Category: Tool Bits
Sway it!
Sway is a digital presentation and storytelling tool that can be used as an alternative to PowerPoint. Since it is an app, it is available across platforms and we have free access to it with our Office 365 accounts! Sway is meant to make it easier and quicker to communicate information. Unlike PowerPoint, Sway is designed to be interactive and ...
Using Seesaw to Differentiate in Math
Here is another way to offer differentiated opportunities for your students during math while incorporating technology at the same time! Seesaw is a student-driven digital portfolio where students can create, reflect, share, and collaborate to “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings and text. Seesaw and Eureka Math Ideas: Fluency – Have students record themselves ...
Differentiating Instruction & Feedback through Classkick
Classkick allows students to receive work, complete, and turn in assignments completely online. Using the free app, students work at their own pace and get help instantly without interrupting the flow or having students wait for the teacher to assist them. Students access the Classkick assignments through a simple code. One elementary teacher who uses ...
Copy Content Library to Multiple Class Notebooks
Made an awesome class notebook and want use the content and your architecture in another class notebook? Well, Microsoft makes that pretty easy. Use the directions below to copy and distribute a content library (or sections within) to other class notebooks. Distribute Class Notebook Content Library OneNote 2016 OneNote 2013 OneNote 2016 for Mac Share ...
Creating and Using Folders in Seesaw
So, you have been using Seesaw with your students for a bit now. Things are going great! However, the more posts are made, the longer the class journal scroll gets. You may be finding it difficult to find a post as it gets pushed farther and further down the list as newer posts are added. ...
Advantages of creating and using Office 365, OneDrive & Desktop Shortcuts
It is Sunday night and I just realize that I need to edit my slides for my presentation Monday morning. I already have a hectic morning schedule, dogs, kids; I am a general slowpoke, etc. I left my laptop at school so now I need to leave earlier so I can get to school and ...
Supporting ELL Students with Actively Learn
Ready to help your English Language Learners take the next step to independent reading, use Actively Learn's embedded features to help support language development. Define and translate features are great for identifying new vocabulary. The define feature allows your ELL student to take the first step in decoding the word by seeing it used in other sentences and hear it spoken ...
Supporting ELL Students with Actively Learn
Ready to help your English Language Learners take the next step to independent reading, use Actively Learn's embedded features to help support language development. Define and translate features are great for identifying new vocabulary. The define feature allows your ELL student to take the first step in decoding the word by seeing it used in other sentences and hear it spoken ...
Common Sense Education Celebrates Media Literacy Week
This week is Media Literacy Week! One of our core tools, Common Sense Education, has always has equipped educators with the tools that they need to support students in understanding how to navigate the digital world. As such, Common Sense Education has information and resources for teachers on how to teach media literacy effectively. They've published ...
Mark Up PDFs in OneDrive Mobile
Hopefully you've been adding documents to OneDrive, including some PDFs. One feature that was recently added to the mobile app (download iOS app here, unfortunately this feature isn't available in Android yet) is the ability to mark up PDFs right in the app. It's baked in and simple to use. Follow the steps below to ...