demonstrations, and visualizations for math and science. It not only integrates into PowerPoint as an add-in, but it is now available in Actively Learn. Currently, five of the PhET simulations are available and include Energy Skatepark, Forces ...
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 ...