When teaching remotely, engaging students in assessments—whether in a live or self-paced environment—can be challenging. This week’s podcast episode shares digital strategies and tech tips for giving students voice and…
Develop Digital Citizenship Skills During Remote Learning
A year ago, or even a few months ago, we probably couldn’t have imagined that a large majority of students in our educational system would be engaging in an entirely…
#3 – Reorganize Your Lessons for Remote Learning
The start of the school year has been challenging. Schools and districts across the country are deciding on which teaching model(s) will best support their students. This week’s podcast episode…
Bitmoji
Bitmoji is a smartphone app and web extension that lets you create a personal avatar, or cartoon version of yourself. To use Bitmoji, you need to first install the app…
Saving Sea Creatures: Light-up Fishing Nets
When fishers pull up their nets, they are often surprised by what they find trapped inside. In this lesson, students will learn about the problem of bycatch (unwanted fish and…
Emotion Badge
With everyone wearing masks, it is very difficult to show others how we are feeling. Have students use the power of computer science to develop a solution to this problem…
Learn and Manage Your Digital Learning Environment
Helping students to learn and manage their digital learning environment is as important as supporting them in setting up their digital study spaces and routines. While the technology is not…
Establish a Positive Teacher Presence in Your Virtual Classroom
In a physical classroom, a teacher’s presence is hard to miss. The teacher is literally in the room with the students, interacting with them as a whole class, in small…
#2 – Get to Know Us
Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers, the podcast where teachers talk about how technology can positively transform teaching and learning. Meet the Digital Learning Specialists who will guide you along…
#1 – Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers
The classroom is changing. The educational system is changing. If you’re a teacher who is struggling to address how these challenges will impact your students and the learning environment, you’ve…
Establish Digital Study Spaces and Routines
As educators, we know how essential it is for our students to have good study spaces and routines. This is especially true in our digital world, where technology can provide…
Prepare to Pivot: Teaching During a Pandemic
“Take time to make time.” “Go slow to go fast.” These are common sayings in many classrooms. They speak to the importance of developing routines, building relationships, and learning how…
Design Flexible Lessons for Hybrid Learning
If you design hybrid lessons like you would design a traditional, face-to-face lesson, you will likely end up creating multiple versions of every lesson, with one for each learning group…
Start With the Big Picture When Planning for Hybrid Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the hybrid-learning model a popular way for schools to improve health and safety by reducing the number of students in a classroom. It can also…
Develop Your Students’ Digital Organization Skills: eFiles, eBinders, and ePortfolios
As educators, we know how important student organization is to their educational success. Traditionally, we have helped our students learn to organize their papers into folders and three-ring binders, and…