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Teachers in my district LOVE EdPuzzle. They wish it integrated with Clever though, so only some Ts use it.

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I'm an Instructional Technology Coach for my K-5 school. Here is a link to some of the activities, lessons, ideas and resources I have created and shared with my staff since we began our Home Learning.

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This is very general science activities, not MN specific.

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NEW! Teacher Resources for Distance Learning - Minnesota Zoo

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Resources and materials specially developed for teachers transitioning to distance learning.

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Elementary Resources For K to 2 | PBS LearningMedia

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Find elementary resources and lessons. Inspire your students with videos, games and activities aligned to state and national standards.

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Invite other staff (parapros, specialists, etc) to say hi and help manage

Have it open twice on your computer so you can share norms or expectations on one screen while participating in another.

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Nearpod has been one of my greatest assets during this time.

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Nearpod has been one of my greatest assets during this time.

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Great Tool to engage students. Here is a link to access some lesson ideas/templates.

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Kami for annotation (TK-12th) (only with Chrome browser...no app for tablet/iPad)
Screencastify (Chrome browser only...suitable for T and S) or
Screencastomatic
Flipgrid

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Your classroom PDF annotator. Students stay engaged with accessible annotation tools. Teachers save time with streamlined instruction and assessment.

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Great resource for online classes and annotating work. Student friendly

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Who’s in the room? (Ask participants to introduce themselves)

Rochester, NY -- >Vienna, Austria

Huntsville Alabama

York, Pennsylvania

Long Island, NY

Memphis, TN

Long Island, NY

Pelham, Alabama

Why did you pick this topic?

Seesaw certified

“All the tech questions are coming to me”/I am the teacher of teachers when it comes to tech

Participation on activities is plummeting especially as school is ending

Have a feeling we’re not physically going back -- how to make this new situation work?

Worried about the fall

How can we be proactive instead of reactionary in the fall?

Kristen Merrill, the interactive class: https://www.themerrillsedu.com/books

Step by steps for Seesaw, Nearpod, and Flipgrid, etc.

Doing a book study

Worried about the bandwidth of parents affecting student outcomes

How to rally everyone around school assignments without in-person meeting

This is “emergency remote teaching and learning” - this is an extreme circumstance. At what point is this no longer an emergency?

Difference between not hearing from students at all, and then families who are complaining that they don’t have enough to do. How to be what each family needs and meet them where they are?

Parents feeding answers to their kids just off screen (even “tell me anything good”)

What will students retain? How can we test anyone?

How do we deal with the discrepancies between the learning environments students are in?

High schools are assigning a grade -- at some point we are going to have to assess 3rd - 5th; but how will we do that?

Participation is so optional right now -- how and when will expectations for students (and families) change?

Hybrid return plans at this point, because it mirrors what they were trying to do already

90 percent has been teacher talk and planning rather than direct teaching

Any experience with flipped classrooms? Using flipgrid, seesaw and class kick. Explain Everything (screen recording with picture-in-a-picture) This works for some

Kim Sutton, creative mathematics (Youtube channel), Free webinars on zoom using math (GAMES!)

What if you don’t get a new teacher next year? Continuity? For you both!

Glencoe Virtual Manipulatives -- for math, virtual board games

Screen Castify, how to code and work through a coding problem

Classroom Screen| https://app.classroomscreen.com/widget-screen/799f23e8-50f2-4c9e-bc29-521c7e2f1493

Padlet (padlet.com)

Google Classroom

https://classkick.com/

What are some challenges or successes you have experienced related to this topic?

3rd graders did not receive tablets

How does equity intersect with this topic?

Can’t assume families have certain tools (even a die from a board game, ex.)

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Online games are amazing for kids to keep kids engaged during class meetings and daily class sessions!

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Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo

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EduProtocols: Teach better, work less, achieve more with easy to use lesson frames to spark student engagement.

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Flipgrid is a great tool for student video discussion and creating teacher webcam/screencast videos.

I might earn socks if you use my join code below

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- Access to technologies for families, what can we do?
Brainstorm:
-Be open to accept what they have, paper and pencil might be it
-Districts work on a plan to send tech home with families
-Provide packets as an option

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One district is putting up educational towers so all have internet (Texas-District of Innovation)

Districts have a mix of paper and technology to complete work.

Sent choice boards for every subject. Had 20 choices. Kids had to choose so many and parents had to take pictures and send to teacher.

Technologies used
*Google Classroom
*Seesaw
*iReady
*Google Hangouts
*flipgrid
*edpuzzle www.edpuzzle.com
*boom cards
*nearpod-can use with google slides  - free /paid
*classkick - free/paid
*edulastic
*google forms
*mobymax
*prodigy - math
*freckle
*iStation (reading) - paid
*Dreambox
*Reflex
*Kahoot!
*zearn.org
*Quizlet
*Quizizz

Inequities/issues/challenges -
*parent support - value of distance learning
*low income
*bilingual - parents can't help the kids
*parents don't know how to operate the laptops
*kids are not getting help from anyone
*does everyone have a device? scheduling? connectivity?

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- Connecting to play games via video chat
- Reach out to school staff who are not classroom teachers to join and interact with your students. (guest readers)
-Game Resources: Boggle: https://www.puzzle-words.com/boggle-4x4/Scattergories: https://swellgarfo.com/scattergories/
Guess the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPBR2m7_Uxg
Taboo cards: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FmXdxj20xi0SbnjVugnvkYtU6g0ck6IB?usp=sharing
Pictionary words: https://hobbylark.com/party-games/pictionary-words
https://wakelet.com/wake/7de5a310-a4e2-465a-b7e7-110c8de4b28f
-Students applying digital citizenship that we have taught.
- Keeping it fun for the students
-Class picture using student bitmojis
-Structured genius hour, district had a flip grid for students grades k-senior could share their projects.

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Learn computer science. Change the world.

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Every student in every school deserves the opportunity to study computer science.