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This flipgrid includes 6 videos that summarize my learning through Catlin Tucker's Level 1 PD Course on Online Learning.

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Flipgrid is where social and emotional learning happens! The leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families.

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Fun activity to do with students at the beginning of the school year if 100% online (or even partially online).

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Padlet: Time to Take a Selfie Icebreaker - Dr. Catlin Tucker

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Do you struggle to learn your students' names at the start of the school year? If so, this is an icebreaker activity you should try! First, teachers create a Padlet wall, title it "Time to Take a Selfie," and provide a prompt with questions for students to answer.

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This was our first assignment for our online teaching class with Catlin Tucker. You can see the amount of teachers we are collaborating with throughout this process.

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While online teaching, it's harder to get to know your students on a personal level. This was an example given to us to use. Catlin Tucker shares that it is memorable for students to learn about random facts about yourself.

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You could send out a google slide each week to help map out what students should be doing daily/assignments due by the end of the week. This will help keep parents and students organized during online instruction.

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This would be a good resource to give parents to help them plan/map out their week. You could also give an idea of what students should be doing each day to help guide parents.

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Parent_Student Planning Doc_ Plan The Week

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Each week, create a welcome video for students to view. Here is a sample of a script you can use to make sure you hit important points. You can customize this in any way you feel.

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Kaylee Jensen - [Script] Welcome to the Week

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This is such a good resource! You can customize a search engine specific to what you want your students to research. You can make sure they will be able to find appropriate, easy to use websites.

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When I work with elementary teachers, one of the biggest concerns I hear about is the fear of what students will find online. Teachers know it's important to teach students how to search effectively, evaluate website credibility, and cite their sources, but it can be scary when teachers are working with younger students.

One way to teach these important skills, while keeping students safe online, is to create a custom search engine. This way teachers can identify appropriate and safe online websites to include in their custom search engines.

Here's how you can create one to use with your students:

Step 1: Go to Google Custom Search Engine

Step 2: Click "Add" and copy and paste the sites you want to include in your custom search. You can include site URLs or page URLs in your custom search.

Step 3: As you add sites, the custom search engine will automatically generate a "Name of the search engine," but you can easily change it. When you have decided on a name, click "Create."

Step 4: Click "Public URL" and share that with your students directly. You can also click "Get Code" to add the custom search engine to your class website.
Don't Have Enough Time to Create a Custom Search Engine?
If you don't have a lot of time, here are two "safe search" options that elementary teachers can use with students.
Safe Search Kids
Please share your favorite kid-friendly search engines!

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When I work with elementary teachers, one of the biggest concerns I hear about is the fear of what students will find online. Teachers know it's important to teach students how to search effectively, evaluate website credibility, and cite their

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Can use for blended learning or 100% online instruction.

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Creating Digital Notebooks with Google Slides - Dr. Catlin Tucker

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In my role as a blended learning coach, I work with a lot of teachers who are intrigued by the idea of digital notebooks. They recognize the value of having student integrate text and media in an online notebook. They also like the idea of housing student work in a central location that is viewable [...]

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I created this online learning lesson plan for the first week of Wit and Wisdom.

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Kaylee Jensen - Online Learning_ Lesson Plan for the Week

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Here is an example of our class with the assignment. We collaborated with other teachers to share project ideas.

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We participated in a lot of mentimeter polls during our class instruction with Catlin Tucker.

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This is a picture of our online class instruction lead by Catlin Tucker on Online Teaching. You can see the collaboration and chat amongst the participants in our school district.

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Great project ideas shared by teachers throughout our school district.

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Crowdsourcing Project Ideas–Elementary Cohort #1

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This was an assignment through the course. We collaborated with teachers in the district. Teachers shared their favorite project ideas and we created choice boards.

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Kaylee Jensen - [Template] Project Choice Board

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Formative Assessment at the beginning of instruction.

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Assessing Prior Knowledge: What Do Your Students Already Know? - Dr. Catlin Tucker

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Designing a one-size-fits-all lesson assumes that every student is starting from the same point. The reality is that students enter our classrooms with varied skillsets and prior knowledge. If teachers assess their students' knowledge before diving into an explanation, lesson, or unit, they might be surprised by the wealth of experience and information that students [...]

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1st 3 weeks of Wit and Wisdom

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Kaylee Jensen - Template_ Mini-units for Online Learning

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Important when planning for online instruction.

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This is the online syllabus I created during my course. I am not 100% finished with it. I will need to gather with my 1st grade team in order to finalize our expectations for first graders if we were to be teaching online.

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Kaylee Jensen - [Template] Online Course Syllabus 

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Check for Understanding: What Are You Learning About Your Students During the Lesson? - Dr. Catlin Tucker

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Teachers often focus on what students will learn during a lesson. Rarely, do we stop and ask ourselves, “What will I learn about what my students know or can do during this lesson?” This is a critical question that teachers should ask themselves as they design the parts of their lesson. We need to build […]

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Great tool for online polling to receive input from all students.