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Attached is a link, For my technology tool, I would use Quizlet in my classroom. About 10 to 15 years ago, Quizlet would probably have been a big no no in any school setting.
However, as technology has evolved and other apps continue to try and be the superior one quizlet isn't as commonly used as it was then. I would use Quizlet in a monitored environment of course still for certain aspects to allow students take practice quizzes and flashcards for questions and answers and especially for academic vocabulary development helping students build their academic vocabulary through repeated practice. Just like working out or playing sports students need consistent reps and practice to improv. It also is engaging and for specifically English Learner students, the audio features can provide additional help and understanding.

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I went with Wayground because its multi-language support is a game-changer for my immersion program—it makes the lessons fully accessible to every single student. First, the content library is massive with ready-to-go questions and pre-made lessons. Second, the AI handles the heavy lifting for differentiation, keeps advanced kids challenged, and supports struggling ones without making anyone feel singled out. Third, it replaces boring worksheets with gamified learning.

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This is a useful tool when introducing a unit. It allows the students to study and interact with their peers through the vocab jam. This is fun for the competitive students. It has 4 sections: practice, vocab jam, spelling bee and the quiz. You can make your own list or find one already created.

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I am a huge Kahoot fan, so I started with that and learned that now you can use AI to make a Kahoot in seconds!! Amazing. I used to spend hours on those, and they were very time-prohibitive.

Since Kahoot has been so often discussed, I wanted to mention this cool Napkin AI that I found in the 6 Tech Tools article. You can make very cool visuals in seconds and use them on slides, handouts, etc. Like many tech tools, sometimes the amount of choice and options can be a bit distracting, but I wanted to mention this one because it is very interesting.

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Napkin AI - The AI assistant for visual communication

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I'm not usually a fan of Edtech, especially as we deal with students' auto-response to an assignment be to ask AI. Most of the ELA department, myself included, are moving back toward pen and paper. This has been catalyzed by COVID funding running out that allowed one-to-one chromebook usage and thus going back to the carts.

THAT SAID, I have been a fan of a Kahoot game for review purposes. Often it is a good way to spend a Tuesday (professional development day so periods are shorter as the kids go home early) and gamifying students' recall of things like character beats and plot events as we head into the final paper or project.

If this was for the purpose of teaching history as I aspire to do, I imagine it helps with things like recall for a quiz or test. The teacher becomes the flashcards for the day. Remembering things like dates is important for history, but it's also important to not have this be the end-all-be-all in students' learning.

Also this is for a bit of fun, but I love to slyly log in and trounce my students, "Wow, this kcavon26475 is kicking our butts!" Some kids figure it out, some don't. It's all in good fun!

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I use this website in my classes, it provides amazing access to actual historical records, PRIMARY sources (letters, photos, documents, etc.) and helps build background knowledge for my students! I use it myself when I am making activities for them to gain historical context for novels we read in class. This is such an excellent resource, and I always encourage my students to use this site when we do research/culminating projects for their units in class. I also have used it as an anticipatory activity for units by posting historical photos related to our reading in class, and have the students reflect/react to it in order to build connections to our curriculum and stir up interest on topics. The site has infinite US historical records at the tip of your fingers!

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For my technology tool, I would use Quizlet in my classroom. About 10 to 15 years ago, Quizlet would probably have been a big no no in any school setting. However, as technology has evolved and other apps continue to try and be the superior one quizlet isn't as commonly used as it was then. I would use Quizlet in a monitored environment of course still for certain aspects to allow students take practice quizzes and flashcards for questions and answers and especially for academic vocabulary development helping students build their academic vocabulary through repeated practice. Just like working out or playing sports students need consistent reps and practice to improv. It also is engaging and for specifically English Learner students, the audio features can provide additional help and understanding.

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This is a gamified short answer where students work together to create the best response that meets the requirement while earning points along the way. This can be used when students are asked to summarize key aspects of a certain event.

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This Kahoot link is for my 6th-grade social studies class as we transition from our unit on Ancient China to our study of Rome, a key state standard. I sourced this specific link directly from our online textbook resources. I find Kahoot to be an invaluable tool because it makes studying interactive and fun. Whether they are competing individually or in teams, my students are always highly engaged. Beyond the excitement, it serves as an excellent assessment tool, allowing me to gauge student understanding both before and after a lesson.

-Bo Kim

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A tech tool that I would use in the classroom is edpuzzle. Edpuzzle is a tool that allows embed questions into videos and lessons. This allows the videos to turn into an active learning activity. It could be used in an introduction to a lesson allowing students to really stop, think and respond to what they are doing instead of zoning out. It allows students to go back if they need to being helpful for EL learners and  for students who work at different speeds. It can be used as an informal assessment to an activity or for discussions.

https://edpuzzle.com

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Formative allows educators to offer real-time instruction to students, whether in person or remote. Its partnership with Newsela allows teachers to find informational articles about various historical concepts and assign interactive activities for students to work on during class time.

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Google Arts & Culture is a non-commercial initiative. They work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. The mission is to preserve and bring the world's art and culture online so it's accessible to anyone, anywhere. I like to link and use these for visual virtual field trips to locations along the Silk Road, the Pyramids of Giza, or the Great Wall of China! The worldwide collection of museums is also very impressive.

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Enlighten AI is a really user friendly grading assistant. The reason I like this above others is that I can upload my own rubrics, create my own comment bank, and deliver responses directly to the students via Google Classroom.

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How and why have people in the Arctic adapted to their environment?

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The two tech tools I would like to introduce are Mentimeter and Genially.

Mentimeter - This tool can be used for a variety of different purposes but my favorite are word clouds. I love asking a question, having it on the screen as kids come in so that they can answer anonymously and I can get an idea of what they’re thinking. I have used it to ask them what they think we’re learning today while I have certain music on, or a theme in the class to get them excited. I have also asked them what they think about a certain word to get them curious about what we’re learning but also to see how they are conceptualizing an idea I will introduce later. Mentimeter is great at setting you up with a hook but it is also wonderful for surveys and participation with anonymity if the class is particularly quiet.

