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I love this as a teacher of English to get students to collaborate on a written document.

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This is the tool we have been using as a school

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For online learning journals, it has to be Tapestry for younger kids (tapestryjournal.com), seesaw for slightly older kids. Pebblego is a great resource for independent research, and Mathletics a great resource for kids to practice their maths.

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I am new to CANVAS this year, but as I am working with it I'm finding it has some great tools embedded for students to use. In conjunction with my plan for this class I have tried the media tool to have students make videos within CANVAS. I have also used the discussion tool.

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Hi one resource that have been using is Seesaw, it has amazing tools.

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Hi one resource that have been using is Seesaw, it has amazing tools.

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Elementary Learning Experience Platform | Seesaw

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Seesaw is a Learning Experience Platform with 25M+ users, enhancing elementary education, engagement, and school culture while improving academic success.

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https://www.screencastify.com/
Great screen recording tool and integrates well with all things Google

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millions use Screencastify to create amazing videos

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Educator, student, marketer, engineer, gamer. Whatever part you play, you'll have simple, yet powerful screen recording and editing tools.
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Easily share your creations in multiple channels. Let more viewers watch, pause and rewind on their schedule while maximizing time by eliminating unnecessary meetings.
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Collect video assignments to ensure any team or student is heard. Track viewing activity and add interactive questions and more to ensure your message is understood.
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Screencastify | Screen Recording and Video Editing

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Screencastify is the leading screen recorder for Chrome. Install the extension to record, edit, and share videos in seconds. Create video class assignments, training and tutorials, and make business communication faster.

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I used this to have students engaged and also for students to develop their language skills (reading, speaking and writing) while having fun with their peers.

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Quizlet and Quizlet Live are 2 tools our students and teachers enjoy. The second offers the competitive feature students enjoy with teamwork and collaboration (though with DL they have had to make adjustments).
You can make your own study sets or pull and edit from a bank of resources.

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Anyone else also just have fun engaging with students and affirming learning with the Chat feature in Blackboard (eg, Canvas) We host "Jeopardy-style" mini quizzes and they "speed type" answers for points, or use Thumbs up/down, etc. It works great! 

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Anyone else also just have fun engaging with students and affirming learning with the Chat feature in Blackboard (eg, Canvas) We host "Jeopardy-style" mini quizzes and they "speed type" answers for points, or use Thumbs up/down, etc. It works great! 

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Thinglink is a great app to share resources about a specific topic

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Baamboozle.com - Similar to Kahoot;you can import or design your own fun team games; great for quick formative check in. 

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Baamboozle.com - Similar to Kahoot;you can import or design your own fun team games; great for quick formative check in. 

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This is a great website that we use with our students at all ages to use for enrichment. We have students utilize this as a choice they have during independent study time. Students can learn coding and there are several projects that students can learn and complete as they go though different courses! A great way to engage our students with learning critical thinking skills and coding!

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Students love the competition of Kahoot. There are plenty of already made Kahoots, but you can also create your own free account. Students can use their cell phone. Great way to review.

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Are great for books online. Students find high interest books with a variety of topics. The apps have embedded supports to read the book out loud and underline key words in the text.

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It is similar to Kahoot. It was created by a high school student who loves Kahoot, but felt some defects of Kahoot (before Kahoot revised its version).

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Gimkit is a game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win. Get started for free!

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Thank you for creating this, what a great resource to have!

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Our district recently began purchasing 14 inch Portable Monitors so that teachers have a second screen. It is being well received by educators.

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This is an app for online brainstorming. One feature I really like is that after participants have added cards to the wall, they can vote on the cards and the cards rearrange based on the number of votes. This allows participants to see which ideas have consensus from the group. Visually, very helpful.

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I know everyone uses this but my students still enjoy it!

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It is a great App as it has 3 separate tools: Video, Page and Post. Both teachers and students can use these tools to create and present. You should try all three.

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An excellent tool / game to start taking the first steps in programming languages ​​or to develop Computational Thinking skills.

