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Definitions of selected terms and organizations from the lessons and related readings in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.

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Librarians are passionate early adopters of technologies that support the new ways that students learn, engage with information, and create projects that showcase their skills and personalities. We asked nine tech-forward librarians to name their favorites and culled a list of 18 digital tools for content creation, interactive learning, coding, virtual reality, graphic design, video, audio editing, and games.

Put your personality into it

Straddling multiple media, content creation tools are an easy fit for a generation of digital natives skilled at letting their interests drive the way they document and present stories.

Adobe Spark
This suite of mobile and web tools lets students create and share visual content on a browser, and includes Spark Page, Spark Post, and Spark Video. It's great for getting kids to easily create graphics, video, and audio, and to mix that content with text to generate stories.

Erin Seretta, librarian and instructional technology coach at Papillion La Vista Community Schools in Bellevue, NE, says the Adobe tools help even young students get the most out of the four Cs-creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. Her second graders recently used Adobe Spark Video to showcase their knowledge of landforms.

"The Adobe Spark apps allow students to be creative in communicating what they've learned," says Seretta. "They can add images; use shapes, colors, patterns, and icons to represent their thinking; or add music. Students who are reluctant writers can narrate, which lets them communicate what they know more comfortably." A new feature in Adobe Spark enables collaboration on projects, plus it shares seamlessly with the classroom learning tool Seesaw, used by students across the country.

Brooksie Kramer, librarian at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, VA, says Anchor lets students practice their presentation skills in a low-risk environment.

Kramer's students learned about the form by studying the radio program This American Life's popular Serial podcast. Students looked at the editors' use of plot and rhetorical devices, such as voice and tone, to build tension and suspense throughout the episodes, and learned how editors strung the episodes together to create a seamless narrative.

Teens then created their own podcast defending a book from the American Library Association's annual most challenged book list. Some enjoyed the process so much that they felt inspired to create more podcasts about current events and issues. Kramer's students also use Anchor to record a Daily Announcements podcast. Language arts students record book talks, computer programming students record technology tips, and environmental science students share conservation ideas. Each segment is featured weekly on the school's social media pages and website.

Anchor "helps them to develop their capacity for paraphrasing, using evidence to support their opinions, and clearly communicating their ideas," Kramer says. "Plus, podcasts publish to Spotify, so students feel that it is a truly authentic product."

"They see their work as a finished product on the bookshelf, just like the books they see in the learning commons," says Martin. "Their voice is out in the world in a way that isn't possible from a paper book they create in the classroom."

The app can also be used for student portfolios, reports, memoirs, or a mixed-media story-virtually anything they want documented in a digital book. The confidence boost that kids get when putting a book together and seeing it on their "shelf" or sharing it makes it worth it.

Completed projects can be shared to multiple social media platforms or embedded in a blog. The platform also integrates with Google Classroom and Microsoft Office 365.

One of Miller's fifth graders, Molly, creates paper dolls, called Molly Dolls, which she places all over the school. Buncee used Molly's doll drawings to make a series of Buncee stickers. This inspired Miller to work with Buncee to hold a monthly student art contest. Any student can submit stickers, animations, or backgrounds that may be chosen and added to the stock art available on Buncee.

Elissa Malespina, teacher librarian at Verona (NJ) High School and chairperson of the NJ Future Ready Librarians Taskforce, says Canva is a student and teacher favorite. Her school's Spanish culture class had students research traditional meals from Spanish-speaking countries and use Canva's menu template to design a professional looking menu.

Tommy Martinez, teacher librarian at Glacier Point Middle School in Fresno, CA, says his students are easily motivated by the program's library of images and templates. They use Canva to make displays about technology for Teen Tech Week or to illustrate historical timelines or book reports for classroom projects.

"The uses are endless once students have access to this empowering tech tool," says Martinez.

Do Ink
This app for iPad animation and drawing gives new or young animators a leg up when creating animations that look professional. Megan Vallis, library media specialist at Truman Middle School in St. Louis, MO, uses Do Ink with all grade levels. Seventh grade social studies classes create infomercial advertising for inventions developed during the industrial revolution. Struggling readers make booktalk videos about picture books for special education students. Eighth grade Spanish students create fashion videos labeling items of clothing in Spanish, and sixth grade social studies students film TED Talk-style videos explaining global issues. The app lets users go frame by frame and helps them learn how to move an image in a sequence to create a sense of motion.

Reiber's students create "glogs" about favorite books, which they share with the authors. One of Reiber's fifth graders made a glog about Pseudonymous Bosch, author of Bad Magic, Bad Luck, and Bad News. Reiber and the student sent the link to Bosch. His response? "We don't even know what a Glog is, but we LOVE IT!"

Her students also made glogs of zoo animal exhibits, incorporating their research, citations, images of the animal, and a video of a 3-D model they created. The glogs went to the Cincinnati Zoo experts, who added QR codes to the zoo exhibits, linking to the students' work.

"This design challenge was authentic and rigorous-the glog was just a vehicle to present their data," Reiber says. "The tool makes learning, and teaching, focus on skills beyond the content." Those skills are future-ready skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving, perseverance, and persistence."

Students can click on an unfamiliar word and Immersive Reader will break it into syllables, display a visual representation, or read the word out loud. A new roaming feature allows students to log in to Office 365 and access the extension on different computers. Immersive Reader is available through a browser and also works with documents scanned from books. It's included in both Flipgrid and Buncee. "This new technology is a complete game changer!" says Miller.

Kramer says Wakelet helps students create a portfolio they can use at the end of high school. By the time they graduate, her students have developed professional-looking portfolios that include infographics, a career Instagram story, and green-screen video commercials for a local service organization.

Because these portfolios are public, they help students establish a positive digital footprint they can carry with them beyond their secondary school experience.

Chatting and collaborating

Some of the best interactive learning technology creates fun opportunities for conversation and collaboration beyond face-to-face encounters. Here are standouts.

Martinez relies on Flipgrid to get students talking about what they are learning. "The benefit to prerecording one's answers and comments is the chance to minimize the social pressures accompanied when verbally answering in class," he says. "Also, there is a naturally occurring wait time, allowing students time to properly formulate an answer, sometimes after hearing a peer stating a similar response."

Miller says Flipgrid gives her students a platform to listen to others and give thoughtful feedback. "Students are not only heard but empowered with the voices they hear and share, including the thoughts and feelings around these responses," she says.

Vallis uses the app for a library orientation game: Students explore the library and snap photos, record videos, and answer trivia questions about the library to earn points.

Larrechea transferred her digital citizenship lessons over to Pear Deck. The students guide themselves through the lessons at their own pace, and the teacher checks with each individually and adds assessments and interactive questions.

The website has a wide array of resources to help educators bring Skype to their library or classroom, and extras such as Virtual Passports to show where kids have Skyped, and Skype Bingo, cards that kids check off while participating in a Skype experience.

Total immersion

Whether engaging students in immersive art and history experiences or having them create 360-degree video, virtual reality (VR) is an essential learning tool for many librarians.

Coding is key

Mastering the language of computers is essential for 21st century learners. These two popular coding tools bring it to life.

Brown and her student builders invited the school's faculty and students into the "arcade" to play the games. As patrons arrived, they wanted to drop in coins, so the student makers quickly made cardboard coin boxes. This produced enough money to make a small donation to a local organization that hosts coding camps in underserved communities.

Brown's fourth grade students used the Hummingbird Robotics kits to build an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant arcade, after researching and designing games that would be accessible for individuals with disabilities.

As a highlight, Reiber makes mazes in the hallway and students code their robot to complete the maze, and to roll, change colors, and turn. Students get extra points if their robot crosses the finish line and says, "Mrs. Reiber is amazing!"

Jennifer Snelling writes about project-based learning, education technology, and the transformation of learning.

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Artificial intelligence is growing by leaps and bounds. It's no longer science fiction anymore!

Lots of AI tools can serve as our own personal assistants -- answering questions, helping us write text, create images, speak more effectively, and more.

Time has always been a barrier in the classroom. Most teachers would agree that they would be able to do more -- including the things that are most important -- if they had more time.

Teachers can find AI tools that are ready to help them out right now. Lots of them are free or have "freemium" plans with limited free options.

Below is a description of AI and how you can start using it to support your work in class.

What is artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the ability of a computer or machine to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving, decision-making, and more. There are several different approaches to building AI systems, including machine learning, where a system is trained on a dataset and can improve its performance over time, and rule-based systems, where the system follows a set of predetermined rules to make decisions.

AI can be applied to a wide range of areas, including natural language processing, image and video recognition, robotics, and more. The goal of AI research is to create systems that can perform tasks at least as well as, or ideally better than, humans. AI has the potential to revolutionize many industries and transform the way we live and work, but it also raises important ethical and social questions.

30 AI tools for the classroom

We have gathered 30 of our favorite AI tools for the classroom below. You can scroll down and check them all out or jump to any category of tools by clicking on the icon below.
Note: Pricing is accurate as of our most recent update in November 2023.