Genially - This tool is fantastic for creating virtual escape rooms. Students love gamified learning and a virtual escape room is a great way to help students study for a final. I love having students complete this in pairs or trios so that they are also building community as they work and learn together. With Genially, all you need to do is pick a template and insert your questions and answers, you can change as much or as little as you like and the best part about it is that the templates come with their own story line so it is easy to follow along. If for some reason, you don’t like the story line and are short on time you can always use AI as a thought partner to help develop a story line that is in accordance with your topic.

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This is jeopardy labs. They have pre-made games that can be searched for, or you can create your own. I've used this many times in my classes, and it is a great way to engage students in reviewing a unit or wrapping up a lesson. Categories can even be organized by standard, so students can internalize the standard in relation to the review material.

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Wow! I have some homework to do before school starts! Many of these I have used in my classroom (Quizizz, NearPod, Kahoot, EdPuzzle, Blooket, Google Slides, Canva, and Flocabulary, among others). Some of these others I have heard of and haven't looked into, and some are brand new. I love to integrate tech when possible, and gamification certainly adds engagement when used with intention. Thanks for the recommendations!

I will add a new one to the list. ReadWorks is a digital library of literature and informational texts for various grade levels. Students can read independently or teachers can assign specific texts (online or in print). In a social studies setting, the teacher can assign a specific article for students, many have multiple choice or extended questions if desired. There are multiple reading levels available to best suit the individual needs of the student/class.

ReadWorks articles are a great way to introduce a subject matter. To catch a student's interest a personal story is often a way to connect the student to the material, this goes to our cultural relevant pedagogy mentioned in our readings/video this week. In ReadWorks there are many short biographies of various figures, many of which are from underrepresented viewpoints. For example, for a unit on the American Revolution there is a biography about Deborah Squash (only 756 words, so very "chunkable"); she was a slave owned by George Washington, escaped during the Revolution, and remained free after the war in Nova Scotia. This is an opportunity to connect students with various viewpoints and the complexities of the past, and capture their interest in hopes of inspiring critical thinking and deep conversations within the classroom.

-Ronnie Tait

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The Tech Tool I have selected is magicschool.ai.  My favorite tool within the website is the ‘custom chatbot’.  This tool allows you to create (program) your own bot that will answer questions for students.

For example, to introduce a unit on the Fall of Rome.  I can program the chatbot to simulate conversations with historical figures or citizens from late Rome, helping students explore perspectives.

For this lesson, I will program the chatbot to be a citizen of the Roman Empire.  Ideally, I would have students come up with 1-2 questions to ask the chatbot.  I would give them certain topics to help them narrow down their questions such as:  government, economy, military and security, and social and cultural life.  The chatbot’s responses should spark the interest of the students to help kick off the unit.  This lesson provides an opportunity for inquiry.

Megan Rowerdink

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https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street

Dollar Street is a powerful visual resource that lets students explore how families around the world live and is organized by income level rather than country. Teachers can use it to introduce or reflect on units related to global inequality, economic systems, culture, geography, or human development. Students can compare real homes, possessions, and daily routines across income brackets, helping them challenge stereotypes and connect data to real-life experiences. It’s perfect for sparking critical thinking, empathy, and global awareness.

-Jacob

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Blooket is an interactive, game-based learning platform that is very similar to Kahoot but I've found my students enjoy it much more as it has a greater gaming component. (They can steal points from each other for example). It is similar to Kahoot in that both are great ways to assess students' mastery of content, making it an ideal way to gauge if they are ready for a quiz or test. And like Kahoot, it gives teachers instant real-time feedback in the form of reports on student performance, allowing for timely interventions and personalized support.

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I love Diffit for creating quick worksheets or vocabulary lists at grade level. Diffit can handle all kinds of content, but I use it most to transcribe and get comprehension questions for YouTube videos, or create questions, vocabulary lists, and summaries for articles. Premium accounts can align questions to ELA or Social Studies standards.

I most frequently use the "Printable Doc" feature and often modify questions or instructions. For example, I might blank out certain words in the summary and ask students to fill in the blanks. Another example is this worksheet created for a news clip about Indigenous youth making the first descent of the undammed Klamath river in 300 years.

--Rebecca Longworth

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You can adjust the reading level for varying abilities.

The articles can be read aloud.

You can change the language to Spanish.

You can search and select articles by the exact content standard or skill set you wish to teach.

The assignments can be self correcting to give students instant feedback.

There are historical text sets as well as current events.

Students may choose articles based on their interests.

There is a paid version and a free version.

There is access to the content for ALL learners including multilingual learners and students with reading challenges.

The content are actual news articles!

There are text sets for every grade and content standard!

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The Tech Tool I chose was Blooket. Blooket is similar to Kahoot in that it asks the students questions about a certain topic and they have to answer the correct answer to collect some sort of token. However, it is different in that it is more equitable for students. When students answer a question correclty they are able to steal points form one another, earn more points, or even switch their points with someone else. This lets people who would usually be last in Kahoot because they may not know the subject well catch up because they have the opportunity to steal tokens and switch tokens with other people. I often use this tool as an exit ticket to see what my students understood from my lesson as well and as a way for them to review while having some fun. I have seen middle schoolers and high school respond very well to this game because it causes a lot of competition among them, especially when you project the scores and give live commentary. Students will feel like they are playing a real game against one another.

This Tech Tool would work well in a social science classroom because it couls be used to check for understanding at the end of a unit before a unit exam. For example, I could use this with 11th grade US History students near the end of their 1920s unit when we are reviewing the key questions of the unit. I could ask students a series of questions about the political, social, and economic extremes we covered in class about this decade. Rather than having them work on a study guide, this would give the students a better understanding of what they have a good grasp about and what they still need to study.

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The Tech Tool I would like to introduce is called Blooket. This is an interactive site that allows students to compete in games against their classmates while answering various questions created by the teacher. In my own classroom, I use this tech tool to create fun review sessions for my students before we have a quiz or test. From my experience, the students really enjoy this tech tool and get very competitive while playing the games. I as a teacher have noticed it helps their memorization of the material and remember quick facts as well.

