Mondays with Mary! by Beth Foraker https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt Made with love...for ALL teachers. We SEE how hard you're working! en-us 2020-11-16 21:57:20 UTC 2026-01-06 04:29:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Week 2: Screencastify! foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929474274 Mary explains how to use Screencastify and the many uses it has. 

It’s an amazing digital tool that allows you to create tutorials for students OR allows for students to create video of their own demonstrating their understanding or delivering new content to others.

An excellent way to use UDL for content areas! ]]> 2020-11-16 22:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929474274 Week 1: Jamboard foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929489507 Jamboard is an option within Google and allows teachers to work with students in real time: 
- Add an image
- A Pen and Eraser
- Add sticky notes
- Add text box

This video demonstrates how to create a Jamboard and the many different uses available to teachers and students.]]> 2020-11-16 22:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929489507 Week 3: Read&Write Chrome Extension foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929505692 Read&Write is an INCREDIBLE Chrome Extension that every teacher should use...it has SO many amazing tools.

Imagine having tools at your fingertips for any web page that your students are reading.
What can it do?
 - Vocabulary Builder
 - Dictionary
 - Translator
 - Audio Maker for any section of text that you want to read
 - Easy Websearch

This link is to the demo video Mary made located on our Facebook page.
]]> 2020-11-16 22:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929505692 Week 4: EdPuzzle foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929513446 EdPuzzle is an app that allows you to edit videos you want to show to your class and embed questions within the video. 
You can...
- Check for understanding.
- Add voiceovers.
- Modify reading level of questions.
- Add questions 
EdPuzzle also offers a lot of places where you can find great instructional videos for any grade and any subject.
Students can make videos to present content to the class as well.
]]> 2020-11-16 22:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929513446 Week 5: Padlet foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929520836 Here is a video explaining the educational power of PADLET!
- Make KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learn) Charts
- Create a community - share bios
- Check-ins for students
- Timelines
- Maps
- Ways to stay in touch with someone who is sick or has moved  from the class
- Class Buddy Projects
- Student Projects
- Unit of study 
TONS of ways to use Padlet.
You can share with a link or use a QR code.

Perfect use of UDL in a content area.
]]> 2020-11-16 22:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/929520836 Week 6: Wakelet foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194277349 Wakelet is a tool that allows teachers to take all of their PDFs, links, websites and work of your students into one place.

It is great for collaboration with other teachers.

Students can make their own wakelet to also demonstrate their work through an entire unit of study. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194277349 Week 7: Rewordify foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194331762 Rewordify allows you to substitute in simpler vocabulary in text and build students vocabulary at the same time.

This makes virtually ANY text accessible to any student's reading level!!

This is fantastic for students with reading needs...and for second language learners.

On the Rewordify website, there are hundreds of classic literature texts that are able to be used with Rewordify...and a bunch of public documents as well.

This is a tool that every teacher should know about...and use...and one more way to build an inclusive, welcoming classroom where all students can succeed.



]]> 2021-02-11 19:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194331762 Week 8: Flipgrid! foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194365813 Flipgrid is an AMAZING tool for teachers that allows students to respond to prompts using video AND to have students RESPOND TO EACH OTHER using video.

This video explains all of the many options within Flipgrid and explains how to set it up step by step and use it.

Mary Desmarais, an inclusion advocate and educator at Bishop O'Connell High School shows us how it is done.

With Flipgrid you can:
- Have students respond to any prompt
- Make a Mix Tape - a highlight reel of the best responses
- Connect with other classes across the country working on the same topics using Grid Pals
- Create a classroom community that cares and listens to each other

]]> 2021-02-11 19:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194365813 Week 9: Quizizz foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194380906 This week's distance learning inclusion tool is Quizizz...a website that allows you to customize your quizzes for your students. 

You can create synchronous or asynchronous quizzes.
You can customize with photos and create flashcard practice.

So cool!
]]> 2021-02-11 20:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194380906 Week 10: Newsela foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194402253 Newsela is a website that offers articles on current events or news on different content areas, especially science and social studies.  

In this instructional tutorial, Mary shows the different ways to use Newsela. You can give your students the SAME article but at DIFFERENT reading levels depending on the individualized needs of your students.

There are power words included in there. Other teachers share their lesson plans too.
Newsela is an AMAZING tool! 

]]> 2021-02-11 20:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1194402253 Week 11: Text Compactor foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1419102661 This is a website that allows you to reduce the amount of text in an article. It is simple to use. Mary recommends using this only with NON-FICTION text. She also thinks it is perfect to use in collaboration with Rewordify...check out Week 7! Let us know how it works for you.]]> 2021-04-15 01:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1419102661 Week 14: Goosechase! foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1502641531 Goose Chase is a digital Scavenger Hunt app!!

- Want to check for understanding?
- Want to engage students in demonstrating their understanding in multiple ways? 
- Want to create opportunities for team building?
- Want to give students a fun way of participating in a field trip?

Goose Chase is the app for you!
In this tutorial, Mary Desmarais - inclusion teacher at Bishop O'Connell High School - shares how to create a "mission"...or scavenger hunt.
]]> 2021-05-07 14:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1502641531 Week 13: Blooket foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1502677925 Blooket is a game-like quiz technology tool, similar to Kahoot.
Some of the benefits of Blooket:
- Very engaging for students
- Lots of different modes
- Lots of opportunities for teachers to see how students performed individually and as a whole group
Teachers on Blooket share multiple engaging quizzes that you don't have to create from scratch.
Specific opportunities like poetry...or specific objectives in math...are available.
Teachers are also allowed to create their own student-centered quiz as well...and can import from Quizlet.
]]> 2021-05-07 15:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1502677925 Week 12: Kami foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1502693107 In this instructional video, Mary shares all the ways Kami can support your learners.

Kami is a digital annotating tool for text - any kind of text you might use in a classroom, including math text.

Some of the tools in Kami:
- Underlining text
- Highlighting text in any color
- Blocking off chunks of text (like for scripts or reader's theater)
- Can add annotations
- Can add shapes
- Connects directly with Google Classroom
]]> 2021-05-07 15:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1502693107 Week 15: Natural Reader foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1527467265 Natural Reader is a Google Chrome Extension that lets you upload a text and it will read it to you.

You can also download the text to an mp3 file so that you can have it as an audio file for your student - this is a premium version option.

- With the Chrome Extension when the text is being read, it will highlight the text as it goes
- You can have close captioned text - another huge tool for reading fluency
- You can scroll to one section of the text to have Natural Reader just read a section

]]> 2021-05-15 20:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1527467265 Week 16: Mote foraker_beth https://padlet.com/foraker_beth/qndgu08l0yso9mmt/wish/1527511676 EVERY educator should know about Mote...so share this opportunity with them.

Mote is a Google Chrome Extension that allows you to add:
- Voice
- Feedback
- Comments 
into Google Docs and Google Slides!!

Your voice notes can be transcribed.
(That is an essential feature so it costs $$) 

Or, TRANSLATED!! 
To any language!

So, you speak and give your feedback in English and Mote will translate it to whatever language your student needs!

Incredible! 

You can speak a scientific notation or chemical compound and it will show the scientific notation for those in your transcription.

There is a Mote channel on YouTube with TONS of good ideas for how to use in the classroom as well.
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