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Nearpod has been my saving grace in Math.

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Nearpod has been my saving grace in Math.

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whiteboard.fi
best!! esp in math

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I've found this to be the best way to communicate with kids - I get more responses using this method than email or Schoology.

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I have been using NearPod  collaborate boards to check in with students mental health, previously I have used padlet.  I like to do this to get a gauge on how students are doing & I also get to remind them that we are all not in the same place, every day.

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Loving Nearpod + the additions to it, like the draw it + the collaborate board.

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channels during academic period allow kids to seek assistance

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students can get help when they need (if they utilize it)

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channels and interactive whiteboards

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channel and interactive whiteboards

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chats with questions

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questioning along passages and questioning at the end of a lesson

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channels and limiting amount of assignments

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going into channels and meeting with kids during academic period

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A way to check in with your students!

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Copy of _What's In Your News__ Lesson from Being the Change

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I use this to talk to  students 1 to 1
They are very quick to respond and using an emoji helps me to convey my tone or emotion behind my words when facial expressions aren't visible

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Quizlet Live and GIMKIT "Trust No one" (Among us) are very popular and easy to do in a blended learning situation. Classroom kids and virtual kids yell back and forth with eachother and it engages everyone at the same time.

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My aide often meets separately with students in a channel to assist with an activity.
In-class students that also need help will join her in an empty conference room and the virtual/in-person students all work together

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1. Pre-teach important vocabulary
2. Simply the language required to show learning
3. Provide visuals
4. Allow time to prepare and collaborate with peers
5. Provide graphic organizers, sentences starters, word boxes
6. Take time to determine their background knowledge and previous experiences and then build off of them

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Chatting with students gets
a more immediate response over Schoology or Outlook.

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Individual assignments for those who need them

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Presentations and feedback all video

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Creating a collaborative powerpoint in O365 and share link with students. Groups collaborate and record responses on their group slide. Works best when one person is doing the recording for the group. Students can view all the responses

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I've used more recordings that students submit, whether through Flipgrid, emailed files, or other options.  This gives me more time with the students in person and I can review their work at other times more convenient to myself.  I can also respond directly on their recordings (depending on the method used) to make it easier for the students to find their feedback.

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As students join the call, they are able to start an activity or complete a DO NOW or Bell Ringer posted

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I use Flippity.net for engaging games and activities. I also do Baile Viernes- Dance Friday.  I usually use a Just Dance video to start the class.

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I use Flippity.net for engaging games and activities. I also do Baile Viernes- Dance Friday.  I usually use a Just Dance video to start the class.

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Using Canva to send home bi-weekly updates.

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I try to check in with students when they are in person - the other day students were working independently and I pulled students in to the hallway 1 by 1 to check in and see how they were doing if they wanted to share anything, etc.

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Giving students more choice in groupings by combining classes.

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Having students have a say in how they'll be assessed (independent reading, or building rubrics)

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Reducing or offering off-screen homework seems to be best in this covid environment.

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Reducing or offering off-screen homework seems to be best in this covid environment.

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Students have been writing journal entries to create a time capsule!  This has helped the students process their feelings throughout the pandemic.

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Very helpful for communicating with students and their adult at home.

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Although somewhat glitchy with synching it has been an invaluable way to see the students work in math and provide written feedback.

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Using Scarry, Leah Karabin, and Stovall to work in small groups through channels.

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Whiteboard.fi ... can we look at a building subscription to enable the features that allow for more interactivity and feedback?

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Whiteboard.fi ... can we look at a building subscription to enable the features that allow for more interactivity and feedback?

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Another big Nearpod fan! I have over 200 lessons, but am still finding new, creative ways to use it. Like add background images to the draw, Playing a memory game with the 360 tours. Using the poll feature in fun ways!

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Channels worked better in the fall when students (mostly) still agreed to keep their cameras on.

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Channels worked better in the fall when students (mostly) still agreed to keep their cameras on.

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whiteboard.fi has been a saving grace in math class.  Students are eager to display their answers even when their camera is off.

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whiteboard.fi has been a saving grace in math class.  Students are eager to display their answers even when their camera is off.

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Using different videos to talk about empathy and respect within our classroom community.

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Changing things up is important for engagement.  I am noticing that students need even more variety than ever before in order to stay engaged.

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(Social Studies) After the required text pages, I've been trying to make the other activities more fun, so the kids have fun with the content.  Trying to avoid just giving them more PDF's
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Using the Big Ideas online textbook for math has been helpful in checking in with the kids both in class and for HW using the "Try It" or assigning actual assignments through it - useful as formative assessment

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Using the collaboration space in a class OneNote has worked really well in conjunction with channels/breakout groups. It's easy check in with groups and easy to share out. (Students don't need to share screens; I usually flip through the various group tabs on my own shared screen and the students share verbally.)

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In the team chat - have the students list one thing that they learned from the lesson

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Having the students submit work for math homework/assignments on Schoology makes it easy to review and provide feedback!

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Students can easily break down in to channels, collaborate on a shared PP or Sway and then present to the class.

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Customize a Kahoot game with facts about your students. 

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Customize a Kahoot game with facts about your students. 

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Have students share some facts about themselves and use it to make a Kahoot for the class.  Even if you are getting the answers wrong, it's a fun way to learn about your classmates.

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My kids love playing a Kahoot! and we are able to do it for the virtual and in school students at the same time

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My students love to go into channels with kids in different cohorts.  For example, my in school students have friends home that day, they log into Teams, and join together in a channel.  It gives them a sense of "normalcy" to work with friends and collaborate.

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My students love to go into channels with kids in different cohorts.  For example, my in school students have friends home that day, they log into Teams, and join together in a channel.  It gives them a sense of "normalcy" to work with friends and collaborate.