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I'm sure over 90% of people know some of these tricks but I always like to share stuff just in case someone doesn't know some ways to get things back in Canvas.
Recovering things in a course
As a former Blackabord admin I always got that cold feeling in my stomach when someone would call me to tell me they deleted a bunch of things out of their course by accident. Unless it was backed up I knew it would be an uphill battle to get it back. In Canvas however that is not as big of a deal.

Before these steps are laid out, please keep in mind that every Account Rep and tech support person I spoke to about this specifically told me that this is NOT 100%. So you may still be out of luck. Please keep that in mind if you try this and it doesn't work. If that happens a call to Canvas Support might be your best bet.

Step 1 - Go the course in question.

Step 2 - Check the URL you should see something like this (your institution's name should be there)

Step 3 - At the end of the URL, type /undelete

Step 4 - Once you hit enter, you'll see a list of restorable stuff.
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I'm currently working at a Banner School. Our integration has a combo of manual and automatic exports. We also currently cross list outside of Canvas so the cross listed courses with enrollments feed into Canvas rather than using Canvas to cross list (this is likely going to change). At any rate on occasion we run into this problem where we have an uncrosslisted section become cross listed. The uncrosslisted course was already deleted in Canvas but the new course will not show up. For a while this was quite puzzling but we have found a pretty easy solution. I believe this is because when the old course is deleted it marks anything with that information as deleted making the cross listed course automatically become deleted.

SO to fix.

Step 1 - Go in to the Admin Section/Reports

Step 2 - Run a Provisioning report for Courses within the given term.

You'll end up with a huge CSV, but the first column will contain the Canvas course ID which is a specific number for each course (You can find this ID in the URL, yourinstitution.instructure.com/courses/ CANVASID.

Step 3 - In our case we can find both the uncrosslisted and the crosslisted course. In this case we need the crosslisted ID.

Step 4 - Canvas was awesome enough to add a course restore in the Admin Tools section. Just click there and paste that ID in there. Now you can pull the course back and you're all set.

This is also applicable to people if they have duplicate SIS id's or were disabled for some reason in the Banner feed. The only difference is it can take some editing of IDs and a SIS import to fix.

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Artificial intelligence models are changing the game for creatives, marketers and businesses at large. Today we'll dive into one of the exciting areas where AI is steadily gaining momentum: AI image generators.

This year alone, text-to-image algorithms have generated over 15 billion images, and 87% of businesses believe AI will give them a competitive edge. With an AI image generator, it's easy for anyone to whip up creative and unique photos, paintings, pencil drawings, 3D graphics, icons and abstract art.

But with so many AI text to image tools out there, how do you know which one is the best? In this article, we'll explore the top 11 AI image generators in 2023. We'll also explore each AI image creator, including their pros and cons so you can choose the one that suits your needs.

Let's get to it.

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1. Visme

Overview

Visme's text-to-image generation tool is free, easy to use, and powerful, generating visuals out of plain text input. This means you can create stunning visuals on the fly without spending hours perfecting each pixel and collaborating with your design team in real time.

Users can access the Text-to-image AI generator inside all their Visme projects. When generating images, you can ​select from a wide range of output styles, such as photos, paintings, pencil drawings, 3D graphics, icons, abstract art, and more.

Using the AI-Generated Image in Projects

Visme is more than an AI image generator; it is also an all-in-one tool for content authoring and design. This means you can use your images in projects created in Visme

All you need to do is select the one that matches the project you're working on and use accurate prompts. The combinations between AI graphics and content types in Visme are limitless. For example, you can add icons to infographics, backgrounds to presentations, 3D graphics to social media posts and more.

The best part? You can add motion and interactivity to your images using Visme's animation and interactive features, such as pop ups, hover effects, special effects, GIFs, interactive blocks and more.

With an intuitive and foolproof editor like Visme, users and teams of all sizes can create captivating visual content from scratch or using professionally designed templates, collaborate on online whiteboards and improve visual business communication. You can share your creation online, download it in multiple formats or schedule it for different social media platforms.

Access to a Full Suite of AI-Powered Tools

The best part of using Visme is that users enjoy access to a full suite of AI-powered tools to fuel their creativity and increase productivity, including Visme Brand Design Tool, Visme AI Text Generator, and Visme AI Image Editor -all accessible via desktop and mobile apps.

With the Visme AI TouchUp tools, you can change the appearance of any image or graphic. The tool lets you erase and replace objects you don't want in your images, remove backgrounds, unblur low-quality, smudged or motion-blurred images, as well as enlarge images without losing visual quality.

The Visme AI Writer helps you write, edit, proofread, lengthen, summarize and switch tone for any text.

The AI-powered Brand Wizard helps you keep your design on brand. The wizard generates your brand's fonts and styles across beautiful templates. Simply input your website URL, confirm your brand colors and fonts, choose the branded template theme you like the most and watch the magic happen.

Who Is It For?

Visme caters to different categories of professionals, including executives/directors, HR, marketing/PR managers, sales and account managers, and training and development managers.

Pricing

Visme has a free plan for basic usage, making it an affordable solution for individuals and small teams. The Premium plans offer unlimited prompts and extensive features, proving beneficial for larger enterprises with more complex design needs.

Pros

The design possibilities are limitless with Visme. Users can select from several creative outputs, including photos, paintings, pencil drawings, 3D graphics, icons, and abstract art.

In addition to the AI image generator, Visme has a stock image library, a rich template library for creating different types of visual content and a large repository of design assets, including icons, illustrations, animated graphics, widgets and more.

Visme offers even more AI-powered tools to inspire creativity, such as AI writer, an AI design tool, and AI image touch-up tools.

Users can further customize the visuals to reflect their brand, such as by selecting a specific image style and touching up the image by removing the background, erasing unwanted objects, enlarging images and improving the image quality.

Users can access a rich template library for creating presentations, infographics, social media graphics, moodboards and other types of visual content.

You can bring more life to images and create engaging experiences using multiple interactive features.

Cons

Paid accounts can create an unlimited number of prompts, compared to the limited number available to free accounts.

2. DALL-E

Overview

DALL-E and DALL-E 2 are open AI image generators powered by deep-learning models that generate digital images from textual prompts. It offers unprecedented control over the generated images, making them favorites among designers, artists, and AI enthusiasts.

Users can create original and realistic images from a given text description. Generate variations, upload your own sketches for manipulation, or even generate complete artwork from scratch using these powerful tools.

Who Is It For?

The tool is ideal for anyone who wants to generate copyright-free realistic and detailed AI-generated art from textual descriptions.

Pricing

DALL-E offers these plans:

Pros

Dall-E quickly creates an image from a text prompt in less than a minute.

Users can create customized images based on text prompts, enabling them to create whatever their imagination can conjure.

Users can customize existing images. For example, remix them or create unique modifications.

Accelerates the iteration of new and existing images, enabling users to produce multiple versions.

Cons

Dall-E 2 has drastically increased the realism of generated images; however, some may find them still not realistic enough.

To produce an accurate image, users must provide Dall-E with a well-defined prompt that includes useful context.

Vague prompts may lead to an inaccurate image.

It can be expensive, especially for high-resolution images.

3. Craiyon

Overview

Craiyon (also called DALL-E Mini previously) is an AI model that creates images from text. Users enter a text prompt of what they want to see and Craiyon creates it. It is a light version of OpenAI's DALL-E.

Who Is It For?

Professionals who are working in marketing, graphic design, and fine art can find it helpful. Anyone who wants to experiment with AI image generators will like it, too.

Pricing

Craiyon follows a subscription-based model, starting at $5/per month and advanced plans go up to $20/per month (billed yearly).

Pros

Generate nine-image sets without limit - it's free and super user-friendly.

To avoid certain elements (for example, buildings) appearing in your search results, you can add "negative" words.

Cons

Image quality can be substandard at times.

Craiyon's free plan includes watermarked images and ads.

It cannot generate photorealistic images and is not as effective as other AI tools at mimicking artwork styles

The app is only available on Android, making it difficult for iOS users to access.

4. Midjourney

Overview

Midjourney is one of the leading AI image generators but is rising to prominence due to its unique feature set and distinctive capabilities. The tool generates digital artwork from text descriptions, resembling hand-drawn illustrations more than photorealistic images.

Comparable to DALL-E, Midjourney specializes in 'pretty' images, such as gothic architecture, fantasy landscapes, abstract art, and more.

Who Is It For?

Midjourney provides creative illustrations to a range of users, including professionals, hobbyists, and educators. It's a great resource for game developers, concept artists, and storytellers. Educators too, can use Midjourney to create engaging visual aids for their lessons.

Pricing

Midjourney offers four monthly plans - $10, $30, $60, and $120. However, Midjourney services are no longer free, except for promotional periods. To get started, you need to join the Midjourney Discord.

