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Using Video to Teach Students Self-Agency

Student-led learning is an increasingly important topic. How often do you promote student-led learning and self-agency? This blog post and...

Self-Paced Learning & the Power of Tech

As educators, we know no one approach meets the needs of all learners. In this blog post and corresponding podcast from Screencastify, learn some...

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...

Narrating Directions for Self-Paced Learning

Recording your directions for assignment makes them accessible for all—whether that's students who were absent students, those learning at their...

Results Driven Accountability: Moving Forward

Check out this workshop led by Angela Vaughn, Special Education Specialist. She discusses the purpose of Results Driven Accountability, provides...

Rolling out the 2020 WIDA Standards: On-Demand Workshop

Adam Pitt, IDOE's Assistant Director of English Learners & Migrant English Learners, provides an overview of the rollout plan for the 2020 Edition of...

Making Blended Learning Happen: Station Rotations

Blended learning can take many forms. Station rotations are one form of blended learning that can be tricky to manage and plan. With the help of an...

Nearpod: Accessing and Downloading Reports

What is Nearpod? Nearpod is an interactive learning tool that allows the teacher to create engaging lessons. This tool will enable you to show...

Google Slides: Speaker Notes

You may have seen in Google Slides the blank box at the bottom that says, "Click to add speaker notes." Who else considers those notes? And how can...

Google Slides: Transitions and Animations

Are you working in Google Slides and want your text to "appear" when you click? Perhaps you want an image to fly in. All of this and more can be done...

Google Slides: Explore Tool

Join Tim Anderson from Google for Education to learn how to use the Explore feature in Google Slides to add layouts to slides and add links and...

Google Slides: Skip a Slide

Did you know that Google Slides can be hidden and skipped when in presentation mode? Check out this video from GCFLearnFree.org for a short...

Shortcuts to New Files

How many steps does it take to create a new Google Doc, Sheet, Slide, or Form? What if there was a shortcut that saved you clicks? Check out this...

Google Slides: Change the Theme, Background, or Layout

You can customize how your presentation looks in Google Slides by changing the theme, background, or layout. Use this source from Google Support to...

Helperbird

Make digital content accessible for your students! Helperbird is a browser extension with features such as dyslexia-friendly fonts, Immersive Reader,...

Poptropica

Check out Poptropica, the adventure game created by Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney. Full of quests and stories, this game will hone your...

Learning Games with Mr. Nussbaum

MrNussbaum.com provides numerous interactive games and activities designed to complement crucial concepts and themes taught in the K-8...

PrintFriendly

PrintFriendly is a free extension that allows you to clean up and format web pages for a perfect print experience. With this tool, remove...

Business and Entrepreneurship Lessons

Looking to inspire future entrepreneurs and CEOs? These standards-connected lessons and activities from Scholastic and Shark Tank will inspire your...

CodeCombat

Get your students hooked on coding with CodeCombat, an interactive computer programming game aimed at teaching students Python, JavaScript, and HTML....