Category: Tool Bits
New Features in Teams
More Video Feeds Microsoft has begun rolling out some new features for Microsoft Teams. As you can see above, one of those new features is that Teams will now support up to 9 video feeds! This is the first step in moving beyond the 2 X 2 grid that Teams was limited to previously. ...
Dipping a Toe in Microsoft Stream
Confession: I'm not an influencer or a big YouTube star. I'm not even that big of YouTube user (though man it is a great place to find out how to cut up all your vegetables and fix your washing machine.) So, when Microsoft released Stream into the Office 365 suite of tools, I didn't exactly ...
Record Your Teams Meeting (without students)
You may be looking for screen recording options or ways to asynchronously record a lesson for your students. While we are discouraging recording meetings held with students in Teams, you can record your own “meeting” to post content directly in the team for students to access in their own time. Whether recording or hosting meetings ...
My Week with Meetings in Teams
Over the past couple of weeks, all of us have found ourselves learning new ways to do the things we used to do. That is certainly the case for how we meet and work together now. Since schools closed, all of us have been scrambling to find ways to continue our collaborative efforts with colleagues ...
Your Guide to Bits & Pieces
As all of us are working hard to figure out how to best support learning in the new normal during The Great Disruption, we are reposting our Welcome Guide to Bits & Pieces. We have a ton of resources that can help support your educational technology needs. To help you navigate both The BNP and ...
Supports For Using Seesaw at School And at Home
Seesaw is an Issaquah School District (ISD) supported tool available to teachers and students. Elementary teachers and students at school can access Seesaw for Schools (Seesaw's paid school service) through their Clever accounts or by using the class QR code in the Class App and at web.seesaw.me. Secondary teachers and students can access Seesaw's free ...
Roundup: Actively Learn
Actively Learn is a district-wide tool available to teachers and students. Elementary teachers and students will access Actively Learn through their Clever accounts while secondary teachers and students will access it through Classlink or directly from activelylearn.com As you might be looking for ready-made reading material or a place to upload content, Actively Learn might ...
More on Differentiating with Actively Learn
Actively Learn offers several ways for classroom teachers to differentiate for their students in order to increase text comprehension and student engagement. First, the extra-help tool offers additional support by identifying students who need extra help in the class roster with just a click. When creating questions or comments, the teacher can add the extra-help ...
Flipgrid’s Appsmash Madness
You know by now that Flipgrid is a tool to help students share their voices, experiences, and learning. By "app smashing," you can help students create engaging, creative, and interesting projects. Each of the highlighted grids shows a brief tutorial for how Flipgrid can be layered on top of other apps to produce engaging digital ...
Hack STEM with Digital Reflections
Did you know that next year will be the 20th anniversary of humans living on the International Space Station? Flipgrid, Microsoft Education and NASA's STEM on Station team are teaming up to create awesome content for students as part of their Hacking STEM series (by the way, there are other topics available too)! For secondary ...