Pros

Cons

5. Jasper Art

Overview

Jasper Art focuses on creating picturesque landscapes and portraits based on input. This AI tool is capable of producing significant variations of similar original arms and creating unique and artistic visual outputs.

Jasper Art also has a gallery containing art and graphics created by the Jasper community.

Who Is It For?

Best suited for users or teams interested in creating artistic landscapes, portraits, and abstract digital art.

Pricing

Jasper Art operates on a freemium model. And for each active team member, the pricing starts at $20/mo in addition to the Jasper subscription fee.

Pros

Cons

6. NightCafe

Overview

NightCafe is an AI image generator that uses the power of artificial intelligence to create unique and stunning visuals. The tool generates its impressive visuals through an iterative process during which users can continually tweak and regenerate images until satisfied.

Starting off as a free service, it has now introduced premium features for more advanced functionalities. Its AI algorithms are designed to intuitively understand your artistic intent and transform it into tangible imagery.

From abstract art to portraits, NightCafe can replicate a variety of art styles, making it an ideal tool for artists, designers, and creative enthusiasts. The platform also includes a rich library of AI-generated artworks that users can share and appreciate.

Who Is It For?

This platform is ideal for creatives, digital artists, and game designers who want to create complex, dynamic visuals and 3D settings.

Pricing

NightCafe offers three credit-based monthly packages:

Pros

Cons

7. Deep AI

Overview

DeepAI is a powerful AI image generator and editor that allows you to create unique images using text inputs. It is an invaluable tool for professionals like artists, designers, and marketers. When generating images, you can choose different models, image and the shape you want your image.

Furthermore, its API enables developers to incorporate its features into their own applications for a faster creative workflow. What's more, you can chat with historical, TV, and anime characters in real time.

Who Is It For?

Deep AI is best for those looking to expand digital content, such as blogs or designers in need of visual inspiration based on specific textual prompts.

Pricing

DeepAI has two payment plans. The Pro plan starts at $4.99/mo for frequent users, and the pay-as-you-go plan starts at $5 for every 100 API calls. Free accounts are also available, but they are limited.

Pros

Excellent for large-scale operations due to its robust API.
Handling large, bundled projects is made efficient through the integration of specialized features to support bulk image generation.
High-quality results from a simplistic text prompt.

Cons

8. Runway AI

Overview

Runway AI is an inventive tool that uses machine learning to connect creators with a world of design possibilities. It's often recognized for its hybrid approach merging live video, image synthesis, and video synthesis to enable real-time, interactive explorations.

Who Is It For?

This creative suite is advantageous for freelancers, content creators, designers, and artists looking to venture into adaptive real-time generation.

Pricing

Each Text to Image generation costs 5 credits. Credits can be purchased in packs of $10 (1000 credits) or more for $.01 per credit. To download at higher resolutions, a Standard or Pro account is required.

Pros

Cons

9. Bing Image Creator

Overview

Microsoft's Bing Image Creator is an AI model built on Dall-E technology, allowing you to generate realistic images from descriptions. You can use it to create visuals for newsletters, blogs, and presentations. When using Microsoft Edge, you can access this tool right from your sidebar.

Who Is It For?

It is ideal for graphic designers, hobbyists, and artists who seek to transform any image into geometric representations for an innovative, unique output.

Pricing

Pricing for Bing Image Creator is currently free, making it an accessible option for many artists and hobbyists.

Pros

Cons

10. DreamStudio by Stability AI

Overview

DreamStudio by Stability AI offers an innovative platform to create interactive scenes with ease. AI mechanics allow for detailed layers of enhancements and corrections, resulting in lifelike immersion and greater visual impact.

Users can choose from different styles and negative prompts, which means you can direct the AI to avoid specific elements in image generation.

Who Is It For?

The tool is best used by creative illustrators, game designers, and ad agencies searching for more advanced graphic compositions and valuable prototypes.

Pricing

Currently, DreamStudio offers both free and premium access plans.

Premium billings are interval-based, with price details upon request.

Pros

Cons

11. Wombo Dream

Overview

Wombo Dream is an AI solution that allows users to create thought-provoking, surreal, and aesthetically interesting artwork by simply pushing a button. Unlike many of its counterparts, it primarily focuses its capabilities on art creation and manipulation. They also have a mobile app for ease of access.

Who Is It For?

Wombo Dream is suitable for artists, illustrators, and enthusiasts who want to push the boundaries of their imagery, maximize creativity, and ignite unique visual content in an efficient manner.

Pricing

Wombo Dream has adopted a freemium model. The free version allows basic imagery creation, with premium access at a monthly fee for further advanced features, including better quality and faster generation times.

Pros

Cons

Level Up Your Visuals and Images with Visme

There you go-our list of the best AI image generators in 2023.

If you're looking for a great AI image generator that offers more features and value, we recommend taking Visme for a spin. Not only will you be able to generate stunning AI images for your business needs, but you'll also have access to full content authoring and visual design tools, as well as other AI-powered solutions like the Visme AI writer, AI-powered design wizard and AI image editing software.

Another upside of using Visme is that you can enjoy other advanced features like templates for creating presentations, infographics, social media graphics, data visualization, sales and marketing materials and more. Take advantage of the collaboration tools, animations and interactive elements, and massive library of icons, stock photos, and videos to help you create unique and visually engaging content.

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Wallop K-12 Curriculum Project - Social Studies is a Course

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Social Studies education in Wyoming schools includes six topics, or strands: Citizenship (Government and Democracy), Culture, and Cultural Diversity; Production, Distribution, and Consumption (Economics); Time, Continuity, and Change (History); People, Places, Environments (Geography); and Technology, Literacy, and Global Connections. The Wyoming Department of Education is responsible for setting standards for all six strands. These standards define what students are expected to know and do by the time they graduate.

To support this important endeavor, the Malcolm Wallop K-12 Curriculum Project has developed this repository for multimedia content created by social scientists at the University of Wyoming and at Wyoming's community colleges. Videos and their accompanying materials address an array of topics across fields such as American studies, communication & journalism, history, international studies, political science.

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Are you looking for an affordable, beginner-friendly way to make professional-quality videos? ScreenPal's free screen recorder makes it easy to record your webcam, screen, or both.

Follow this step-by-step guide, and you can create perfectly polished videos in no time. Use the screen recorder to make how-to videos, tutorials, e-learning videos, product walkthroughs, and more.

Take it from digital marketing expert Kristian Ole Rorbye . He says the screen recorder helps him foster clarity and connection with his team and customers. "I record a lot of guides and how-to videos about how to use online services," he says. "This gives a far more personal touch where my viewers can see and understand what's going on."

This guide is for beginners, so if you already know the basics and you're looking to dig deeper, check out the Ultimate Guide on How to Screen Record or visit the blog for additional screen recording tips.

If you're a beginner, keep reading to get started.

Getting Started With the Free Screen Recorder:

Choose which device to use for recording. ScreenPal is available on multiple devices including Windows PC, Mac and Chromebook.

Here's how to access the desktop screen recorder:

A pop-up will appear indicating that the recorder is launching. If it doesn't appear, download the recorder app.

The Screen Recorder will pop up on your screen. Now you can start recording.

Here's a tip for Chrome users:Get quick access to our video creation tools by launching the screen recorder with the Chrome browser extension.

You can also use the free screen recorder with your Android and iOS iPhone iPad devices. You can download those separately from the Google Play and Apple Store. We have separate tutorials for those in our Tutorials page.

Recorder Controls:

Within the recorder, you'll notice a range of customization options to tailor your video to your needs. First, decide how you'd like to record.

Screen - This allows you to record everything within the recording frame on your screen.

Webcam - Record yourself using your webcam. You may want to do a camera test before recording. Check if you have other webcam sources that may work better for your recording.

- Show your webcam and your screen simultaneously. When you use the Both screen recorder with webcam, our webcam will show up as a tile in the corner of your recording window, and you can move it around the screen as needed. This option imparts a personal touch to videos and enables you to gesture to information on your screen while presenting.

Note these other essential controls before recording:

Max Time - Record up to 15 minutes per video for free, or upgrade to a Deluxe or Premier account for unlimited recording time. You can record as many videos as you want with both the free and paid versions of the screen recorder.

Size - For easy resizing, choose a preset recording window size of 480p, 720p, Active Window, or Full Screen. For a custom size, click and drag the corners and sides of the frame.

Audio Narration - Add voice narration from your selected microphone. The screen recorder can also record audio sources connected to your computer. You may want to mic test (microphone test) before you start audio recording.

Computer Audio - The free recorder will only capture narration. Upgrade to our Deluxe or Premier plan to use the screen recorder with audio .

Trim, Upload, and Publish Options

When you stop recording you can save and share your video or enhance it with a few finishing touches.

Trim - Trim awkward moments from your video's start and end by clicking and dragging the timeline.

Captions - You can also add captions for accessibility. Click "CC," then upload your captions file. With a Deluxe or Premier account, you can also use speech-to-text to auto-generate captions or type them manually in the Interactive Captions Editor.

