Resources
How to Lead a Student-Paced Lesson or Activity in Pear Deck
Pear Deck is an add-on for Google Slides that allows you to make your Slides presentations more interactive and engaging for your students. ...
Google Docs Cheat Sheet
This resource, provided by the Google Workspace Learning Center, is a reference sheet for those new to using Google Docs. This cheat sheet (their...
Take Off Your Shoes and Stay Awhile: Building Community in a Virtual Setting
Being intentional in fostering community in all settings is important, but interaction is especially important in a virtual setting, whether it is...
Grab a Cup of Coffee and Let's Discuss Compassion Fatigue vs Burnout
How to detect the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout among educators. Join the discussion to learn more about the differences and how...
Forcing a Copy in Google Docs
When sharing a Google Doc you've created with others, you have many options. Frequently, we want to share a Doc with others, but we don't want them...
InsertLearning Overview
Are you looking for an easy way to transform website content into a learning activity for your students? Then look no...
Creating and Using a HyperDoc
Utilizing a HyperDoc allows teachers and students to streamline work and easily access everything needed. Students can also exercise some control...
Reactive Listening
This video from Common Sense Education is all about getting kids to be reactive listeners. When you use video in your classroom (virtual or...
Teacher & Student Privacy Online
Letting your students use online programs in your classroom can raise privacy and digital safety questions. Even though there are filters in place,...
10 Ways to Use Technology in ESL Instruction
Providing adequate instruction for ALL students can be a challenge, but technology tools can be instrumental in reaching the students who need...
Tips for Parents of Kindergarteners
Play with letters, words, and sounds! Having fun with language helps your child learn to crack the code of reading.
Integrating Play Into Literacy Instruction
This Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest video shows how to implement research-based literacy practices from the What Works Clearinghouse...
Desmos Graphing Stories
"This activity will help students make the transition from one-variable representations (e.g., number lines) to the TWO-variable representation of...
Dan Meyer Graphing Stories
In this blog post from Dan Meyer, learn all about how he crafted original graphing stories to use with students. Included in the post are separate...
Mathemagical World Graphing Stories
"A graphing story is a classroom routine that can be used to develop secondary school students' knowledge of graphs, relationships and mathematical...
Kyle Pearce Graphing Stories
In this playlist resource from Kyle Pearce, see 3 Act Math Tasks for Graphing Stories. A Three-Act Task is a whole-group math activity with three...
Unpacking Buzzwords: What Does Engagement Really Mean?
Engagement is a word we often hear in the education field, but not everyone is on the same page with its meaning. Join this session to explore the...
8 Steps to Great Digital Storytelling
While students need to become creators of content rather than just consumers, the steps to create a quality product are not always...
Diigo: How to Organize an Outline
Diigo Outliner allows students to annotate and collect information directly from a webpage and easily organize it into an outline that can be shared....
Diigo: An Introduction
Have you ever wondered if there was an easy way to conduct and share research online collaboratively? Look no further than Diigo, a social...
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