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I use this tool nearly every class period. Gimkit is an interactive, game-based learning platform that allows teachers to create quizzes and review activities for students. I can easily create quizzes based on state content standards. hoose from different types of questions, such as multiple choice, true/false, or short-answer, making it adaptable to different learning styles and objectives. It can be played in real-time during class or asynchronously, which gives students flexibility to study on their own if needed. Because it is game based, students will go on to 'play' with friends, but I know they are actually studying. One strong reason I like it better than Blooket is, if you don't get the answers correct, you don't get the energy source you need to play the game. Far too many times I've seen students just click answers on other platforms, not caring if it's correct or not, just get get to the game section of the activity. Gimkit solves that problem. I use it almost daily in class as a bellringer activity. I have standards based questions for review, vocabulary, and upcoming lessons in one game. Students get upset if they don't get logged in fast enough to be at the start of the game. They want to participate.

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The relationship between technology and education has changed vastly since the introduction of the intern and even further with the implementation of Artificial Intelligence. Tasks that used to take several hours can now be done in several minutes. Ideas that were once difficult to create become easier to form and conversations spark innovation. MagicSchoolAI is a new form of AI specifically catered towards educators and common educator needs. The design, layout, and organization of tools make this website a must for teachers who are looking to decrease the amount of time it takes their workload to be completed. More importantly, it exponentially enriches the learning students have when completing their assignments. The tool I use most is the writing feedback tool. First, you put the writing standards and prompt into the text box, next you insert the writing sample, you can add additional criteria if needed and then it gives student feedback for their writing samples. Another tool that MagicSchoolAI offers is the ability to create informational text about a topic. If I want an excerpt that is historically accurate about the Battle of Bunker Hill, I can type that into the prompt, vet it for accuracy, and give it to students as a reference to their research. Research is a critical component of the frameworks so it is important that I can provide them with ample opportunities to gather resources.
Here is a link to the Google Doc of the Expository Text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yQKHtxDwScT8jKog_YYuYQKoEagRsHNJpA8c8crf1j0/edit?usp=sharing

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Blooket is a quiz tool similar to Kahoot, Quizzizz and Gimkit. Students love blooket because it gives video-game like power ups, and many of the games involve "stealing" (points, fake money, gold or candy) from other classmates which always encourages fun and friendly competition. I also like that you can set a timer and questions will repeat if they run out, which helps kids reinforce their learning as they have to re-answer questions. This is great for reviewing social studies learning and objectives. - Lisa Kelly

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This website gamifies US history in a way that is suitable for middle school and high school. You become character from a time in US history (pre-revolutionary war, Underground Railroad. WWII, etc. Students will find it interesting and different.

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Great place to find teachers created lessons made by California teachers. You can find things across the curriculums and grade levels. Think Teachers Pay Teachers without the pay part.

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Students can use Adobe Express to create engaging flyers, brochures, magazines and many other templates that lend themselves to the Social Science standards. They are able to include many different types of text, images, and shapes. They can also easily translate text which could be useful when researching a historical concept or different country. Students can record themselves, which could allow them to recreate historical scenes or discuss current events.

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Gimkit is a tool that I have already used for two years in my Spanish classes. This tool is very similar to Kahoot or Quizziz, but with the difference that when students use this tool they are playing a video game. The correct answers give them more energy to continue playing the video game. There are many different video games, and most make students learn and study without knowing they are doing it.

For example, this tool can be ideal for reviewing historical events and their contexts every two weeks.

https://www.gimkit.com/

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Pixton can be used to create a comic as a final project to demonstrate understanding of a concept, describe a time in history and the causes or effects related to it, or write a brief biography of a famous person.

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Jeopardy-type games as a wrap-up or review tool are not new, but I discovered this specific website last year and it worked really well in class to review material. It allows students to use their own devices (such as Chromebooks or phones) to buzz-in so it makes it easy to be interactive whether in groups or as individual students to ensure accountability. It is highly customizable, and best of all - it's free!

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I have been a teacher for over 15 years, but I have not taught social studies, and it has been a long time since I have worked in secondary! I am learning the tech from scratch! For example, I will be working hard to learn how to work in Canvas to publish assignments for students who miss class, to report grades, and to have public-facing information about the class. I haven’t done that before!

The team that I will be working with advises me to use SeeSaw as a way to (1) allow students to complete work with some choices as to how they complete it (for example, it’s possible to allow written responses as well as recorded responses), (2) to sort all activities easily by standard (to be sure that I have evidence of each standard that is organized in such a way that it is easy to see if any student is missing work), and (3) to have a system that discourages cheating (as the teachers I will be working with claim that loading a PDF that students type on top of is a way to discourage sharing information -- because the format does not allow for an easy copy and paste).

The downside to this system is that the free version is limited, but teachers say it is still very valuable even within those limits.

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I’ve used Wix before in my induction program in order to clear my credential. I created the website at the beginning of the two year program, and at the end of the two years the final website layout was my capstone project. It was refreshing to see a culmination of the lessons, projects and targeted teaching standards I successfully utilized in my classroom.

This gave me an idea for my future Social Studies classroom. Wix Classroom would be a great student learning portfolio that they can create either at the beginning of the school year, semester, or the beginning of a new unit. Students can directly type or upload research reports, pictures from a particular time period they’re studying that stood out to them, videos, notes or blog posts of their “take away” from that day’s lesson or reading, vocabulary and their definitions etc.

They can also create a website based on the specific content being taught. For example, students in the 11th grade are learning about how farmers were affected by industrialization. After the content is taught, student’s can take a side whether they are for or against the Farmers Alliance. If they are for, they can create a website with information, pricing charts, economic data, and pictures persuading others to back their agenda. If they are against it, they can build a website showing their progressive side.

In total, using WIX classroom is a great way to get students involved in their social studies learning experience. Not only are they showing proof and taking ownership of their learning, but they are also integrating digital literacy with subject-specific knowledge to better prepare them for the 21st century workforce.

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Tomorrow Classroom offers four all-inclusive, teacher-led courses: Intro to Wix and the Web, Web Creation, Web Design, and Web Development. In each course, students learn forward-thinking skills and mindsets that real web creators use to create professional sites. They'll explore everything from color theory and writing compelling content, to being inclusive creators.