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Get Minecraft Education for your classroom. Find out how using this game will take your students' learning to the next level.

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I have found that this is a great tool to create teaching material for your students. Most importantly it can help you to use gamification in your classes, simple, easy to use templates.

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Schoology - Using EdPuzzle With Schoology

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Quizizz is a great tool to have a quick and fun way to test your students. Students can compete against each other!

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Quizizz is a great tool to have a quick and fun way to test your students. Students can compete against each other!

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Wayground - The world's most engaging learning platform

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Find and create gamified quizzes, lessons, presentations, and flashcards for students, employees, and everyone else. Get started for free!

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Creating Bitmoji to make your online lesson fun!

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Creating Bitmoji to make your online lesson fun!

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Never encountered/used it before this course. My district doesn't subscribe.
AWESOME for brainstorming and I get a good visual on quantity and quality of the idea.

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An excellent tool for students to create or re-create stories using comics.
Digital Story telling!

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Free Storyboarding Software — Online Storyboard Creator

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Storyboard That: Easy online storyboard creation! Perfect for filmmakers, teachers, and students. Create storyboards and comics with Storyboard That today!

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I use this website to review and check comprehension in a quick way. Students love to compete and they enjoy this type of activities. I leave here the link. Thanks

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Wayground - The world's most engaging learning platform

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Find and create gamified quizzes, lessons, presentations, and flashcards for students, employees, and everyone else. Get started for free!

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To make digital books... bookcreator.com or storybird.com

To read digital books getepic.com

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Make any video your lesson
Choose a video, give it your magic touch and track your students' comprehension.

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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With Mentimeter you can create fun and interactive presentations. It helps you interact with your students using real-time voting.

https://www.mentimeter.com/

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I find loom is a great tool for creating quick videos to visually  explain something you want to show on a screen.
you can also record yourself so it's a bit more personal

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Free screen recorder for Mac and PC | Loom

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Best free online screen recording tool with advanced video editing and video storage trusted by over 21 million people and easy sharing from Loom.com.

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Kahoot is a great resource for students and teachers.

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Kahoot is a great resource for students and teachers.

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Games for drill exercises. "Group sort" template makes card sorts possible digitally. Requires signing up. You can create 5 games for free. It is has an extensive library for free - games created by teachers.

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A VERY engaging math related site that allows teachers to create assessments. Students answer these questions in a "video game" type setting. And.. it's free!

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Games! everyone loves to play.

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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Makes your google slides interactive, allow learners to participate and keep them engaged during
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A graphic design platform that allows you to not only create posters, documents and presentations but provides a link to share, the ability to download as a pdf or image and also will create an embed code. You can be creative or use a template. The software has expanded its tools to include video recording which an be embedded in a presentation. The free version is more than adequate for the typical user. Below is our website that was created in Canva and embedded into our district site. The interactive buttons were created in Canva.

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Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School

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Website description: Algodoo gives you the opportunity to play with physics. Use your own hands and simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore the world of physics.

Excellent simulator, free and very fun.

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Algodoo is now FREE!

Algodoo gives you the opportunity to play with physics. Use your own hands and simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore the world of physics.

Sounds like an interesting idea? Algodoo is that program.

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Virtual lessons on most subjects. Great for flipped learning, consolidation and independent revision

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Pick from 50+ AP, High School & Middle School courses based on next generation learning standards. We've condensed the content to what you actually need to know for your tests. Your teacher can also create classes and set homework for any topic on the study platform creating the perfect lesson plan.

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Seneca | Free Virtual Learning & Homework

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ShowMe has been invaluable to me as a math teacher to model math work, present problems, and create videos. I use this app on my iPad with an iPencil.

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ShowMe is an open online learning community where anyone can learn and teach any topic. Our iPad app lets you easily create and share video lessons.