There are several easy ways to upload and publish your video. Choose the one that best suits your situation.

Save as a video file - Save as an mp4 (recommended), AVI, or FLV file. Then select a destination folder on your device. Give your video a name so you can find it later, and click "publish."

Upload to ScreenPal - You can upload your video directly to your hosting account on ScreenPal and share it with your audience. To do this, you'll need to sign up for an account or connect an existing one.

Share on YouTube - Uploading your video to YouTube is a swift and straightforward process. Click "launch web browser" and follow the steps. Then fill in the information, and your video will upload straight to your designated YouTube account or channel.

Share on Google Drive - You can share your videos and recordings easily on your Google Drive account.

Upgrade for more uploading options. By clicking on the '+' button on top of your menu, you can publish to other sites, including Vimeo and Dropbox.

Create With the Free Screen Recorder

The Screen Recorder unlocks countless ways to create professional, high-impact videos. Record training videos, tutorial videos, how-to videos, product demo videos, YouTube videos, and more.

You can stop there, or if you'd like to add text, images, screenshot captures, music, or other edits, try the video editor.

Please visit our blog and video tutorials to gain more insight on how to add more to your videos.

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How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Event

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How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Event

We love that so many people are finding Zoom to be an easy way to stay connected in this time of social distancing, school closures, and work-from-home routines. All these virtual happy hours, coffee breaks, afternoon hangs, dance practices, yoga sessions, and so many other events over Zoom - your creativity and resilience in these tough times are inspiring!

Some fun & much needed comic relief on our @zoom_us happy hour today. 🍻 pic.twitter.com/vLpxusPeJw

- Beth Duncan (@bttopo) March 20, 2020

What's more impressive is that many of us are learning to host these events on the fly! As more people use our platform and host their virtual events using Zoom, we wanted to offer up tips to ensure everyone joining an event does so with good intentions. Like most other public forums, it's possible to have a person (who may or may not be invited) disrupt an event that's meant to bring people together.

So, a couple of reminders on using Zoom to host public events:

When you share your meeting link on social media or other public forums, that makes your event ... extremely public. ANYONE with the link can join your meeting .

Avoid using your Personal Meeting ID (PMI) to host public events. Your PMI is basically one continuous meeting and you don't want randos crashing your personal virtual space after the party's over. Learn about meeting IDs and how to generate a random meeting ID ( at the 0:27 mark ) in this video tutorial .

Familiarize yourself with Zoom's settings and features so you understand how to protect your virtual space when you need to. For example, the Waiting Room is an unbelievably helpful feature for hosts to control who comes and goes. (More on that below.)

Read on for a list of Zoom features that can help you safely share your Zoom virtual cocktail hour or dance break without unwanted interruptions. Ok, Zoomer? Let's do it!

Manage screen sharing

The first rule of Zoom Club: Don't give up control of your screen.

You do not want random people in your public event taking control of the screen and sharing unwanted content with the group. You can restrict this - before the meeting and during the meeting in the host control bar - so that you're the only one who can screen-share.

To prevent participants from screen sharing during a call, using the host controls at the bottom, click the arrow next to Share Screen and then Advanced Sharing Options.

Under "Who can share?" choose "Only Host" and close the window. You can also lock the Screen Share by default for all your meetings in your web settings.

Manage your participants

Some of the other great features to help secure your Zoom event and host with confidence:

This is useful if you want to control your guest list and invite only those you want at your event - other students at your school or colleagues, for example.

Lock the meeting: It's always smart to lock your front door, even when you're inside the house. When you lock a Zoom Meeting that's already started, no new participants can join, even if they have the meeting ID and password (if you have required one). In the meeting, click Participants at the bottom of your Zoom window. In the Participants pop-up, click the button that says Lock Meeting.

Set up your own two-factor authentication: You don't have to share the actual meeting link! Generate a random Meeting ID when scheduling your event and require a password to join. Then you can share that Meeting ID on Twitter but only send the password to join via DM .

Try the Waiting Room

One of the best ways to use Zoom for public events is to enable the Waiting Room feature. Just like it sounds, the Waiting Room is a virtual staging area that stops your guests from joining until you're ready for them. It's almost like the velvet rope outside a nightclub, with you as the bouncer carefully monitoring who gets let in.

Meeting hosts can customize Waiting Room settings for additional control, and you can even personalize the message people see when they hit the Waiting Room so they know they're in the right spot. This message is really a great spot to post any rules/guidelines for your event, like who it's intended for.

The Waiting Room is really a great way to screen who's trying to enter your event and keep unwanted guests out.

Keep Zooming responsibly

Zoom is a great way to stay connected right now, and we hope these tips will help you continue to host amazing events using our platform! If you're not sure whether a public Zoom event is the way to go, share the meeting link only with your close friends, co-workers, and clients. You can even password-protect it for another layer of security.

And keep those pictures from your Zoom virtual events coming! Share them with us on LinkedIn , Facebook , and Twitter, and we'll like, fave, or retweet a few!

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Welcome to Corwin's Resources for Teaching Online! As many schools and districts are rapidly transitioning to online learning in response to COVID-19, this toolkit will provide you with the resources you need to adapt and provide exceptional online instruction for your students.

It's important to remember to stay calm and to maintain as much normalcy with your students as possible. They take their cues from you! As you'll see in this guide, many of our best practices for teaching and learning can easily be adapted for online learning. You do not need to start from scratch!

Take a step back to breathe and refocus. You've got this. See this short video from Caitlin Krause if you'd like a 1.5-minute guided breathing practice.

Stay Connected as We Update This Page!

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Instructional Best Practices for Online Learning

Good news! Our best practices of face-to-face teaching still apply when teaching online. We do not have to start from scratch. The resources linked below will help you think through your current classroom practice and how it might best translate to online teaching.

Quick Tips

During online lessons, maintain a balance between instructional time and student practice. Consider allowing online class time for students to complete work that you would normally assign for homework. Remember that students will be learning on a screen all day, so we want to mitigate the amount of time they have to spend online after school hours.

Encourage students to keep a physical planner to keep track of assignments and class schedules. During online learning, students are getting a lot of input with instruction and assignments posted online for all of their classes. This has the potential to be information overload. Writing down key information in their planners will force them to process and prioritize the tasks at hand.

Utilize the Learning Management System your school already has to post instructional content, the learning calendar, and assignments. There is no need to reinvent the wheel!

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Assessment in Online Learning

There are some new factors you may have to consider as you plan assessment for online learning, such as students' access to the internet and learning resources. However, these factors shouldn't have a huge effect on how we measure learning if we are employing best practices in assessment.

Students will have all of their learning resources at their fingertips, and we should embrace this instead of attempt to control or limit access for the sake of assessment. Instead, design assessments that measure higher level thinking and students' ability to transfer their learning - not the ability to recall basic facts they can easily look up online or in the instructional resources.

Use online tools to collect students' self-assessment throughout each unit. Because you aren't meeting with students face to face, this feedback will be crucial in your formative assessment process.

Make the most of your Learning Management System by designing assessments within the program and asking for students to share all deliverables through that system.

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Student Engagement in Online Learning

How do we get a sense of student engagement and learning when we aren't spending time with students face-to-face? This set of resources will help you plan to promote and assess student engagement throughout the online learning journey.

Quick Tips

Use online polls (like Poll Everywhere) to encourage thinking and participation during an online lesson

Engage students by asking good questions that prompt higher level thinking. Higher level thinking is crucial in online learning! Students will have the internet and all their resources at their fingertips. How can we design instruction and assessment that makes use of their access to those resources, and how can we ask questions in a way that promotes engagement and critical thinking skills?

If you are posting short instructional videos instead of hosting live online class sessions, consider asking quick questions in each video (with a specific time students must respond by) to ensure student participation. If a student doesn't send in a response, make a note to touch base with that student - this is a good opportunity to make sure all students have access to the online classroom environment.

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Lean on Self-Assessment to Get Students Engaged in Their Own Learning Ask Questions that Will Engage Students in the Learning Take Brain Breaks!

Here are just a few Energizing Brain Breaks you can do with students during an online class to get them moving and refreshed.
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Feedback in Online Learning

Providing students with ongoing, individualized feedback can actually be easier and more effective when using online tools! Here are some resources to help you design feedback cycles for online learning.

Quick Tips

Schedule miniconferences with individual students throughout each week. Use the self-assessment tools (linked in Student Engagement tab) to help students communicate where they think they are at in the learning journey. Their self-assessment will help guide you to give them appropriate and needed feedback.

Send students your plan for online feedback. When can they expect to touch base? What will you be providing feedback on each week? What are the ways you'll be providing feedback?

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Family Communication and Engagement in Online Learning

Your students' families will likely have a lot of questions about the online learning environment! The resources below will help you keep families in the loop and communicate important ways they can support their children's learning.

Quick Tips

Be proactive! If you get word that your school will be moving to online learning, send an update to your students' families as soon as possible. Use this email template to get started.

