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Google CS First Video Training | Tips for Supporting Students

In video 7 of this 7-part series, locate strategies for using CS First successfully in your classroom.

Google CS First Video Training | CS First from the Student Perspective

In video 6 of this 7-part series, explore CS First from the student side. Uncover how students navigate inside CS First to create projects and...

Google CS First Video Training | Connecting CS First to Google Classroom

In video 5 of this 7-part series, investigate how connecting CS First with Google Classroom can change the game of coding in your classroom. Learn...

Google CS First Video Training | Using the Scratch Online Community

In video 4 of this 7-part series, uncover the Scratch online community, get familiar with the platform and learn about the community guidelines....

Google CS First Video Training | What's inside the CS First Curriculum

in video 3 of this 7-part series, take a closer look inside the CS First curriculum, explore engaging activities and learn how to work coding into...

Google CS First Video Training | How to Create a Teacher Account

In video 2 of this 7-part series, discover how to create your teacher account, how to set up a class, and how to choose lessons.

Google CS First Video Training | What is CS First?

In Video 1 of this 7-part training series, view an introduction to the CS First program. Learn why CS First is a top choice for teaching block-based...

Teaching Digital Citizenship Using Multimedia

Whether you're using videos as instructional aids or your students are using them to support projects, it's important to know how to select videos...

Student Accountability and Engagement: Lower Elementary

When we empower students as conversationalists we invite them to the table to share their knowledge. Let's learn strategies that will guide students...

Guiding Instruction through Formative and Interim Data

Each classroom is full of individual students who have individual learning needs - and those needs change all the time! How can a teacher know how to...

Primarily Chromebooks in the K-2 Classroom

This session is a part of the Encore LIVE workshop series, highlighting some of the best sessions from the 2022 Summer of Learning Conferences.Learn...

Accelerate Learning Lesson Planning Template

Lesson planning template for educators to use when planning scaffolded lessons based on formative data and critical prerequisite skills.

Cook and McDonald's Language Complexity Rubric

This language complexity rubric was developed to help educators, test developers, and test reviewers understand and reduce the language complexity of...

NYSED Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) Scaffolding Strategy Example-Grade 6

CRA is a three-part instructional strategy in which the teacher begins by modeling and thinking aloud with concrete objects (e.g., blocks, disks,...

NYSED Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) Scaffolding Strategy Example-Grade 3

CRA is a three-part instructional strategy in which the teacher begins by modeling and thinking aloud with concrete objects (e.g., blocks, disks,...

NYSED RDW (Read, Draw, Write ) Scaffolding Example and Template

The RDW Template is a graphic organizer that can be used to support students who have difficulty organizing information and recalling multistep,...

NYSED Frayer Model Scaffolding Example & Template

The Frayer model is a graphic organizer that can be used in any lesson to help students understand any unfamiliar vocabulary, but is especially...

UDL Lesson Design Template

UDL Lesson Design Template provides a wealth of resources to help educators design lessons that address engagement, representations, and action and...

Accelerate Learning Unit Planning Template

Unit planning template for educators for accelerated learning including critical prerequisite skills, formative pre-assessments, and types of...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Assessment Strategies

CAST provides UDL tips for assessment including aligning assessments to learning goals, examples of formative assessment strategies, reducing...