…when using technology? How can using technology in your classroom help prepare students for their future? Extend Your Learning Pink Cat Games (official website) Seesaw (official website) Epic (official website)…
#284 – MagicSchool, with Adeel Khan
…Rena Clark STEM Facilitator and Digital Learning Specialist Dr. Winston Benjamin Social Studies and English Language Arts Facilitator We believe teachers are irreplaceable. MagicSchool website, from their mission statement Resources…
#13 – Design Engaging Assessments for Remote Learning
…for new ways to engage students online. We share tips for the following digital tool in this week’s episode. Each digital tool review in AVID Open Access includes a takeaway…
#110 – Making a Big Impact with Micro:bit
…Computer.” Courses are free, self-paced, and come with a workbook and downloadable materials that you can immediately use in your classroom. Text-Based Coding: In addition to new professional learning, Micro:bit…
#11 – Develop Your Students’ Digital Organizational Skills: Study Spaces, Routines, and Time Management
…events merge onto one calendar. SlidesMania has lots of nicely designed weekly and yearly ePlanner templates available, and they’re all free! Calendly is free scheduling software that works well for…
Accelerate Learning by Making Connections: Build Trust Through Relationships, Community, and Connection
…groups of students. Blended learning strategies, like station rotation and playlist models, can free us up to work with small groups of students, or even individuals. In these environments, we…
#292 – Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching, with Elena Aguilar
…our guest, Elena Aguilar. In her new book, Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching, Elena offers us a positive, actionable solution. Elena has two hopes for this new book. She…
Increase Retention by Engaging Students in Digital Reading
…you. The digital world offers new challenges, but it also opens new doors. What can your students do now that they couldn’t do before? How can you transform the critical…
#250 – Top 10 Ways Educators Can Use AI Tools, with Aaron Maurer
…administrative tasks to free up more time to work with others, especially students. This might involve simplifying interactions with technology to shorten the time it takes to learn a new…
Establish a Positive Teacher Presence in Your Virtual Classroom
…and more. Learn more by exploring these AVID Open Access articles for choosing your virtual-teaching delivery tool and delivering your live lesson. Breakout rooms: During your live virtual classes, you…
Reimagine the Writing Process
…Inquiry Learning (AVID Open Access article collection) Inspire Students With Project-Based Learning (AVID Open Access article collection) Think It, Write It: Creative Writing Across the Curriculum (AVID Open Access article)…
#36 – Managing Transitions Back to the Classroom
…transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we…
#20 – Connecting With Ourselves and Others to Recharge
…“for a new behavior to become automatic.” Reward: Don’t forget to reward yourself for a job well done. Rejuvenate: Use the 11 other Rs to rejuvenate yourself with new energy,…
#102 – Neuroscience and Learning
…ideas upon new discoveries. As Conn points out, “Learning builds on learning. Every new thing we learn has to be built on something that we learned before.” This concept has…
Left to Their Own Devices: Not All Screen Time Is Created Equal
…collection of AVID Open Access articles for some great ideas and resources that you can share with students. Use these free digital citizenship kahoots from Common Sense Education to help…