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Tomorrow Classroom uses a student-friendly version of the Wix Editor, and with our built-in classroom management tools, you can be part of your students' learning journeys. You can edit, add feedback, turn on/off publishing abilities, and transfer your students' sites to personal accounts when they are ready to graduate

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The biggest difference is age groups and learning methods. Tomorrow Classroom is created for students ages 13-18 in in-school learning environments. Tomorrow Classroom courses are teacher-led, and requires a teacher to sign up students to use the platform, where students will explore a student-friendly version of the Wix Editor that is consistent with FERPA regulations. Tomorrow Classroom students are most often creating their first website, or beginning to learn about web design, creation, and development (though learners of all kinds are welcome!). Creators of Tomorrow is designed for ages 16-21, where learners can participate in self-paced workshops to learn about the Wix Editor and Wix Products. Creators of Tomorrow participants are invited to submit a project to participate in the Creators of Tomorrow Challenge.

Is there a cost associated with Wix Tomorrow?

Wix Tomorrow is completely free for learners to use and participate. Though not required, Creators of Tomorrow students may choose to upgrade their websites to access Premium features. Tomorrow Classroom utilizes the free tier of Wix sites, and students do not have access to upgrading to paid Premium accounts.

What can learners build with Wix Tomorrow?

Tomorrow Classroom students most often build portfolio sites, special interest sites, final project and capstone sites, and everything in-between! Creators of Tomorrow students learn how to build a robust social impact site powered by Wix business and marketing tools.

Who can participate in Wix Tomorrow?

Wix Tomorrow is designed for students ages 13-21: Tomorrow Classroom is intended for Educators teaching web creation to middle school or high school students in the U.S., Canada, or the UK. Creators of Tomorrow learners are either learning on their own, with the guidance of a guardian, and/or in informal learning environments.

What topics are covered in Wix Tomorrow?

Tomorrow Classroom courses cover the basics of the Wix editor, UX principles, visual design principles, and coding with Velo. Creators of Tomorrow covers basic and advanced web creation principles, as well as using Wix business and marketing solutions.

What are the Technical Requirements to participate?

Students and teachers will need access to a computer (not a mobile device) with an updated Chrome browser which can be downloaded here, and an internet connection.

Does Wix Tomorrow offer discounted Premium Plans?

Wix Tomorrow does not offer discounted Premium Plans for students, and you do not need to use a Wix Premium Plan to participate in the Challenge. If you are a University student, you can learn more about student discounts here.

First, make sure you are eligible to participate. Then, fill out Sign Up form and submit it. Once you're approved, you'll get an email with next steps on how to create your account.

Which standards are covered by the curriculum?

The Wix Tomorrow Classroom curriculum is aligned with ISTE standards for students and has been awarded the ISTE Seal of Alignment. The Web Development curriculum is also aligned with CSTA and CSforAll standards.

Is the platform aligned with FERPA regulations?

Yes. We take the privacy of your students seriously and that's why we have made sure that our education platform and curriculum meet FERPA regulations. Additionally, all student work can be moderated by the teacher, and students will be working with a specialized version of the Wix Editor, which helps keep them safe.

What topics are covered in the courses?

Wix Tomorrow Classroom offers four courses: Intro to Wix and the Web, Web Creation, Web Design, and Web Development. In the first course, Intro to Wix and the Web, students learn how to build simple sites, personalize images, text, layout, and more. In Web Creation, students will explore User Experience processes like research, website structure planning, content creation, and testing. With the Web Design course, students will explore topics like color theory, typography, layout, branding and inclusive design. In Web Development, students learn how to take their websites to the next level with Velo, Wix's JavaScript-based coding platform.

Are there any prerequisites?

No prior knowledge is assumed. The courses in Tomorrow Classroom are designed so that anyone can teach and learn website creation with Wix.

What do the courses cost?

Nothing. Wix Tomorrow Classroom is free.

What are the technical requirements for students?

Students and educators will need access to: A computer (not a mobile device or tablet) with an updated Chrome browser which can be downloaded here. An internet connection.

Who is eligible to use Wix Tomorrow Classroom?

Educators teaching at schools or learning environments in the U.S., Canada, or UK can use Wix Tomorrow Classroom with students ages 13+. Educators and students must have access to computers (rather than tablets) to use the platform.

Who is Wix Tomorrow Classroom for?

The Tomorrow Classroom platform is intended for educators teaching website creation, design, and development to students ages 13+ in the U.S., Canada, or the UK.

Where can I read and learn more about the platform?

Visit our help center for more information. For specific questions and troubleshoots, feel free to contact us.

Do I have to participate in the workshops to be part of the Challenge?

No! Participants in the Workshop Series are not required to submit a project to be considered for The Challenge (though we'd love to see your ideas!).

How do I submit a Challenge idea?

Submissions will open in February, 2024. Stay tuned for more information on how to submit an idea then!

Are there technical requirements for participation?

Yes; participants in the workshop must have access to a computer and an internet connection that allows streaming and video playback. To participate in the Challenge and/or build a site, participants will need access to a computer (not a tablet) with an updated Chrome browser which can be downloaded here.

How does Creators of Tomorrow work?

The Creators of Tomorrow experience begins with a workshop series led by Wix professionals. You can choose among a series of pre-recorded workshops to get inspired and learn real, marketable skills for creating, managing, and growing your ideas. The workshops are designed to prepare you to submit an impact website to The Challenge. The Challenge is an exclusive hands-on creation challenge where you will build a website with Wix in one of four impact spaces: Sustainable Well Being, Lifelong Learning, Equitable Futures, or Climate Action. All websites should center around creating real-world impact in your local communities. A select number of website submissions will be accepted to participate in a Mentorship Camp, where you will advance your ideas and website designs under the guidance of Wix professionals. At the end of the cohort, you will be invited to present your website to a panel of judges for a chance of winning a prize.

Who can participate in Creators of Tomorrow?

Creators of Tomorrow is designed for young learners, about ages 16-21, and is open to youth from many countries. Anyone can participate in the Workshop Series and submit a website, but participation in the Mentorship Camp is invitation-only. No prior experience with website creation is required.

What will I learn in the workshops?

Creators of Tomorrow covers basic and advanced web creation principles, as well as using Wix business and marketing solutions. You'll learn everything from building a website from scratch, to the latest design trends, to making your website engaging, to adding robust solutions to grow and manage your ideas. Along the way, we'll cover 21st century skills like design thinking, communication, inclusive & equitable design, leadership and entrepreneurial skills, and more. We'll also hear from experts in the field with chances to ask questions and get inspired by their stories and work.

