Establish these four types of classroom connections to build relational capacity, help students feel connected, and improve academic success.
Digital Tools & Templates
Find free tips and tools curated by digital experts to use with your students, including how-to videos, downloadable tip sheets, and templates.
Ed Tip: Polling Tools
Use polling tools to survey your students, engage them in learning, check for progress, and get immediate feedback.
Ed Tip: Student Voice and Choice
Empower and motivate students by giving them voice and choice throughout the learning process.
Ed Tip: Family Connections
Develop an ongoing communication system that will keep parents informed and engage them as supportive partners who can reinforce your classroom expectations.
Ed Tip: Professional Learning Networks (PLNs)
Connect with other educators through Twitter, blogs, and podcasts to stay current with best practices and discover new tools and strategies.
Ed Tip: Digital Whiteboards
Explore five digital whiteboard options to engage your students in practice, information processing, and collaboration.
Ed Tip: Differentiated Learning Spaces
Create five different types of learning spaces to provide differentiated options for your students.
Ed Tip: Screen Recording
Explore how you can use screen recording software in your classroom.
Ed Tip: Online Reference Materials
Use this list of resources to provide students with convenient, multimedia reference tools.
Ed Tip: Elementary Math
Use these digital templates and online math resources to help students practice and apply foundational math concepts.
Ed Tip: Literature Analysis
Use these digital templates and resources to help students analyze and think critically about the literature they are reading.
Ed Tip: Sequencing
Use these premade templates to have students create timelines, sequences of ideas, collages, and a visual mapping of concepts.
Ed Tip: Writing
Use these templates to help students organize and plan for both traditional and multimedia writing.
Ed Tip: Virtual Number and Letter Pickers
Use these short videos of dice, spinners, cards, and rubber ducks to select random numbers and letters.
Ed Tip: Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking
Students can use these graphic organizers to analyze concepts, solve problems, and think critically about the content they are exploring.