Let parents know how they should contact you. You may want all parent communication to come through your LMS or another platform so that internal communications and updates about your school closure are not lost in your email inbox.

Set a threshold grade that will determine when you should make additional contact with a student's family (i.e. if a student is currently receiving a grade under a B, I will make a call home)

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Connecting With Other Teachers Online

Finally, it's important to remember that YOU ARE NOT ALONE during this time! You can find new resources and support from fellow teachers online with the following resources:
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Further Reading

If you'd like to read more, here are links to all of the books referenced in this guide:
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The Zoom video meeting and chat app has become the wildly popular host to millions of people and from home during the coronavirus pandemic. While the video chat service's rapid growth has led to the reveal of a number of privacy and security issues, there are some ways to protect your account and your chats from Zoombombing and other privacy flaws.

Whether you've been using Zoom for years or have only just signed up, there are a number of helpful and fun tips, tricks and hidden features you can find to upgrade your video chatting experience.

Here are 13 ways to become a Zoom master.

Read more: Ultimate webcam tips: How to look and sound great online

1. Change your background

Virtually transport yourself to the beach, outer space or anywhere else you can imagine by customizing your background while on Zoom calls -- everyone's doing it these days. You can read our step-by-step guide to changing your Zoom background on the desktop and mobile app, but basically you go to Settings > Virtual Background and select or upload the image you want from there. However, you do have to make sure that your system meets all of the requirements to do so.

Read more: 10 free video chat apps to use if you're social distancing

2. Mute your audio and turn off your camera by default

Diving for the mute audio and camera buttons as soon as you enter a meeting can get old. Keep your coworkers from seeing your bedhead or hearing your cat screeching by turning those off by default. To do it, go to Settings > Audio > Mute microphone when joining a meeting, and then Settings > Video > Turn off my video when joining a meeting.

3. Mute and unmute with the space bar

When you are called on to speak, stop scrambling to click the microphone button. You can press and hold the spacebar to quickly mute and unmute your mic, right from your keyboard.

Read more: Zoom, Skype, FaceTime: 11 tips for your video chat apps

4. React with emoji on screen

If you're muted in a meeting, you can still let the hosts know your thoughts with emoji reactions. Send a thumbs up or a clapping emoji to communicate without interrupting the meeting (by default, those reactions have a yellow skin tone, but you can customize that on the Zoom desktop app).

To react during a meeting, click the Reactions tab at the bottom of the meeting screen (it's in the same panel as mute audio and video, to the right) and choose the one you want. Emoji will disappear after 5 seconds.

If the meeting organizer enables the nonverbal feedback feature, participants can place an icon such as a raised hand next to their name to communicate. Every participant will be able to see each other's feedback.

5. Learn handy keyboard shortcuts

For those who don't like clicking around their screen, Zoom has a ton of helpful keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate the app on your desktop without using your mouse. Find commands to join a meeting, start or stop recording, enter full screen and share your screen (more on that below). Check out Zoom's full list of hot keys and keyboard shortcuts.

6. Turn on gallery view

Gallery view lets you see everyone in the meeting at once, instead of just the person speaking. To turn that on, click the tab that says "Gallery view" in the top right corner. If the meeting has 49 or fewer attendees, you'll see all of their screens displayed on one page. If there are more, you'll have the option to move between multiple pages. Change it back by clicking "Speaker view" in that same top right corner.

7. Hide nonvideo participants

On a larger call, your screen can get cluttered with participants, which can be distracting, especially if some don't have their cameras on. Hide the participants who aren't using video by going to Settings > Video > Meetings, and check Hide nonvideo participants. Now you'll only be distracted by your co-workers' pets and children who appear on video.

8. Share your screen

Share your screen for a Zoom meeting (or to watch a movie or play a game) with other participants by clicking the Share screen icon on the toolbar at the bottom of the meeting screen. You'll have the option to share your entire desktop, or just one of the windows you have open. Click the red Stop Share button at the top of the screen to go back to being a normal participant in the meeting.

9. Turn on the beauty filter

At this point, if you know all of the work from home advice about getting dressed and ready like it's a regular work day, but still don't think you're looking your best, Zoom's Touch Up My Appearance feature may be for you. The filter aims to smooth over your appearance, making you look dewy and well-rested. If you've ever used beauty mode on your phone's selfie camera, you know what you're getting.

To turn it on, click the up arrow next to Start Video. Click Video Settings, and under My Video, check the box for Touch Up My Appearance.

10. Record the meeting to your computer

Both free and paid Zoom subscribers can record their meeting to their laptop or computer using the desktop app (you can't record on mobile at the moment, unless you have a paid account -- keep reading for more on that). Those recorded files can then be uploaded to a file storage service such as Google Drive or Dropbox, or a video streaming service such as YouTube or Vimeo.

To enable local recording, go to Settings > Recording, and toggle it on. When you're hosting a Zoom meeting, click the Record icon on the bottom toolbar.

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11. Record a meeting to the cloud

If you have one of Zoom's paid plans (which start at $15 a month), you can take a recording that will save directly to the cloud (or to your computer if you prefer). Tap the record button on the bottom toolbar, and you'll have the option to make it either local or in the cloud. You can do this on either desktop or mobile.

12. Host a group meeting longer than 40 minutes

On Zoom's free basic tier, group meetings can only last up to 40 minutes (though one-on-one meetings are unlimited in time). To get unlimited group time, upgrade to a paid account.

13. Host more than 100 people

If you have a group of more than 100 people to host for work or school, you have to upgrade to a paid professional account. If you upgrade to the highest tier (Enterprise Plus), you can host up to 1,000 participants.

For more tips to help get you through social distancing and self-quarantine, check out whether you should use Zoom or Skype for working from home, our guide to everything you need to stay healthy and entertained while practicing social distancing, and all of the practical tips to help avoid coronavirus when you leave the house.

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The Digital Civics Toolkit is a collection of resources for educators to support youth to explore, recognize, and take seriously the civic potentials of digital life. The Toolkit draws on the research and work of the The Toolkit explores a range of civic opportunities and dilemmas via 5 modules focused on: Exploring Community Issues, Investigation, Dialogue, Voice, and Action. MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP).

We invite you to explore the modules and choose the resources that best meet the interests and needs of your students, classroom, and community. The modules were designed for high school students but can be adapted for earlier grades. Each module contains a conversation starter, several activities, and a closing reflection with very broad suggestions. Depending on the age and level of your students, you may need to integrate additional scaffolding and supports. If you would like to dig deeper into concepts, there are links to extension activities. For more information on the ideas in each module, we provide a Teacher Background Information with links to articles, blogs, videos, and further resources.

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Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one.

We've done all 118 - but our job's not finished. Now we're updating all the videos with new stories, better samples and bigger experiments.

Plus we're making films about other areas of chemistry, latest news and occasional adventures away from the lab.

All these videos are created by video journalist Brady Haran, featuring real working chemists from the University of Nottingham.

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National Geographic daily activities for parents & students.

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What is Writable?

Writable scaffolds student learning and builds lifelong writing and reading skills for students in grades 3-12, while saving teachers time on daily instruction and feedback.

What is Writable?

Writable scaffolds student learning and builds lifelong writing and reading skills for students in grades 3-12, while saving teachers time on daily instruction and feedback.

The path to your best instruction

Reach students in the moment

Give students targeted feedback and instruction when it matters most.

Reach students
in the moment

Give students targeted feedback and instruction when it matters most.

"Writable is an incredible tool that provides incredible feedback. It is extremely inspirational to see my students grow as they use Writable!"

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Glynn County Schools

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Best Math Websites: Comprehensive Math Programs
These websites provide standards-based math curricula, practice activities and games, assessment tools and instructive insights, and professional development.
From McGraw-Hill, a web-based assessment and learning system that uses adaptive questioning to determine students' needs. It also instructs students on topics they are most ready to learn. Grades: 3-12; cost: $

Along with textbooks, Art of Problem Solving has a stable of robust online resources, including videos, math problems from math contests, and online classes. Also features after-school enrichment resources. Grades: 2-12; c ost: $
Note: During the school closures, Art of Problem Solving is offering one month free or a $15 discount on either a monthly or yearly subscription to Beast Academy Online, a complete web-based math curriculum designed to help students ages 8-13 deepen their understanding of math.
BuzzMath focuses on helping middle schoolers practice their math skills. It contains high-quality problems, gives immediate and detailed feedback, and lets students progress at their own pace. Randomly generated values let students retry problems to obtain mastery. Teachers also receive detailed results that help them guide and monitor student progress. Grades: 6-9; c ost: Free demo with subscription plans for students and families.

