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Screencastify & Seesaw

What's better than Screencastify? Pair it together with Seesaw for a perfect "app smash"! Check out this video from Matt Miller with Ditch That...

5 Ways to Incorporate Student Choice in Lessons with Video

How often are your students provided with choices in their learning? Studies have shown that student choice leads to higher engagement. This blog...

Students as Creators: Using a Green Screen: An On-Demand Workshop

A green screen is a green background that video production teams use to place visual effects later during the post-production phase. Imagine your...

Reflection Activity: Roll & Reflect

At times, it can be a struggle to fit time for reflection into a lesson. There is so much to do! Yet, I think we can all agree that including time to...

Record to Slides Extension

There are several workarounds for adding video into Google Slides, but check out the Record to Slides Chrome extension if you're looking to...

Sketchnoting: An Overview

Sketchnoting, or visual note-taking, allows learners to create their own customized notes by combining images, graphics, and structure.This video...

How it Started, How it's Going - Google Slides Template

Are you looking for a low-stakes, non-content activity that allows students to practice using collaborative Google Slides? Then, you have to check...

Exit Tickets

Exit tickets can be used for many things: quick assessments, content review, and much more. Check out this Ditch the Textbook resource,...

The Go-Getter's Guide to a Growth Mindset

Shannon Anderson, author of Y is for Yet and Mindset Power, shares the importance of developing and maintaining a growth mindset to succeed inside...

Getting Started with Google Forms

Google Forms is a digital tool that allows you to create documents to collect answers or data from a group. You can create surveys, questionnaires,...

Formative Assessment: Socrative Overview

Socrative is a freemium web application perfect for formative assessment in the classroom. Using any device, students can respond to teacher-created...

Feedback and Universal Design for Learning

How can educators tailor feedback so it is accessible to and inclusive for all learners? With this resource, explore how educators can utilize the...

Giving Feedback: Seven Ways to Respond to Your Child's Creative Work

As guardians, it can be tough to find the right balance when trying to encourage our own children and engage them about their work. In this resource,...

Delaying the Grade: How to Get Students to Read the Feedback

Instead of focusing on a letter or number grade, we'd all like our students to prioritize the feedback we provide. In this resource from Cult of...

Reexamining Feedback Practices

If you've struggled with giving meaningful feedback on your students' work, you're not alone. In this resource, discover ways one teacher took tips...

Five Effective Feedback Practices

When we as educators put time into providing our students feedback, we want them to take that feedback, reflect, and grow in their work. This...

6 Tips for Faster, More Effective Feedback

How do educators find a balance between giving effective feedback that students can use to grow and not burning themselves out with an unreasonable...

9 Types of Feedback to Boost Student Engagement

Giving effective feedback is challenging, especially in the digital space. Educators must find the right balance to motivate students and also...

Helping Kids Reflect

Parents can help their children be more reflective on their thoughts and actions through questioning their actions. What can you do differently? How...

Inviting Parents in Virtually When it's More Difficult to Engage in Person

We've learned many things through educating during a pandemic, but chiefly among them is the importance of communication. When other adults can't be...