…students know what is allowed during particular class activities. In this model, a red light means that no AI is allowed, a yellow light means that access to generative AI…
Design Summative Assessments for a Face-to-Face or Live Virtual Classroom
…and materials students will have available to them. Below are a few digital resources to use with students to create visual art: Google Drawings Adobe Spark Adobe Illustrator Book Creator…
Develop Your Students’ Time Management Skills
…LMS for new assignments. See the weekly planner templates from SlidesMania that you can download for free in PowerPoint and Google Slides formats. Regularly reflect upon your goals, priority tasks,…
#136 – Computer Science Education Week and the Importance of Computational Thinking, with Kiki Prottsman
…lot easier to justify trying it and maybe committing to it.” Keeping It Going: Beyond Hour of Code, there are lots of free coding tools available online, including materials from…
#320 – Understanding the Younger Generations, with Mark Perna
…He is an acclaimed generational expert and weekly Forbes.com contributor. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Coalition for Career Development Center in Washington, DC, and is the author…
#121 – The Importance of Preliminary Research
…topic is narrow enough. For more information about online reference materials, explore the AVID Open Access article Search and Seek Credible Information: Step 3 of the Searching for ANSWERS Inquiry…
Back-to-School Teacher Technology Checklist
…consider adding to your own back-to-school teacher technology checklist. This means knowing what’s required versus what’s available but optional. If you know the context and parameters that you’re working within,…
Brisk Teaching: An AI Teaching Assistant and Writing Feedback Tool
…suite of teaching assistants and writing feedback tools. Getting Started To access Brisk Teaching, open your Chrome browser and navigate to briskteaching.com. Then, choose the Add to Chrome for…
Develop Digital Citizenship Skills During Remote Learning
…to model, practice, teach, and provide a safe environment for student to engage in digital citizenship. Many students are digital natives, which means they were born into a world that…
#76 – Have Kids Changed as a Result of the Pandemic?
…Coordinator from Galveston, Texas. Together, we discuss how the past two years of pandemic learning have impacted and shaped our students and what that means for education. Throughout our conversation,…
#84 – Authentic Demonstration of Student Knowledge: Helping Students Share Their Stories Authentically to Validate Their Voices
…these questions, and we’ll also focus on what it means to provide “authentic” options for our students. When done well, we can use this approach to create learning experiences where…
Google Jamboard
…users can download the free Google Jamboard app on their device. Technical Requirements Jamboard is a web-based whiteboard tool. An internet connection is required. A free Google account is required….
Desmos Tools
…resources are available to answer additional questions you may have: Desmos Studio PBC website Visit: Desmos Studio Help Center Email: support@desmos.com For Upcoming Free Webinars: Desmos Studio Professional Learning Page…
#240 – Reaching and Teaching Neurodivergent Learners in STEM, with Dr. Jodi Asbell-Clarke
…team have applied this research and learning to create a collection of teaching and learning materials called INFACT (Including Neurodiversity in Foundational and Applied Computational Thinking), which are freely available…
Pixlr
Pixlr is a free online photo editor. There are two versions of the editor available online: X and E. The X version is described as “the easy to use photo…