This resource from England provides math videos, math practice questions, and worksheets with answers. Grades: K-12; cost: Free

This National Science Foundation-funded program helps students strengthen math skills, inspires a growth mindset, and encourages critical thinking. Students will learn to solve problems and explain their thinking using mathematician George Polya's four-step approach. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free trial

An award-winning series of math apps that harness the power of digital tools to create a better, deeper, more fun learning experience. Blogs, such as "Making Math Social" and "Saying No to Math Anxiety," are included as resources for teachers and parents. Grades: K-6; c ost: Free trial

An adaptive learning platform designed to complement classroom instruction and deliver results. Includes resources for teachers, student data reports, and instructive insights. Grades: K-8; c ost: Free 90-day trial with subsequent subscriptions.

Online learning digital curriculum for primary or supplementary instruction. Give students the support they need exactly when they need it. Grades: K-12; c ost: $ (Discounts during coronavirus school closures)

This site provides e-textbooks, answer keys, video lessons, and printables for students and teachers of algebra 1 and 2, geometry, and trigonometry. Grades: 8-12; c ost: $

We love the friendly competition and game-based content offered by First in Math. Kids gain skills practice and fluency as they play games targeted toward fact proficiency, automaticity, and logical thinking. Grades: K-8; c ost: Free trial with subsequent paid content

Allows kids to practice math at their own level and pace. Has more than 30,000 math questions, starting with a diagnostic that assigns material at just the right level. Front Row also features lessons, assessments, and reports for teachers. Grades: K-9; cost: Free for teachers; $ for upgrades and other features

GregTangMath strives to provide unparalleled math lessons for students as well as professional development for in-service teachers. Games, puzzles, and other resources, like free downloads, worksheets/word problems, math centers. Grades: K-6; cost: Free

This site, from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), features complete lesson plans, mobile games for students, interactive activities, and brain teasers. Grades: PreK-12; c ost: Free

High-quality educational resources for teachers and students. Excellent math tasks, videos, lesson plans, and problem-based curriculum modules. Grades: 6-8; cost: Free

Istation makes personalized learning easy with computer-adaptive instruction, assessments, personalized data profiles, and teacher resources. Includes digital lessons and face-to-face teaching strategies. Grades: PreK-8; cost: $

Make math about more than numbers! Engaging items, real-world scenarios, and unlimited questions. Individualized math practice. Teachers can choose the strand and set up students to work independently. Grades: K-12; c ost: $

Khan Academy is on a mission to give a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Their personalized learning resources are available for all ages. Video learning segments are followed by practice activities. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free

Cloud-based curriculum for K-12 students, focusing on supporting both traditional and blended classrooms. Grades: K-12; cost: Free; $ premium version

Online learning space that is engaging, supportive, and designed to get kids interested in math while teaching state standards. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free trial for teachers and families; $ subscription

Through ongoing research, MIND Research Institute continues to investigate key questions about learning, mathematics, and how the brain works. ST Math is a PreK-8 visual instructional program that leverages the brain's innate spatial-temporal reasoning ability to solve mathematical problems. Grades: K-8; cost: $

Award-winning program finds and fixes learning gaps with the power of personalized learning. The three-pronged approach features personalized learning, pinpoint assessments, and interactive classroom. Grades: K-8; cost: Free version includes all curriculum, one test per year, and basic overview of student progress; $ for personalized learning license

Stepping Stones, from Origo, is a unique and comprehensive curriculum that combines print and digital materials. It features problem-solving activities, strategies, and practice. Teachers also have access to a professional blog that provides advice and support. Grades: K-6; cost: $

This organization helps students in low-income communities, together with teachers and families, harness the power of digital learning platforms to raise educational outcomes. The program features school workshops, instructional coaching, and professional learning communities. Grades: K-12; cost: $

Math games that tackle more than 1,200 crucial math skills in a fun and engaging way. Grades: 1-8; c ost: Free for teachers; $ for family subscription

Interactive, game-based learning world that motivates kids through rewards. Features include a daily challenge, step-by-step lessons, and parent connections. Grades: K-5; c ost: Free; $ monthly fee

Boost confidence, increase scores, and get ahead. Fun for enrichment or regular practice. Grades: K-5; cost: Free for teachers and schools; $ for family subscription

Math games that make learning fun! Engaging, evidence-based, adaptive learning. Focus on specific skills, target interventions, and make assessment easy. Grades: K-5; c ost: Free trial; $ subscription

Woot Math offers adaptive practice for teaching rational numbers and related topics, such as fractions, decimals, and ratios. Grades: 3-7; c ost: Free tier for teachers; additional features available for extra cost

Personalized math curriculum that includes digital lessons and small-group instruction. Also has online modules, workbooks and answer keys, and professional development. Grades: K-5; c ost: $

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Engaging animated learning videos, games, quizzes, and activities to encourage kids on their unique learning path. Grades: PreK-8; c ost: $ (Free for educators during coronavirus school closures)

A website that allows teachers to assign math practice content to their students. Students get immediate feedback as they complete the problems. Grades: Middle school+; cost: Free

An online graphing calculator that students can use for free. Includes a teacher-centric activity builder for creating digital math activities. Grades: 9-12; c ost: Free

Use hip-hop to teach math! Flocabulary offers songs, activities, and videos. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free trial; $ subscription

Another graphing calculator for functions, geometry, algebra, calculus, statistics, and 3-D math. Includes practice sheets. Grades: 9-12; c ost: Free

You know it; your kids love it. Why not use it to teach math? Engage your students with this game-based classroom-response system played by the whole class in real-time. Multiple-choice questions are projected on the screen, then students answer with their smartphone, tablet, or computer. Grades K-12; cost: Free 30-day trial; $ subscription

Run by the University of Regina in Canada, this site offers free resources for math teachers and their students, including a database where users can search for the answers to math questions. Their Mathematics with a Human Face page includes information about careers in mathematics as well as profiles of mathematicians. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free

Teachers know that one of the best ways to make sure learning sticks is through song. Numberock features ad-free music videos of songs about math topics, like fractions, money, and integers, produced by an Emmy Award-winning studio. Numberock also has anchor charts, worksheets, comics, games, and more. Grades: K-5; c ost: Some videos are free; free trial

Best Math Websites: Games and Activities for Students
Interactive websites that provide students with instruction and independent practice.
Two users play a game in which each player tries to connect four game pieces in a row (like game Connect Four). The players answer math questions to connect the pieces. Teacher chooses how much time each player has to answer, the level of difficulty, and the type of math problem. Grades: 2-8; cost: Free

Yes, math games can be cool! Check out the hundreds of games on this site and on Coolmath4kids. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free; $ ad-free version

Figure This! is a site designed to encourage families to practice math together. It includes fun and engaging math games and high-quality challenges. It even offers challenges in Spanish. Grades 6-8; c ost: Free

Funbrain has been helping students learn key math concepts and develop crucial skills since 1997. Students can choose from a slew of games. The best part? It's all free! Grades: PreK-8; c ost: Free

Hotmath provides homework assistance for high school and college students, using "worked out" examples of math problems. Grades: 9-college; c ost: Free

Your students will love fun math games like Speed Math Deluxe, Mystery Math, Place Value Game, and more. Grades: 3-11; c ost: Free

Self-paced math missions and online game shows for students. Available both online AND offline. Teacher perk: you can scan printed worksheets to be uploaded and assessed! Grades: K-12; cost: Free basic version and Free premium version available during the coronavirus school closures.

A popular game-based site for math online learning resources. It covers algebra, geometry, statistics, and more. Grades K-12; cost: Free during the coronavirus school closures.

Organized by grade or subject, your students can play math games and get homework help. Grades: PreK-7; c ost: Free

In-depth lessons with videos, guided practice, interactive self-tests, and more. Grades: 5-12; c ost: Free

More than 425 math games, logic puzzles, and brain workouts for students to practice their math skills. Grades: 1-6; c ost: Free

Nearly 100 original math games, workshops, and practice modules, as well as math printables! Grades: 1-6; c ost: Free

This interactive, online tool helps students master basic facts. Set up as a whole-class or small-group competition, students earn ninja cards and track results on a ninja scoring poster. Two board games that teach operations are also available for purchase. Grades: 2-8; c ost: Free

This is a free intervention tool designed to fill gaps in students' mental calculation skills and empower them with number fluency. Students can earn ninja belts of different colors for their skill level. Grades: 2-8; c ost: Free

From PBS Learning Media, middle schoolers will love this entertaining video blog. Not only does each episode cover Common Core Standards, it makes math learning culturally relevant with pop-culture references. Grades: 6-9; c ost: Free

Students can create study flashcards, play learning games, practice skills, collaborate with other students, and more. Grades: 5-12; c ost: Free

Another resource to help students build fact fluency. Each game is tailored to students' ability levels. Grades: 2-6; c ost: Free trial; $ monthly subscription

Tons of fun and educational online math games, from basic operations to algebra and geometry. Grades: K-6; c ost: Free

Simple math test activities for teachers and students, from beginning math operations to calculus. You set the skill level, how many problems, and time limit. A report, which tallies right and wrong answers, is provided after each quiz. Grades: 3-12; c ost: Free

How would your students like to learn multiplication while shooting hoops? They can do that and more at Toy Theater, which teaches early math concepts through game-based learning. Grades: K-5; cost: Free

