Thank you to those that have already signed up for the Technology committee. Your input is vital even more these days. Be on the look out for an email from me to set up our first meeting.
TA Chromebooks
The NEW Chromebooks for TAs have arrived. 😀😀😀 I hope to have them in my hands in the next day or so for swapping. Stay tuned...
iPevo Document Cameras
Teacher share - "I LOVE iPevo!!! Thank you so much. Successful use this morning. Smaller profile than what I was using. More versatile. Easy to set up with your instructions. And since it shares my zoom participant (I switch between me and the doc camera) it creates 1 less box to clutter our class space."
Seesaw Tip
Archive Old Activities - This is a great routine to do every month so that you don't have a gigantic list of activities in your activities stream. This can be overwhelming to students who have not completed old assignments. To archive activities:
1. Click on the activities tab in your classroom
2. Scroll down to an activity that you'd like to archive and tap on the 3 dots ... In the menu choose Archive Activity. This will remove the activity from the activity stream.
Reminder we only have enough accounts for Teachers. Students should NOT be creating Padlet accounts. If they do, they will be deleted. Here are the details regarding WPS Padlet Subscription.
**Be sure to review the PRIVACY details on your Padlet. Now that we have a district account the default is to allow other staff to see your Padlets.**
FOSSWeb from Becky on assigning content
You can assign content in FOSSweb and what is nice about this year is that all of your students are set up in your account. This allows you to either assign something to your whole class, or to specific students. I created this video to help you know how to do this through your Teacher Portal of FOSSweb.
MassCue PD Offerings:
Subscribe to bimonthly podcasts highlighting best practices in the classroom.
Grab & Grow Workshops: TeachersConnect to offer timely bit-sized instruction in 15/20- minute segments. Teachers take courses designed and vetted by other practicing teachers.
Create and Implement Interactive Presentations for Students Using PearDeck
Self-Paced Training and Creation
MassCUE/MASCD Virtual Leadership Event
How The Stories of Us Shape Our Schools
November 18, 2020 3:15 to 6 pm
Three Ways to Make Jeopardy-style Games:
From Richard Bryne: Three ways to create Jeopardy-style games to play in your physical or online classroom.
Flippity Quiz Show
Flippity.net is my go-to resource whenever I want to make something interesting with Google Sheets. One of the oldest templates on the site is Quiz Show template that generates a Jeopardy board. You can use the template to create games to for individual or team play. You can see a demo of Flippity's quiz show template here and watch a video of how to use it here.
Factile
Factile is a site that has been around for a while. I started using it years ago when it was still called Jeopardy Rocks (it turns out that trademark and copyright concerns make it hard to use "Jeopardy" in a product name). Factile lets you create games and save them in your account to use whenever you need them. When you create your game you can include images in the answer display. The games in Factile can be played individually or in teams. You control the board and award points when students answer correctly.
Google Slides
It's possible to create your own Jeopardy-style games using Google Slides. You can do this by creating a table in your first slide then creating a series of slides that have your answers and questions on them. The Q&A slides are then hyperlinked back to the points listed in the table in your first slide. In this video I demonstrate how to make a Jeopardy-style game in Google Slides. The Slides Carnival website also has a template available to use in Google Slides.