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It is an interactive slide show that helps you control pace of lesson and create interactive lessons or PDs

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A virtual whiteboard tool that that allows you to see everyone's response at the same time. Dee

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My students have loved using Google Jamboards, part of the  Google Suite. Kids can contribute stickies, drawings, or images in response to a question or prompt. It's free!
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Hi! Not sure I'm doing this correctly (I've never tried Padlet before!) I LOVE Bitmoji in combination with Google Classroom to create a visual virtual learning space ... and it's just plain fun! :-D Amy

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Hi! Not sure I'm doing this correctly (I've never tried Padlet before!) I LOVE Bitmoji in combination with Google Classroom to create a visual virtual learning space ... and it's just plain fun! :-D Amy

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Since remote learning started this past spring, Bitmojis have taken the education community by storm.

Available through the Bitmoji app, these customizable, mini-me avatars have become stand-in teachers running virtual classrooms, enforcing rules and expectations, collecting assignments-and making students smile, we've heard. Simply put, they're fun.

Amber Weaver, a second-grade teacher in Louisville, Kentucky, says she likes that her Bitmoji classroom-a virtual replica of her real one-makes resources like the school calendar easily accessible to her young students and provides them with a sense of virtual familiarity and stability during a tough time.

But not everyone is a fan of the Bitmoji craze. Some educators believe that they're a distracting fad and that teachers should be focusing more on creating effective lessons and supporting students' well-being instead of creating cutesy virtual classrooms, according to an article in Education Week. They also claim that Bitmoji resources raise issues of digital equity, as not all students have easy access to the internet or to digital devices to use them. Proponents counter that effective instruction and Bitmojis aren't mutually exclusive, and say they're broadly helpful in engaging students in virtual learning.

As teachers prepare for the fall, many are considering ways to bridge virtual and hands-on learning to keep kids engaged-and Bitmoji may provide the leg up to do so. We talked to more than 50 K-12 educators about how they're using Bitmoji and gathered links to their resources that you can download and customize for your own use.

Getting Started

To get started creating your Bitmoji universe, you need to download the app (available for iPhone and Android) and create your Bitmoji by selecting physical features like hair and eye color and an outfit. After creating your character, you can cast it in a huge array of activities, such as reading, dancing gleefully, or even eating a sandwich.

Next, download the Google Chrome extension, which allows you to choose a favorite image of your Bitmoji-perhaps your doppelganger washing its hands or saying "hello"-to copy and paste it into whatever format you'd like, such as Google Slides where you host your virtual classroom.

For inspiration, Facebook groups like Bitmoji Craze for Educators offer a range of templates and tutorials that show newbies the ropes, like this step-by-step video tutorial on setting up a Bitmoji classroom, and hacks that inspire veterans with new ideas. And of course, the examples below are a great starting point.
Note: Most of the examples mentioned in this article are linked to templates that can be downloaded. One type of link goes directly to a copy that can be customized to your heart's desire. The other goes to an open Google Slide. If taken there, click "File," pause your cursor over "Make a copy," and select "Entire presentation." From there, it's yours.
Bitmoji Classrooms

The most popular use of Bitmojis in education is for creating virtual classrooms, or virtual learning hubs (typically hosted on Google Slides, which can be integrated into a learning management system (LMS) like Seesaw, Google Classroom, or Schoology) where teachers post classroom materials and resources for students. Every teacher's Bitmoji classroom is unique. Some teachers have made them resemble their real-life classrooms or homes, while others have leaned toward fantasy.

Kindergarten teacher Sara Hannah's Bitmoji classroom looks a lot like her real classroom, she says, but with some elements of fun. In the virtual room, clickable icons link to assignments, games, read-alouds, and short video lessons-even the virtual cats are clickable. Incorporating Bitmojis has created more excitement around classes, which she says helps motivate students in virtual learning.

Brittney Harvey, an elementary school-certified occupational therapist assistant, created an occupational therapy room for her students in Oklahoma. The virtual room links to resources like Zoom for one-on-one sessions, pre-writing video lessons, and GoNoodle-a video library filled with exercises that help Harvey's students develop gross motor skills.