What kinds of website ideas will be considered for submission to the Challenge?

We are looking for websites that address solutions within one of four impact spaces: Sustainable Well Being, Lifelong Learning, Equitable Futures, or Climate Action. Your ideas must include a real-world; we want you to not just dream, but to bring your ideas to life too! Your website itself can be the solution itself (example: a website with learning resources), a hub for a solution (example: a website where you can sign up for in-person community events). Submissions do not need to be polished, but should give us a clear sense of your ideas.

Do you provide learning accommodations?

All videos will include closed captioning. Inclusion and access is important to us; if you are in need of an accommodation that we do not provide, please reach out!

No! Creators of the Future is a free experience for all.

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Our free lesson plans, activities, templates, and classroom management solutions are designed to give you and your students everything you need to dive into the world of web creation, design, and coding to create portfolio websites, capstone projects, passion projects, and everything in between.

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Art Steps is a Digital program that allows the user to create 3-Dimensional Museums that can be a way for Social Science students to compile information from multiple sources into a single creation. It can be used similarly to an essay but with added creative elements and the addition of photos.

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I really loved using Nearpod during distance learning! While I enjoyed the interface of Peardeck (which other folks have mentioned) more at the time, they have since removed a lot of the reporting capabilities from their free version which makes Nearpod a more enticing option to me.

Nearpod allows you to add interactive questions to any presentation or video - this is a great way to poll students, gather opinions, and even have them draw something. I found this very helpful if you have a particularly quiet class OR if you have some dominate voices in the room. It ensures that you get feedback from everyone.

Another plus is that students can interact with the presentation live with you or asynchronously on their own time. Either way, you will see their responses. Your absent students don't miss out on the information and you can still gauge their understanding. - Sarah Finn-Barajas

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One of my favorite Tech Tools is Pixton. It is a tool that allows students to create comics. What makes it extra fun is that students get to create their own avatars, and those avatars are added to the class. Students can use their own and friends avatars in the comics.

Pixton is a fan favorite among my students. I have them present to finished project and act out the voice bubbles with their friends.

I think it is a creative way to take a different view of history. Students can have conversations with a historical figure, recreate an event, teach a concept, the possibilities are endless. Pixton provides a wide variety of backgrounds, outfits, poses, facial expressions, and items that can be place in the characters hands. You can also add text boxes, thought bubbles, or dialogue bubbles.

The one negative is that the free version is very limited. I get a yearly subscription (I think it was $90). The yearly subscription give you a wide variety of historical clothing and backgrounds that can be blended into just about any period.

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Inspired by the description of WordSplash in the Tech Tool assignment description, I found a similar tool online.  Here is the site:

https://www.freewordcloudgenerator.com/generatewordcloud

I made a WordCloud for World War II.

Above is a screenshot of it:

I might use something like this with students to introduce some key terms of an assignment to them, such as these key ideas of World War II.  This demonstrates a use of the social science Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6–12, Production and Distribution of Writing, 6. “Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.”

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Social Science requires a lot of reading and note taking in order to understand and learn. My tech tool is Google Slides:

An activity to divide and conquer a unit for a test review I will have students create a Google Slide. I have access to the Google Suite and have found it to have a lot of versatility. I divide the Unit into sections and have students work in pairs. I explain they need to create one slide that has a title, one to two images and 2-3 bullet points that summarize their portion of the unit. Then we screen share the slides and students present their findings while the other students take notes. It allows students to collaborate, speak, present and prepare for an entire unit test.

Another way to use Google Slides is to use it for Hexagonal Thinking activities.

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I have a few students who are recent immigrants and just starting to learn English. Sometimes videos I might want to use from YouTube do not offer Spanish or Chinese subtitles as I need for those students. This tech tool allows you to change that and make the content accessible to students in another language.

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Best Text-to-Speech Voice Solutions for Videos And Localization

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Wavel provides the best text-to-speech voice solutions for videos and localization. Our voices are natural, clear, and accurate, and our platform is easy to use.

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I am only starting to explore and experiment with AI tools, but 2 tools I think could be fun and useful from Magic School are the song generator and the youtube question generator. You can ask Magic School to create an Epic Rap Battle of History between historical figures being studied and have students analyze the songs and share their thoughts on how well it was done, or what they would change, or come up with their own ideas for who they would like to see included.

I think including videos is really helpful. A lot of people, myself included, really engage more when there are visuals to help understanding. I have used Edpuzzle a lot for warm up assignments and to extend learning beyond the textbook, but I love how I can put in any youtube link in Magic School and create my own Edpuzzle of sorts pretty quickly. You can enter what type of questions you want, the grade level, and how many questions you want. Sometimes I run it through a few times to get more questions to pick and choose from. It will tell you the time stamps for when it is best to enter the question as well. Google Classroom lets you add questions now to youtube videos, and the timestamps from Magic School make it really quick to put out a video with questions. I like it as a warm up because students can watch the videos independently and sometimes it's nice to throw in a multiple choice questions that just gets them to stop and notice important points in the video and process information that will be useful for discussion later. Recently I did this with various videos about different Chinese dynasties, but then the students had to do a project synthesizing that information later.

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Flip is an excellent tech tool to use in the classroom for almost any subject area, including social science. It allows students to respond to prompts in video form and can be used to help develop communication and collaboration skills. It can be easily set up using a variety of setting options that a teacher may use to control video length, visibility, and viewer ability to like or comment on published videos. The videos can be watched and evaluated whole-class or in pairs, depending on teacher preference.

