Loom is a screen recording tool that is free for students and teachers. It is ideal for creating instructional videos or video messages that can be shared as a link…
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…
Soundtrap
Soundtrap is an online audio production tool. While there is a premium subscription available, the free version will likely meet most classroom needs. Soundtrap allows you to record and edit…
Career Exploration with Roadtrip Nation
…is available for purchase through the site. The second part of this section of the website is the online course, which is free. The course includes both teacher and student…
#25 โ Learning to Embrace the Hybrid Model of Instruction During Distance Learning
…tips shared during the podcast. Paul Beckermann PreK-12 Digital Learning Specialist Rena Clark Digital Learning Coach Pamela Beckermann PreK-12 Digital Learning Specialist We are building a house with no blueprint…
#280 โ Educator Voices: Artificial Intelligence, Part I
…honesty. While she acknowledges those as valid concerns, she also believes that “there’s a world where students use AI regularly, and they’re incorporating it into their work.” Maryrose also thinks…
#118 โ Broadening Participation in Kโ12 Computing, with Dr. Carol Fletcher
…they needed to actually pass the certification exam and begin teaching in computer science.” The importance of computer science in K–12: Dr. Fletcher reminds us, “You cannot escape technology. It…
#31 โ Digging Deeper Into Project-Based Learning
…project after the exam, and the parameters of the project don’t stretch students, instead being set up to be completed more as a recipe. With PBL, the learning happens through…
The Dash & Dot Show
…by designing a Story Spinner to get started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbe00eOSud4 How did starting with a story beginning help you think of your story? If you were to pick any of the…
#322 โ Pedagogy to Prepare Students for Their Futures, with Gina Gamnis
…that we just really need to help them with is evaluating, analyzing, discerning what of that information is accurate, reliable, what speaks to their values, what informs their perspectives, how…
Acknowledge and Identify Bias
…Something must go first, so something will be highlighted. This is inevitable, but if a pattern emerges, it may indicate a significant bias by the network, company, or individual sharing…
#316 โ Fighting the Mental Health Epidemic in Youth, with Jared Scott
…are available from AVID and on AVID Open Access to explore related topics in more depth: Benefits of the AVID Program: Results of a UCLA Study, with Dr. Rebecca Dudovitz…
Enhance Classroom Netiquette and Diminish Cyberbullying
…of your facts. If you don’t know if something is true or not and you cannot find other reliable sources to back it up, don’t post or share it. Always…
Inventing Matters: Move It! Activities
…category fits your personal interest and passion. Have fun inventing! 2020 “Move it!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Undergraduate Team Winner MPG: Celestine Ananda, Bennett Bartel, Nicholas Bartel, Cassandra Bossong, and Taylor…
Inventing Matters: Eat It! Activities
…category fits your personal interest and passion. Have fun inventing! 2020 “Eat it!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Graduate Winner Tzu-Chieh (Zijay) Tang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Syn-SCOBY, a special kind of…