The Bitmoji classroom isn't limited to core subjects. Educators have created Bitmoji classrooms for at-home recess (grades pre-K-3), art classes (first grade), and maker spaces (grades K-6).

Setting Expectations and Norms

Teachers say they've found that Bitmojis can be a helpful (and fun) way to get students to remember the rules and expectations in their virtual classrooms.

Jillian Graham, a high school math teacher from Fort Mill, South Carolina, created norms around how to act during Google Meet classes and used her Bitmoji character to remind students about them, for example. While her students waited to join a Google Meet session, they saw her Bitmoji explaining how they should act on video calls with instructions like "dress appropriately" and "be an active participant."

Aimee Wilson, a 10th-grade U.S. government and English teacher, on the other hand, created a Bitmoji cell phone policy poster that outlined when it is and isn't OK to use a cell phone, while Brandi Dudley, a first- and second-grade teacher in California, created Bitmoji Covid-19 posters to remind her students of protective measures like handwashing.

Bitmoji Libraries

Many educators say they are using Bitmoji to create "libraries," or virtual bookshelves, linked to video read-alouds, PDFs, and digital books.

Cammie Duval, an elementary school teacher in Milwaukie, Oregon, created a K-2 growth mindset library for her district, for example, and has 29 libraries in total on different themes like " Mad Scientist," which have been downloaded as templates more than 90,000 times by teachers. To stimulate excitement, Duval hides a digital worm ("a bookworm") in every library that kids can search for as they peruse the books.

"Most of my students cannot read and don't have family members who have a lot of time to read with them," says Duval of the benefits of the digital read-alouds. "Bitmoji libraries give those kids the ability to fall in love with reading at home by themselves."

In light of recent events, some educators have been inspired to create libraries with a host of diverse books. Overcome with emotion after the murder of George Floyd, Tracey Burton, a pre-K-5 technology teacher in Ishpeming, Michigan, created a Bitmoji library that houses VideoLink links-YouTube links without the ads-that connect to read-alouds of books about different races and cultures like Mixed Me and Too Many Tamales.

"I didn't think I could change the world, but I do feel like I [can] make a change," says Burton. "Reading about other cultures makes the world smaller and more connected."

Relationship-Building Activities

Other educators have found that Bitmojis can play a role in building relationships and making deeper connections with their students from afar.

Last spring, Angie Baton Ritenour, a fourth-grade teacher in Farmington, Michigan, collaborated with two grade-level colleagues to create an iSpy Bitmoji room, which they used during a video call to get students more engaged in remote learning. They filled the virtual room to the brim with objects, like photos of students and items from their classrooms. During the video call, students took turns saying "I spy with my little eye...," and their peers had to guess what object they had picked-helping students build connections with one another.

And Amanda Wells says she plans on having her eighth-grade students complete an All About Me Bitmoji assignment so she can get to know them better this fall. On a templated Google Slide, students will share their interests coupled with a drawing or photo, such as a drawing of them playing with their dog, and write two complete sentences explaining why they enjoy each activity.

While some educators argue that teachers should be spending their time on developing engaging lessons rather than creating superfluous Bitmoji resources, educators have proved that they can do both.

Laura Hoomes, a kindergarten teacher in Huntsville, Alabama, says she's spent more time planning this summer than in previous ones, having already created over 40 Bitmoji libraries to use next year. She's also created home learning kits, weekly at-home crafts, and 22 center games for each of her students-none of which are Bitmoji-to give students a range of activities to choose from.

"I have two young kids, so it's mostly what I can accomplish at night after they go to bed!" says Holmes. "I'm just trying to be ready for virtual kindergarten."

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Educators Turn to Bitmoji to Build Community and Engagement

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App for quizzes and formative assessment

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Multimedia app to help increase interactivity

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We express ourselves in different ways. On Flip, you can use our simple and fun built-in camera to record your thoughts, add effects and share within your Flip group as video, audio only or text in your web browser or mobile app.

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Flip is a video discussion and sharing app, free from Microsoft.

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond. Learn more.