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Flocabulary is an amazing resource that turns key learning concepts into catchy songs and raps. Each song is accompanied by a video, vocab cards and vocab game, related reading and quiz, and lyric lab where students can write their own songs about the topic covered. There are online and worksheet versions of these resources and each video lists the standards alignment. There are also sample lesson plans for some videos. Below is a rap I wrote about Christopher Columbus using the Lyrics Lab:

When Christopher Columbus came across the sea

He lied to his crew, what a thing to do

When they landed in Hispaniola, the way he treated people was whack

Especially how he greeted the Arawak

I use Flocabulary at the beginning of a lesson to introduce a topic, mid lesson to provide a brain break and different access to instruction, and at the end of a lesson to provide a review and closure. I often catch students, and myself, singing along to the songs. Music is such an important way for students to learn and access information, and it can be a ton of fun. The only note about Flocabulary is that there is a paywall for access. I am in my seventh year of subscribing and think the videos and learning are such highlights for my students that I don't see stopping anytime soon. - Hannah Swernoff

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iCivics is a great resource to introduce civics curriculum and engage students in becoming active citizens! It has a variety of lessons tailed to various grades throughout the secondary range. I love that iCivics gamifies learning, which encourages more student engagement.

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Flipgrid: https://info.flip.com/en-us.html

I highly recommend using Flipgrid as a tech tool for exploring Social Science standards creatively. Flipgrid allows students to engage in video discussions, analyzing historical events from multiple perspectives. By creating prompts and sharing resources, students can reflect on the causes and impacts of historical events while engaging in respectful dialogue with peers. Flipgrid fosters critical thinking, collaborative learning, and assessment opportunities, making it a valuable tool for Social Science education.

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Quizzizz, a platform similar to Kahoot, has a Chrome Extension that can turn any web page into a quiz right in the moment! I haven't worked with it too much but some of my colleagues are loving it and I'm going to give it a try soon :)

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This is one of the most valuable sites for teaching with primary sources! I know it's not technically a "digital tool" but there are printable lessons and slide decks you can work with from all different areas of history, as well as with civics!

This source is the best for comparing and contrasting primary sources that might show conflicting viewpoints in history. I've worked extensively with the ones on Mesoamerican history (Moctezuma, Cortes, La Malinche) and they are so intriguing for students to work with!

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MIRO Board, like Jamboard, is a place where students can work in a virtual setting for any type of project. Some examples are Project Planning, Virtual Field Trips, etc. Read more in the Google Slides Presentation and find the link to get your Free Education Account.

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Some of my colleagues attended a PD offered by this organization and as a school we have adopted the curriculum.  So far our students have benefited from several of the lessons about equity, diversity, and underrepresented populations such as themselves. There are free posters you can get as educators and the learning has been engaging.  We are using many of the lessons weekly during our Advisory sessions to augment the learning happening during our regular subject areas.
-Colleen Wilson

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Prezi is a great additional tool for students and teachers to design engaging presentations! After zoom we've all seen every combination of the default Google Slides templates, so the movement of Prezi is a great alternative. It excels at connecting words and visuals with the content.

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One resource I often in my classroom is Canva. Canva has hundreds of interactive templates that can be used to design slideshows, word splashes, infographics, videos, and more! I love using it with my students and seeing what they can create.

-Jacob Schultz

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Wow!  All the resources you folks have shared are amazing!  I use most of the tech tools that are posted in this Padlet and don't really want to repeat a link that has already been shared.  They all serve a different purpose in the classroom and can be used throughout a unit of study.

One tech tool that I explored this summer was the Learning Lab tool through the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.  I was privileged to participate in a Summer Institute for teachers and learned how to navigate this tool.  It's essentially a curated collection of art and other external links that center around a theme, unit standards, and/or a particular topic of exploration for your classroom students.  You can pull up the collection and engage students through art talks and activities or you have them explore the curated collection on their own.

I shared a link to my curated collection that has to do with the Bracero Program. In the course of the school year we study industrialization and the rise of labor movements. Through this curated collection, we draw connections from this period to the Bracero Program of the 1930s. The majority of my student population is Latinx and I want them to see themselves in our studies of the people, places, and movements that shaped (and continue to shape) American history.

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This tool creates engagement, can be used to introduce a concept, and allows students to share their thoughts anonymously. You can poll students or they can type in responses. This tool is helpful to to keep a low affective filter and is beneficial for students who are reluctant to share. It is also a great progress monitoring tool or can be used as a formative assessment.

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I have never used this tool before, but People’s Pie looks like an interesting App for teaching about the federal budget.  I think it could be used to address the Principles of American Democracy and Economics grade twelve standards, specifically Principles of Economics 12.3 “Students analyze the influence of the federal government on the American economy.”

In the App, students are given the national budget and have to allocate discretionary spending based on requests that come in.  Each decision the student makes results in their approval rating going up or down.  I could see this being a fun game to use as a warmup before teaching a lesson on national spending, so students have some experience with what kind of decisions the government is forced to make.  I think it could be an engaging way to demonstrate the balancing act of government spending.

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People's Pie is a balancing act! You must fund important programs without setting tax rates too high or borrowing too much money. To succeed, you must keep your residents happy and avoid a burdensome national debt. Are you ready for a piece of People's Pie?

In People's Pie, you will:

Set taxes and retirement age over a three-year period

Weigh a variety of policies and funding needs across the federal government

Assess policy pitches to determine funding commitments

Review your proposed annual budget and make hard decisions to reach a balance or surplus

Manage public approval, as each decision you make will have an impact

For English and Multilingual Learners: Use the support tool, Spanish translation, voiceover and glossary.
Check out our Extension Pack for People's Pie here!

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One of the Web 2.0 tools that I have used for a few years now has been Quizlet. I have found that many students quickly become familiar with it and also allows students to plays games related to the learning. One of the things that I enjoy about Quizlet is that it provides students the opportunities to learn vocabulary and concepts through what looks like digital flashcards. Once students feel confident, they can test themselves to see how they perfom. For the teacher, Quizlet provides a platform to create online sets and also search for teacher created sets to use with students.
https://quizlet.com/

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May teachers I know say that Edpuzzle is one of the best tools to come out of distance learning. Instead of just assigning a video to watch, Edpuzzle allows you to insert questions and notes into the video, so that it is more interactive and students are held accountable.

You can upload your own videos, use just about anything from Youtube, and Edpuzzle itself has a whole bunch of videos that they have made.

Kids can watch the videos on their own or you can show it to the class in Live Mode. If students try to navigate away from Edpuzzle, the video automatically stops. Also, they can hit the rewatch button and the video rewinds about 10 seconds so they can check their work.

Edpuzzle pushes scores to Google Classroom, too, so grading is pretty easy.