Xtramath is like a daily math vitamin. An interactive online tool that helps students practice and master basic arithmetic facts, it's quick and easy to use. Weekly emails provide progress reports for teachers and parents. Grades: K-8; c ost: Free

Best Math Websites: Resources for Teachers
Sources for teachers that provide lesson-planning resources and professional development materials.
Math worksheets for just about any area of study. Free downloads. Good for planning lessons, review, and independent work. Grades: K-6; cost: Free

This platform allows teachers to create technology-enhanced online math assessments from a huge question bank. Grades: K-12. Free Forever Teacher accounts always. Free access to Premium features through July 1, 2020.
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For teachers of pre-algebra through calculus. Create the math worksheets you need, exactly how you want them, in minutes. You can also create customizable homework, quizzes, and tests. Grades: 8-12; c ost: Free

A creative solution that aims to revive students' passion and interest in math. Mashup Math has a library of 100+ math video lessons as well as a YouTube channel that features new math video-lessons every week. A free e-book of math challenges is also available. Grades: K-8; cost: Free

Dynamically created math worksheets for students, teachers, parents ... anyone! Grades: K-10; c ost: Free

With their interesting lesson plans and quirky questions (e.g., "Do people with small feet pay too much for shoes?"), math class will never again be boring. Grades: 6-12; c ost: $ subscription

Tools for math teachers, including bell-ringers and drills, math tools and manipulatives, question generators, printables, and puzzles. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free

This National Science Foundation-supported project provides a large library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives and concept tutorials for math instruction. Grades: K-12; c ost: Free

TopMarks is a UK-based site that provides a database of resources for teachers as well as online learning games for students. Grades: PreK-8; c ost: Free

More than 1,500 video lessons ranging from middle-grade math through algebra 2. Grades: 6-12; cost: Free

VmathLive empowers students to master math content at their own pace in a motivating online environment. The learning is structured so students work sequentially through the lessons and can earn badges, trophies, and points. Grades: K-8; cost: Free until July, 2020
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10 lively video activities that'll get a standing ovation from your Spanish students.

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"Teacher, can we watch a video?"
Have your students ever said this?
Then give them what they want!
Mine used to suggest it all the time, especially when we were getting close to the Christmas period or just before the summer break.

They were antsy and looking for a way to make Spanish class more fun and interactive.

I listened. I gave in to their demands!

Now they don't even wait until the end of term to ask - there's always a good excuse to ask for video time in Spanish class.

Do you want to know the good news? After months of researching good ideas and creating some of my own, I've discovered that there's no reason to say "no" to videos in my Spanish class anymore!

Do you want to know how to make your students happy and get them babbling Spanish without even noticing?

Proof That In-class Videos Are More than Just Fun

So here's the idea: when your students ask for videos (and they will), give them videos!

Where's the trick? Well, they might be asking for popular films or TV series and you might be hesitant to bring those into the classroom.

They're only asking for those kinds of videos because they haven't realized much fun it is to actually watch something featuring themselves! Get your students to turn their smartphones into cameras and then play the clips in your lessons! They'll absolutely love this new way of tackling their classwork or independent study.

We're all about learning with video content at FluentU. If you're looking for classroom inspiration, check out our huge collection of real-world Spanish language videos. Before assigning video projects in class, have students watch a few short clips on FluentU that illustrate what their final products should look like. We've got everything from Disney movies to music videos and "Adventure Time" clips - so you're guaranteed to find something relevant to your in-class activities!

Once they're gotten a clear idea of what to do, making their own videos (and watching their own videos) will help their Spanish in many different ways. Still unsure? Have a look at these major reasons why videos work for language teaching:

Videos develop their writing and speaking skills.

Of course, it's not just about getting in front of a camera. It's about putting together a script, rehearsing, memorizing lines and practicing pronunciation, all with the ability to go back and film a scene over again or add content if they think they can make their final product better.

Videos encourage reflection and offer great tools for peer assessment.

The fantastic thing about videos is that they can be watched over and over again.

I used to make students perform little role plays in class. Now, I ask them to film themselves and we watch their work together. The first reflection process takes place before the submission date, as I know the majority of my students will watch what they've recorded and film specific scenes again after checking how they can improve their spoken Spanish for the video.

The second moment of reflection takes place in class, where we watch the content together and pause to discuss key questions, provide feedback to one another and focus on specific criteria or target concepts.

Videos provide plenty of opportunities to link content and culture.

As every other language teacher, I love to make culture part of my lessons, but this isn't always an easy task. However, videos are a great way to do it.

As you'll see when you have a look at the list of video activity ideas, this resource enables students to practice their Spanish while they cook typical food, research about different countries or explore Spanish music.

Videos promote student-led lessons and are a great support for their revision sessions.

Working in a mixed ability class has made me realize that a homemade movie can be a great tool to generate student interaction.

Get them to be the teachers both in and out of lessons!

A video gets students to explain things to each other. For the ones that understand certain topics featured in videos, video-related activities help with their confidence and deepens their thinking. Plus, they provide them with an opportunity to reflect on what they know and how to explain this knowledge to others.

For the ones that don't understand the grammar point well, having a fellow student explaining the content usually means that they will feel more comfortable asking questions. In addition to this, pupils usually share a common way of expressing themselves. This will probably mean they understand each other better than they understand us!

Videos engage students and break them out of the routine.

Students love to have the opportunity to do something different. They go crazy when they're given the chance to take their phones out and actually use them during lessons.

We're very lucky in this regard, as not every subject can introduce video as easily as we do in language classrooms. This probably means that we're going to provide a different learning environment compared to what they're used to. You'll be amazed by the impact this has on your lessons.

Students will arrive to Spanish class excited for a change of pace and some fun learning time!

All of these are strong reasons. Now it's time to turn them into strong ideas to make videos relevant to your Spanish language teaching. Lucky for you, we've come up with a list of the very best!

10 Lively Video Activities That'll Get a Standing Ovation from Your Spanish Students

You can basically include video in anything you do, although some topics just seem to provide perfect opportunities for audiovisual content. Something we must have in mind at all times is the impact this tool is going to have on their learning, so we can ensure videos are about more than just the fun.

Generally, I ask students to create a script prior to filming. I only check this script if I have specific concerns after watching their work. For example, if a student cannot conjugate a single verb correctly, I would ask for the script to get a deeper understanding as to where the problem lies.

My biggest tip is to spend a lesson watching the videos and getting students to assess their peers' work. To help them with the feedback process, you can provide students with a success criteria rubric or list of things to look out for.

If you haven't got a whole lesson to dedicate to videos, you can play two or three short ones at the beginning of class as a starter activity. Students will eventually have a portfolio of recordings that can count towards their speaking grades. You'll see that they'll develop their speaking skills much more than they did without videos.

Have a look at the ideas below and get inspired! It's not just about applying these activities directly, but about adapting them to what suits you and your classroom best.

Some of the ideas have been already used by many teachers, so make sure you check out the different links to YouTube to see how much fun they can be. Other ideas have resulted from a long-term brainstorming process between my students and myself, and all of them have proven very successful.

1. Start a Video Blog

Are you the kind of teacher that sets a written assignment on a regularly basis?

I was, and it gave me so much marking and grading to work on at home. I used to hate myself for creating this laborious situation.

I could see the value of it, but if you have many students it can be exhausting. One day, my pupils suggested video assignments as an alternative. For example, if the topic was "food" they'd create a video covering this topic just as they would with their written work, but with creative freedom to do this in the most original way possible.

One of my students recorded himself while having dinner with his family, and everyone found it hilarious!

This is a fantastic way of practicing for the topic of "clothes." There are many examples on YouTube to show you exactly how to do it.

Encourage your students to get crazy with designs, opt for different fashion styles and have a lot of fun with the whole project! Back when I was studying French, we didn't have easy access to recording devices, but I remember that our teacher got us to work in groups and perform a fashion show in class. It was memorable and got all of us really excited to complete the project!

Many famous singers have their songs translated to Spanish, which provides a great opportunity for our students to come up with new versions of the video clips!

Last year, everyone went all crazy about "Frozen." My class came up with great ideas for the movie's musical numbers, which we enjoyed watching with some popcorn during our lesson. Another great success some time ago was Carly Rae Jepsen with her song "Call me Maybe." If none of that works, we'll always have Shakira to look to for inspiration!

4. Tour guide

Over the summer period last year, I got my students to produce a video about their real or ideal holidays.

They could choose to recommend a country and produce a presentation with pictures, or to actually film themselves on holiday and act as tour guides. This was planned as a review assignment, covering everything we'd learned during the year. I didn't want them to forget everything over vacation!

Their videos included every possible topic that we'd covered in the previous year, including free time, food, clothes and even weather.

Grammar explanation: we've already talked about what a great tool video is for getting students to reflect and deepen their thinking regarding grammar. Videos can either be made for entertainment and include all the key grammar and vocabulary, or they can be made in a more directly educational format where the students record themselves giving grammar lessons.

