Mindomo is a web-based mind mapping tool. With a free account, you can create up to three mind maps. You can choose a design style and start your own mind…
Ed Tip: Image Creation and Editing Tools
…also free and available online. Pixlr currently offers two versions of its editor: Pixlr X (simple) and Pixlr E (robust). remove.bg: This simple website allows users to remove the background…
#13 – Design Engaging Assessments for Remote Learning
…locations. WeVideo is great for green screen projects, podcasts, and much more. It can be used in grades 3 through 12. Because WeVideo is cloud-based, it can be accessed and…
Ed Tip: Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
…of relevance or motivation. May be from a lack of preparation or skill development. Generate expectations and guidelines collaboratively with your students. Use T-Charts (Word template, Google Docs template). Use…
#86 – What Does It Mean to Live a Life Full of Possibility? A Conversation with AVID CEO Thuan Nguyen
…to be the holders of all knowledge. Information is doubling at such an astonishing rate—knowing everything is impossible. Instead, teachers should be guides and mentors who provide resources and opportunities…
Increase Retention by Engaging Students in Digital Reading
…their students how to be active and engaged readers if they want to improve the reading retention rate. By engaging students actively in the reading process, teachers can encourage students…
#259 – NotebookLM, Google’s AI-Powered Digital Notebook
…summarize, take notes, and interact with this curated content. Read a transcript of this episode. Paul Beckermann PreK–12 Digital Learning Specialist Podcast Host How It Works Log in at notebooklm.google.com….
#41 – Teacher Insights with Kaia Tomokiyo: Creativity and Choice Starting in Kindergarten
…what is happening in virtual, face-to-face, and hybrid classrooms across the country—what is working and what’s challenging. This week, we meet with Kaia Tomokiyo, a Kindergarten teacher from Renton Unified…
#64 – We Have 1:1 Devices: Now What?
…collection) Empower Students With Digital Study Skills (article collection) Get Started With Blended Learning (article) Use the Best of Both Worlds: The Hybrid Model of Blended Learning (article) Game-Based Learning…
Foster Substantive and Respectful Online Discussions
…also give students a voice and can foster our class community through the sharing of personal experiences and perspectives. During hybrid and remote learning, we can leverage the online discussion…
#45 – Insights From an Urban District With Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Ellen Dorr
…face-to-face, and hybrid classrooms across the country this year—what has worked and what challenges we have grown from. This week, we meet with Dr. Ellen Dorr, Chief Technology Officer for…
#49 – Teacher Insights and Reflections: Taking Lessons Learned From Pandemic Teaching Into a New School Year
…in the face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid classroom. We are sharing teacher voices to celebrate the important role that you and all teachers play every day in our lives and community….
#1 – Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers
…the challenging topics we are facing in our classrooms today. We will provide you with strategies for teaching in a remote, hybrid, or blended learning classroom. Strategies to empower your…
Learn and Manage Your Digital Learning Environment
…in the remote and hybrid models. While the school-issued devices will have filters, your parents/guardians may find this resource from Common Sense Media helpful when their child is using personal…
Develop Digital Citizenship Skills During Remote Learning
…remote or a hybrid model of remote learning. More than ever, teachers and students are engaging in a digital world. For this very reason, it is more important than ever…