Be careful, though -- there's a lot of trash out there. Please, please don't just pick something from Edpuzzle that you haven't vetted yourself. That goes with every video that you can find online. Don't be that lazy teacher just looking for something to throw at your kids. Sermon over...

Editing the videos and adding in your content can be an imperfect process, so if you're a perfectionist beware.

Overall, though, with Edpuzzle, you can get a lot more out of using videos in your class.

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

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Newsela is pretty great. There's a ton of content that is added to frequently, you can assign articles at the reading level of your students, you can curate your own reading lists, and you can design your own assignments and units. They also have a student dashboard that helps kids keep track of their progress, and, if you allow it, Newsela can even automatically give students the article at their reading level.

Sometimes their pre-made writing prompts aren't the best, but customizing is easy. Also be aware that when the lexile level changes, so can entire sections of the article. Versions can have a lot of variation.

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I'm going to credit Listenwise with helping us improve our school's Speaking and Listening scores.

Listenwise has audio news stories, mostly from NPR, and short podcasts. You can use their pre-made comprehension questions or edit them to your likely. Many stories also have quizzes and EL supports.

You can search by subject and everything is listed by listening lexile.

Quibbles their content isn't updated as quickly as I would like and there's no way of knowing if other teachers at your school have already assigned the same story. Also, you have to hand-grade written answers, but welcome to a teacher's life :)

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Here's another vote for Pear Deck!

I like how it's an easy add-on to Google Slides and has some fun activities like drawing on the slides and dragging icons.

I used Pear Deck a lot during distance learning, but our district let our subscription expire, so I'm bummed. The free version is missing the data collection capabilities of the paid version.

My only quibbles: if you have animation in your slides, it won't work with Pear Deck and, especially with the free version, assessing student work can be time-consuming.

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I love allowing students creative options to express their understanding of a topic. My school recently adopted Canva and it is so much fun and easy to use. I could see my students creating an infographic, as a group or individual, to meet social science standards. And they will look great printed and on the wall!

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I often feel that students don't have a strong enough grasp of place to connect to history, especially in middle school. I like to start units with a created Google Earth tour to help my student learn about the location and as a hook for the lesson. As we move through the year, I have student create their own tours to share with one another.

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I like to alternate between Kahoot and Quizzez for fun gamified learning with my students. Quizzez is more self paced than Kahoot (although there are time limit options), but I use Kahoot to check understanding and corrections in that moment (since I control the speed).

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Kahoot!'s new student passes are a one-way ticket to take students from players to creators! Empower your students to engage in active learning with the tools they need to create and host kahoots that demonstrate their learning to the whole class.

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Pear Deck is a great tool to engage students using a Google Slideshow. This add-on provides multiple options for student participation during slides. Add a slide where students can answer a question posed to the whole class. Have students take part in a multiple choice quiz right after watching an imbedded video. Let students draw pictures to illustrate their thoughts on a topic.

Pear Deck also provides many premade options for slides to take your instruction to the next level. Chose premade templates created for pre, mid and end of lesson or chose premade slides from a subject specific list. This program is both limitless with creative potential and helpful for newbies who need a bit of hand-holding.

One word of caution though. Make sure you are clear with your students about appropriate class conduct and the consequences for breaking conduct guidelines. I have heard of teachers using Pear Deck who's students got out of control to the point of harassment. As long as students know they can be tracked, documented and held accountable, it should be a safe venture.
- Shea Morgan
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Great game-based learning platform. My students love playing Blooket, and I enjoy seeing the competitiveness in my students while they play and learn.

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My students love to use Quizizz a review tool. They get to check their understanding of the concepts taught during the unit and get real time feedback in a fun, engaging way. Plus, they can compete or collaborate with their teammates!

This post is linked to our Ancient Egypt review Quizizz! Feel free to check it out :D

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Join an activity with your class and find or create your own quizzes and flashcards.

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Flipgrid is a very intuitive way to boost student engagement using an online video recording software.  As the teacher you can set up specific topics for students to respond to and students can respond in video or text form. It is engaging for students because they are able to communicate in a medium that they interact with all the time.  Additionally, it allows students to practice their speaking and listening skills without committing a disproportionate amount of time in the classroom.  I provided a like to an example topic and I made a short "Notable Quote from History" post so you can see an example of what the videos look like.  Feel free to try it out and add your own video.

-Justin O.

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Flipgrid is where social and emotional learning happens! The leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families.

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When I am stuck on a lesson plan, this is the website I turn to. They have lesson activity ideas, games that students can play, crossword puzzles that can be downloaded/printed out, etc. All of these are relevant to whatever curriculum you happen to be teaching, and are supported by Common Core standards.
Laura Hennessy

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Social Studies Activities And Lessons | PBS LearningMedia

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Discover thousands of social studies activities, lessons, and interactive resources for all grades, all aligned to state and national standards.

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Jamboard is a website that Google offers which displays a blank white screen, on which an individual may add a drawing, sticky note, image, shape, or text box, as well as apply a laser pointer. Similar to Padlet, this website is a useful way by which teachers could add a guiding question, thought-provoking quote or image, or even a link to a website or video, to which students could then respond. Also, each Jamboard file displays not only posts on one page, but it allows users to navigate from one blank page to another, much like flipping pages in a book, and students or teachers are able to add text or another post to any one of these separate screens, leaving room for more than one prompt or topic in a single Jamboard file. This could be a way for students to share images from a specific point in history and comment about them; one activity from class was to post pictures of the "Duck and Cover" response popular during the Cold War, as well as description of why they are popular.

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Kami takes any PDF and makes it writable! I used this a lot in distance learning and still in the classroom when I have digital copies and want to save paper. There is a Google Chrome extension that you can use to create assignments through Google Classroom, which is pretty easy to do!

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Annotate, collaborate and assess with Kami - the all-in-one learning platform. Enhance your existing resources and curriculum with 40+ tools and features.

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iCivics is a website that has resources for civics teachers and students. I love the games that are offered because they are engaging and the students have to actually know the content and concepts in order to be able to play well. My favorite one is called Do I Have a Right? The player is the head of a law firm and clients come in with scenarios and the player has to tell them whether or not they have a right to do what they want to do. If they do have a right, the player has to match them with an appropriate lawyer, with each lawyer specializing in a different Constitutional amendment. If they are matched correctly, the case is won. If the client is matched with a lawyer that specializes in an amendment that doesn't match the case, the case is lost. Students have to know the constitutional amendments and what right(s) each protects in order to be able to do well in the game.

