Category: Tool Bits
Reflect Quickly With Seesaw’s Chrome Extension
Being able to reflect on their learning in Seesaw can be very powerful. Seesaw has some great creative tools like the drawing and highlighter tools, voice or video to explain something, or importing pictures or other files. There is so much that can be done in Seesaw for students to reflect on their work. If ...
Actively Learn Easy Sign-on
Did you know that you and your students can access Actively Learn directly from Classlink or Clever and signs in automatically? Often, we are afraid to try a new product because getting there and getting in poses a challenge. Having Actively Learn conveniently available through the apps students are already using, makes it that much ...
Use One Sharepoint Library in Multiple Teams
So do you have a library of documents and files that you use regularly in your classes? Yes? Yeah, that's what I thought. You're a teacher...of course you have a library of documents and files that you use regularly in your classes. And of course you would like to easily bring that library into Teams. ...
Flipgrid: A Tool to Inspire
Flipgrid is one of the most creative tools currently on the market with a mission to engage, innovate, and amplify student voice. As such, they have an entire link dedicated to "inspiration," out-of-the-box prompts that will spark conversation, with Flipgrid as the platform to accomplish this. When you're logged into Flipgrid, it's as easy as ...
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 ...
Create a Form from Excel (To Keep It Linked)
One of the ways in which Microsoft Forms is different than Google Forms, is that if you create a Form from the Forms web app, there is no Excel sheet attached. This creates an extra step if you want to play with the data collected from a form. Another difference is that when you do ...
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 ...
Post a Conversation to Multiple Teams at Once
Do you have multiple sections of the same class? Yeah, I figured you probably did. Prior to last week, if you wanted to get the word out in Teams about a topic relevant to more than one Team, you had to do the hard labor (and let's be honest it was really hard work) of ...
Be in the Know: Consent Forms and Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a tool that is taking off in our district, and rightly so. Students can engage with one another by reflecting on content or lessons, and they can respond and hear classmate responses. The possibilities for sharing learning in creative ways are endless! Click here to read past posts on Flipgrid and how to ...
Support Teacher-Parent Communication Through Seesaw
With Seesaw, home-to-school communication is centered on students and their learning. From video reflections to hands-on group projects, students of all ages are empowered to add work to their journal where family members can see it and leave comments of encouragement. With some recent updates, connecting with families on Seesaw is now even easier than ...