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This American Life's primary uses and functionality are to help teachers incorporate the podcast for listening comprehension, critical thinking and group discussion. The stories can be used as a writing prompt.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by this podcast because the stories they hear may be similar to their own, and they may develop a kinship to what they heard.

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Turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks, fowl of all kinds-real and imagined-and their mysterious hold over us.

Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not.

What happens when you realize the people in charge don't have the answers.

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A weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme.

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TEN DIGITAL TOOLS

1. This American Life PBS: Podcast: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/

2. Teaching tool: Google Classroom: https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/classroom/

3. Canva: Graphic Publishing tool: https://www.canva.com/

4. Pear Deck: Interactive slide add-on: https://www.peardeck.com/

5. Microsoft Teams: Collaboration tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/log-in

6. Zoom: Video Conferencing tool: https://www.zoom.com/

7. Khan Academy: Education tool: https://www.khanacademy.org/

8. Duolingo: Language tool: https://www.duolingo.com/

9. Kahoot!: Online Game tool: https://kahoot.com/

10 Canvas: LMS: https://www.instructure.com/canvas

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Google Classroom's primary uses, and functionality are teacher assignments that can be distributed and graded in one location and class collaboration that can occur when using Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Within Google Classroom, a teacher can also use Google Forms to analyze student responses (Kapuler, 2020). All work is organized and stored in one place: it's a sound tracking system.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by the ease of navigating and staying organized. Students may also collaborate with classmates on projects.

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Canva's primary use and functionality are creating visually appealing projects. Teachers may use it to create schedules, syllabi, and newsletters. Students may be assigned to do a writing project while developing digital literacy skills such as design principles, communication, and critical thinking.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by Canva because they can create their own digital story that talks about their uniqueness.

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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Pear Deck's primary uses, and functionality are engaging students with interactive quizzes, slides, presentations (Kapuler, 2020), and collaborative learning lessons. It can also be used during hybrid learning. At the beginning of the lessons, there is a social-emotional check-in so the teacher can check on the student's well-being.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by visuals presented to them. Through the social-emotional check-in, students can connect with the teacher.

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Pear Deck is on a mission to help teachers create powerful learning moments for every student, every day - using the tools you already know and love.

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Microsoft Teams' primary uses and functionality are video conferencing, chats, and emailing. Collaboration can occur when shared documents like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel are shared in real-time.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by Microsoft Teams because they can collaborate with others through the communication feature and on projects. Students can be asked to respond to classmates over chat (Kern, 2020).

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Zoom's primary uses and functionality are virtual meetings, virtual classroom sessions, and student collaboration via breakout rooms and whiteboards. Teachers can ask students to share their screens, respond to classmates over chat, and watch recorded lessons (Kern, 2020).

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by Zoom because they may connect with like-minded students with similar backgrounds and live in different areas.

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Modernize workflows with Zoom's trusted collaboration tools: including video meetings, team chat, VoIP phone, webinars, whiteboard, contact center, and events.

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Khan Academy's primary uses and functionality are personalized learning, which can be used as homework, supplemental instruction, and test review or preview.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by accessing the site and getting additional support.

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Duolingo's primary uses and functionality are language and gamification learning. Students learn at their own pace, and teachers can monitor progress and assign lessons.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by Duolingo because they may learn either English if the students are Newcomers or may learn their family's native language if they do not already know it.

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Kahoot! 's primary uses and functionality are interactive or individualized quizzes. Teacher-created quizzes can reinforce concepts taught in class. It also provides a score sheet to track students' progress.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by Kahoot! especially if the teacher assigns individualized quizzes, the students can retake the quizzes several times to prepare them for the test.

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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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Canvas' primary uses and functionality are for teachers, students, and parents to access online learning courses, communicate via email, and track grade progress.

Diverse student populations may benefit from engagement and be motivated by Canvas because there is a feature that will translate the information on the site into another language like Spanish, to better support the Newcomer students in their native language.