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In Do I Have a Right? students run their own firm of lawyers specializing in constitutional law. They decide if potential clients have a right, match them with the best lawyer, and win their case. The more clients you serve and the more cases you win, and the faster your law firm grows!

Do I Have Right? includes:

Full edition or a Bill of Rights edition

Option to play in English language or Spanish language

Option to hear or mute English voiceover, music, and/or sound effects

Do I Have a Right? and its Extension Pack are correlated according to WIDA's methodology using the WIDA PRIME V2 Inventory. To see how these materials best meet your ELL students' needs, click here. (Note: PRIME stands for Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials for ELLs.)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Identify rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments

Recall the specific amendment that guarantees a particular right

Recognize complaints not involving constitutional rights

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PLAY In Do I Have a Right? students run their own firm of lawyers specializing in constitutional law. They decide if potential clients have a right, match them with the best lawyer, and win their case. The more clients you serve and the more cases you win, and the faster your law firm grows!

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I love using nearpod for lessons during history class. It is an interactive slideshow that includes multiple ways for engagement. It really does have it all- there is an open discussion where they can answer open ended questions, polls, a collaborative board for whole class discussion, and ways to include multi-media content

Link here
-Michelle

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Nearpod: Foster a love of learning in every student

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Create active learning experiences students can’t wait to be a part of.

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Knightlab is a project created by Northwestern University and provides a variety of different tools intended to "push journalism into new spaces". It is free and easy to use, and geared towards students, educators, and journalists alike. Some popular tools Soundcite, an inline audio citation tool, and Timeline, a simple and clean timeline design tool.

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The Lab develops prototypes, projects and services that help make information meaningful and promote quality journalism, storytelling and content on the internet.

Storytelling

We build easy-to-use tools that can help you tell better stories.

Digital Journalism, Bit by Bit.

Democratizing Environmental Data

Helps anyone find new books for themselves or others by analyzing Twitter activity.

Smart search for city documents.

Picture quotes made easy.

Photo stories. Easy to make, easy to publish.

Make a map of your snaps.

TweetCast predicted which candidate you were likely to vote for in the 2012 U.S. presidential election by analyzing your Twitter activity.

A smarter way to search Twitter.

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The Lab develops prototypes, projects and services that help make information meaningful and promote quality journalism, storytelling and content on the inte...

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Gimkit is a Kahoot type of online tool that facilitates the creation of multiple choice quiz question "kits" that are used for game play. Gimkit is not timed like Kahoot and players can use power ups to help them earn more "money" and hinder others from earning. I love to use this tool for low stakes review for quizzes.

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

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Padlet for Learning Menus and Class Discussions

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Padlet for Learning Menus and Class Discussions

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I like to create Padlets with various columns, so that students can choose an aspect of history to research or learn about, then I put them in small groups to prepare for a whole class discussion on the topic.  For example, this Civil Rights/BLM Padlet I created features key moments from the 1960's until now that I suspected they may not have been exposed to.  Students had to complete the readings in ONE column, prepare for discussion using a response sheet I gave them, then in their small groups, they had to put together some key questions and bigger points about patterns they'd noticed throughout.  We then have a series of whole class discussions about race and the roots of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Video recording where students can see your face in a bubble at the bottom of the screen! Easy to use and effective! Had students use to explain/teach the Focused Note Taking Process in AVID! - Candice Tonseth

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Free screen recorder for Mac and PC | Loom

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

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Great tool for posters, flyers, brochures, resumes, infographics, you name it that students can use for all kinds of historical events! - Candice Tonseth

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

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Interactive ADD IN slides to your existing PPT or GSlides! Game changer! FREE this year for Teachers and students! - Candice Tonseth

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

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Great way to teach kids a format THEN apply that same format to a History lesson! - Candice Tonseth

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This is a resource that was shared with me when I attended a PD training on Learning Differences & Remote Learning. It has been shared with permission of the owner, feel free to explore it!

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Using Screen Recording for Distance Learning

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Using Screen Recording for Distance Learning

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The tech tool I used most during distance learning was Screencastify.

https://www.screencastify.com/

I recorded a revolutionary war battle simulation activity using screencastify at the link below (it’s long - students broke it up into chunks).

Link here

Screencastify is easy to use and puts videos right in my google drive!

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millions use Screencastify to create amazing videos

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

Easily share your creations in multiple channels. Let more viewers watch, pause and rewind on their schedule while maximizing time by eliminating unnecessary meetings.
Learn more

Collect video assignments to ensure any team or student is heard. Track viewing activity and add interactive questions and more to ensure your message is understood.
Learn more

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Screencastify | Screen Recording and Video Editing

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

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Social Emotional Learning Through DISNEY MOVIES

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Social Emotional Learning Through DISNEY MOVIES

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https://theoryofenchantment.com/

Free teacher resource available.

-Brady

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Chloé Valdary | What the world needs now, is… a dope antiracism practice.

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What the world needs now, is… a dope antiracism practice. Learn how to cultivate unity in your workplace, with a diversity & inclusion program that teaches love.

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I have found the resources on Facing History useful to teach difficult topics and to teach history through a social justice lens. Very useful!

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Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

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https://idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/school-and-society-in-age-of-trump/publications/files/school-and-society-in-the-age-of-trump-report

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"I can" statements for 8th graders

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Great Blog on leadership and teaching: www.georgecouros.org

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https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/historical-archives/why-study-history-(1998)

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Currently the NA has an online Centennial Exhibition of the 1918 'Flu Epidemic - if flu this year hit your school as hard as it hit mine, students may really relate.
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/

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This is probably expensive, but "connect, reflect, learn" is a cool idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TbTa31ACB4

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My school has been supplementing history lessons with information from Sheg. It is free to create an account. Lots of great primary source lessons.
https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons

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How does the new HSS Frameworks support CCSS?

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https://padlet.com/rmacinnes23/ure34mkakv6v

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Teaching and learning are powerful when they are meaningful.