They can either film themselves explaining a certain point, or use interactive whiteboard apps which record the notes they write on their tablets (like Show Me) while recording their voice on top. Even better, ask your students to go crazy and create something cool like a rap about verb conjugations!

Nothing is easier to adapt to video than a weather report! I mean, weather report are already on the television all the time. Students are familiar with the style and format of such a report.

Students can choose to do this in front of a map or they can get out there and actually film themselves in different weather conditions. My favorite suggestion is to introduce some grammar by asking them to talk about the weather in different tenses.

This is another great idea that's been tried by many teachers in the past in many different ways. One option is to provide your students with a Spanish recipe and ask them to film themselves while they prepare the dish, just as if they were one of those famous cooks on TV!

Alternatively, you can ask them to choose a recipe by themselves. Either way, have them bring their final products (the delicious, homemade dishes) to class so you can all enjoy eating them while watching the videos. This is a great way to spice up the topic of food.

7. Mr. President

I came up with this idea when my older students were learning about environment-related language and the use of the verb deber. I asked them to pretend that they were candidates in the next presidential election and to prepare scripts explaining the problems in their city. They also had to talk about what sort of things should be done to solve them.

They then had to give a speech and convince the rest of the class to vote for them as the future President. They recorded each other, we watched all the videos and then they voted for the best one. It was great fun and it turned a potentially dull topic into something much more exciting!

8. Film Soap Operas or Short Films

Some weeks ago we talked about how to introduce your students to Spanish immersion. We explained how to include some drama in your lessons by getting students to produce their own plays in Spanish.

Instead of just asking them to work on the script and perform, encourage them to film themselves. The result will be much better, as they'll have more time to correct mistakes and reflect on pronunciation. And, as always, all the class will have a lot of fun watching the finished videos!

9. Create a Song or Sketch for any topic

A fantastic option at the end of the year is to provide your students with a project whereby they'll review everything that's been studied already. They can come up with a commercial, a song or a funny sketch that's inspired by the topics. The key to this idea is comedy and giving your students creative freedom. It'll be a great way to finish the term!

10. Appeal to Shy Students

Now you might be thinking, "what about my shy students? The ones who'll hate being in the spotlight?"

The majority of students love to get their phones out, film themselves and take it very seriously, but some can find this very challenging and disruptive to their studies. Especially if you teach teenagers, some of them are extremely shy.

The idea of having the whole class watch their videos just makes them want to escape Spanish class forever.

For those students, Voki could be a great option! Voki allows you to create an avatar that does all the talking for you. You can personalize it, enter the script and let Voki show off all your Spanish!

Another option is Xtranomal, which enables you to come up with your own animated short films and record your own voices for each character!

By taking the focus off of the students a bit, you'll ensure that even your shyest students practice their speaking in a creative and innovative way.

There are no excuses! The next time your students ask for a video, you'll be delighted to offer a great big "YES!"

Oh, and One More Thing...

If you already love the idea of teaching with videos, you've got to check out FluentU. FluentU takes real-world videos-like music videos, cartoons, documentaries and more-and turns them into personalized language learning lessons for you and your students.

We've got a tremendous collection of authentic Spanish videos that people in the Spanish-speaking world actually watch on the regular. There are tons of great choices when you're looking for material for in-class activities or homework. Plus, all the videos are sorted by skill level and topic, and are carefully annotated for students.

Each video has interactive subtitles. If a student comes across a word they're unfamiliar with, they can hover their cursor over the subtitled word. That word's definition, an audio pronunciation, image and in-context usage examples will all pop up on-screen instantly. This is what your students will get after they click "watch" on a video. Clicking "learn" opens up a whole new learning experience for them.

In Learn Mode, all the vocabulary and grammar from the video is taught and reinforced through varied repetition (practicing the same concepts in different forms and contexts). They'll play with flashcards, games, word matches and exercises like "fill in the blank."

The best part is that FluentU keeps track of the vocabulary that they're learning, and it asks questions and recommends examples and videos based on what they've already learned. Every student has a truly personalized experience, even if they're learning the same video.

You can get them started by signing yourself up for a FluentU Pro account (designed just for teachers!) and creating lesson plans with videos. Just take a look at this quick start guide!

Use FluentU on the website with your computer or tablet or, better yet, download the FluentU app from the iTunes store or Google Play store.

If you liked this post, something tells me that you'll love FluentU, the best way to teach Spanish with real-world videos.
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Course analytics will show you activity, assignment submissions, grades, and students. You can view analytics in both active and concluded courses.
Notes:

The Analytics features displayed in this lesson will be removed in a future release and will be replaced by New Analytics. View more information on using New Analytics.

Viewing analytics is a course permission. If you cannot view analytics, your institution has restricted this feature.

The Analytics button only displays once students have been enrolled and students have started to participate in the course.

Open Courses

In Global Navigation, click the Courses link [1], then click the name of the course [2].

Open Course Analytics

Click the View Course Analytics button.

View Analytics Graphs

By default, analytics are shown in a graph format. There are three types of graphs: Activity by Date, Submissions, and Grades.

View Activity by Date

The Activity by Date graph shows all course activity for all users in the course. The x-axis represents the course dates, while the y-axis represents the number of page views. Dark blue bars represent participation in the course. If a date only includes page views, the bar only displays as light blue.

The graph changes the bar display according to the length of time. Activity that is less than six months old displays bars as daily activity, at six months bars are displayed as weekly activity, and at approximately a year bars are displayed as monthly activity. Browser window size, zoom level, and screen resolution may also change how the bars display.

To view the details of the bar graph, hover over the specific bar you want to view. The weekly view shows the first and last date for the week; the monthly view shows the month and the year.

The following user actions will generate analytics course participation:

Announcements: posts an announcement (instructor)

Announcements: posts a new comment to an announcement

Assignments: updates an assignment's settings or description (instructor)

Assignments: submits an assignment (student)

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Collaborations: loads a collaboration to view/edit a document

Conferences: joins a web conference

Discussions: posts a new comment to a discussion

Pages: creates a wiki page

Quizzes: submits a quiz (student)

Quizzes: starts taking a quiz (student)

View Submissions

The Submissions Graph shows the status of each assignment in the course. The x-axis represents the assignments, while the y-axis represents the percentage of submissions for all students in the course.

The green rounded shape at the bottom of the bar indicates how many students submitted the assignment on time [1]. The yellow straight-edge shape indicates how many students submitted the assignment late/past due [2]. The red rounded shape at the top of the bar indicates how many students have not submitted the assignment [3].

To view the details of the bar graph, hover over the specific bar you want to view. The details include the assignment title, the due date (if any), and the percentage of late, on time, and missing submissions.

Note: The bars will only extend to the edge of the dates available for the course, even if there is an assignment or quiz that extends beyond the course start and end dates. The graph will include a note graph explaining there are assignments outside of the course dates.

View Grades

The Grades graph shows the median, high, and low scores for an assignment. The x-axis represents each assignment, while the y-axis represents the number of points for an assignment. The vertical blue line extends from the lowest score to the highest score [1]. The blue box extends from the 25th to 75th percentile [2]. The horizontal black line shows the median score for the assignment [3]. Gray lines indicate muted assignments [4].

To view the details of the bar graph, hover over the specific bar you want to view.

View Analytics Tables

To view analytics without hovering over graph columns, you can view all data in a table format. To switch to the table format, click the Analytics icon. The icon will switch from the left side to the right, indicating the current analytics view.

View Table Data

Tables apply to every graph in its respective page, and each column defines the data within its respective graph. Graphical data is displayed by column.

Each table is paginated to 30 entries per page; additional pages can be viewed by advancing to the next page.

View Student Analytics

Student Analytics are always shown in a table format and displays an overview of student participation in the course.

You can view the student name [1], page views [2], participations [3], and submissions [4].

The Submissions column shows how many published and graded assignments each student has submitted in the course. Submissions are broken down according to how many submissions were on time [5], late [6], and missing [7]. Note that an assignment only counts as missing if the due date has passed and it has not been submitted.

You can also view a student's current score percentage [8], which is their total score in the course.

The analytics table is paginated so you can view more students if you continue to scroll down the page.

Sort Student Analytics

You can sort student analytics in ascending or descending order by student name, page views, participations, and current score. These filters allow you to evaluate student performance according to your preference.

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Testmoz will automatically restore the student's test if they accidentally close their browser

You can customize the look and feel to match your school, or corporate color scheme.

Testmoz lets you choose whether to display all the questions at once, or one-per-page. You can set a time limit, and specify the max number of times a student can take your test.

When the student finishes, you can choose to display their score, their responses, the explanations, and/or the correct answers. Or, you can hide all that information, and email the explanations/answers/feedback after everyone has finished.

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Testmoz - Powerful but Simple Test Generator

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Build automatically graded tests. Distribute online, or print. Analyze and export results. Great tool for teachers, trainers and employers.