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Has been really helpful in connecting with kids 1:1 to check in with them but also help them with work.  Them sharing their screen is way better than pre-covid when i would have to hover over them

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I have been creating simple Microsoft forms to ask them how it is going and check in on understanding. I feel like I can't get to everyone in a way I would normally this year so this is a way to hear from more kids quickly. Also side note: GIVE YOURSELF GRACE! I have no super strategies this year and I am ok with that! :)

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Students work in groups in Teams channels to complete scavenger hunts through Google Forms. There is a "response validation" option that requires students to have the correct answer before moving forward but also provides tips/hints for them if they are struggling. They enjoy the group work and problem solving and keeping them in channels makes it easy to check in for for them to call me for help.

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On Friday's the students share a school appropriate fun fact/ picture about themselves- and we do the same- it could be about a favorite vacation spot, about winning a contest, a family tradition, etc.

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Individual chat with students during class or academic

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Individual chat with students during class or academic

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I have found that private chat is a good way to work through student concerns.

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I have found that private chat is a good way to work through student concerns.

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In an environment where students are a little more hesitant to share, starting discussions through the chat on Teams seems to lead to more participation/discussion.

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1:1 asking about their emotions/feelings/status

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1:1 asking about their emotions/feelings/status

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we also do games and other inclusive, fun activities to gather and do as a group as the kids feel so isolated and alone. 2 Truths and a Lie is a favorite and allows the group to learn more about each other through the truths.

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During homeroom, we take turn presenting a calendar and answering questions such as would you rathers.  Then the rest of the class has the chance to respond or ask questions to the presenter of the day.

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During homeroom, we take turn presenting a calendar and answering questions such as would you rathers.  Then the rest of the class has the chance to respond or ask questions to the presenter of the day.

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Using the newer backgrounds in together mode to simulate a specific type of environment. Using it as a "panel" desk or a "stage" has been useful for certain activities.

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As a Do Now, create a poll or question to engage students: https://www.mentimeter.com/app

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Log in to Mentimeter – Create and access dynamic presentations - Mentimeter

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Welcome back! Log in to quickly access your presentations, review results, or create a new Menti. Engage your audience with interactive content.

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I read aloud to my students every day, many times using picture books as mentor texts. Sharing picture books is a challenge with virtual kids because they can't really see the pictures and text that well through my camera. So this year I tapped into e-books from my local library, Philly's public library, Epic, and Hoopla. I can share my screen and everyone can see the book easily. Thousands of books available and it's all free!

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Create assignments with different levels of readiness and then distribute them to the notebooks for learning support or gifted students (and regular education students) as appropriate.

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As they put correct answers in, a picture slowly appears

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Students seem more engaged when they have the opportunity to explore concepts on their own.

Activities or projects that allow for creativity seem to work as well.

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We share something we are looking forward to about the weekend or we reflect on something good or positive that happened over the course of the week. Perhaps something that was improved from last week or something that seemed difficult but overcoming that obstacle. If nothing to share we just celebrate that it's Friday! :)

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We use breakout channels for student collaboration.  Coteachers and aides pop into channels to monitor/listen to discussions.  We then have whole class feedback/discussions about how to participate appropriately and how to include everyone in the channels.

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I use the the test feature in Schoology to have "graded questions/reflections" based on different topics in class. Now that you can give direct feedback, that has been even more helpful.

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Each marking period we give a questionnaire to the pod to monitor stress levels, work quantity, what worked/didn't work, and we use that to inform the next MP of instruction for the pod.

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Go to a break out channel and share screens back and forth with student seeking help

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Go to a break out channel and share screens back and forth with student seeking help

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Make time to chat with kids at the end or beginning of a class. More difficult in the current structure.

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If you have not tried "Trust No One" in Gimkit, it is a must.  The students love it and they don't even know they are practicing content.  If you have quizlets already made, you can import them quickly into Gimkit.  Student engagement in Gimkit is 100%

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Getting family/friends and even pets involved

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Break out rooms and channels

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I call my Do Nows "Lobby Talk." Students can respond and react to each other's responses while they wait for me to start the class meeting.  It's a fun positive way to start class

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Students share videos of themselves giving presentation and give feedback to each other.

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Students share videos of themselves giving presentation and give feedback to each other.

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This has been successful for me lately with getting kids to work together and engage in the activity. It also eliminates the loss of instructional time that using the channels seems to always have.

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I use Class Dojo to communicate with parents.  

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I use Class Dojo to communicate with parents.  

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provide student-friendly vocabulary definitions and pictures when applicable

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provide student-friendly vocabulary definitions and pictures when applicable

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This allows students to begin to learn the new words (make associations), rather than search for definitions that may contain more words they do not understand, thus the student not ever understanding the original word/concept

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Provide surveys to each class period every 4/5 weeks.  I always ask to give me a rose and a thorn for the week and what I can do to make their learning experience more engaging or how can I add value.

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Have an anchor activity, like a writing composition, and tell everyone to leave the call. but you will call them back in 1:1 to share screen and discuss task.

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USB camera with Teacher let activity for a lab while In Hybrid students work on their lab at their station

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USB camera with Teacher let activity for a lab while In Hybrid students work on their lab at their station

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Recording audio OneNote easy to use and useful for communication and feedback

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Recording audio OneNote easy to use and useful for communication and feedback

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listening to other responses for an activity, responding to other, and having an on going dialog that way

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I have spoken directly with Spec. Ed. teachers to modify and adapt lessons and volume of work for student(s). 

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I have spoken directly with Spec. Ed. teachers to modify and adapt lessons and volume of work for student(s). 

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Pushing out assignments to students through the individual OneNote pages is helpful - copying and pasting requirements and graphic organizers into the students' pages as well