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Notes from Digital Learning and School Library Services
November 2021
The Digital Learning Team has been busy updating our One Byte at a Time (1B@T) microunits. Remember these are short, self-paced PD’s focus on the products available to BCS teachers. See the section below for more information including a link to the One Byte at a Time website.
Also below is an awesome 360° degree tour of the Bolivia Elementary Library. If you have a need for a similar tour, make sure you see your DLS for assistance.
Finally, don’t forget to check out our Be Cyber Safe resources for November. It is increasingly important we work with all of our students to make them better, more aware, users of digital tools and media. We can’t assume they know the behaviors and dangers that exist online just because they have always had the internet. It is up to us to help them navigate - and balance - their use of these resources.
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Copyright Corner
(click the down arrow to see the response to the question)
Why is Netflix, Disney+, Hulu or any other streaming service blocked? I teach that novel, topic, etc. and need to show the video.
Several things come into play here.
Terms of Service: Your Netflix account Terms of Service state that the account is for your personal, entertainment use. Your classroom is neither personal nor entertainment. The same goes for all other streaming accounts.
Certain Netflix Original documentaries have been deemed for educational use, HOWEVER, there is no way to filter these from the rest of the Netflix content.
Movies used in the classroom must meet Fair Use guidelines. In order to meet these, the movie must be tied directly to a content standard (no showing movies for rewards or holidays). In addition, they must be acquired legally and preferably from a vendor with licensing right for viewing.
We have a form that should be completed and then signed by your school administrator when showing any movie. See your media coordinator for more information
School Library Spotlight
Click on the icons on the 360° tour of the Bolivia library to learn more about the sections in Mrs. Lewis' library.
Digital Learning Resources
Before exploring specific applications, all educators should be aware of Immersive Reader. Immersive Reader is a free Microsoft Learning Tool that is embraced by many applications as a way to allow students to hear, translate, and see a picture dictionary for written text in digital environments.
Click here to check out a video on Immersive Reader.
What Applications Use Immersive Reader?
Click here to view a complete list of applications that partner with Immersive Reader.
In Brunswick County Schools, our most commonly used apps that include this resource are BrainPOP, Canvas, Code.org, Discovery Education, Flocabulary, Merge, Pear Deck, Thinglink, and Wakelet.
Have you checked out Discovery Education's video quiz? In fact Discovery Education has updated all of their quiz features! Choose from:
Live Quizzes
Video Quizzes
Standard Quizzes
Studio Quiz
Let's focus on videos! You can now take ANY Discovery Ed. video and make it a quiz. Do you want to know more? Here is a step by step guide. Check out this awesome feature today!
Canvas: One feature at a time!
Let's talk about your Dashboard. Customize your Dashboard with two layouts:
Card View: displays course cards for quick access to all your favorite courses (the same courses display in the Courses link from the Global Navigation Menu)
Recent Activity View: displays all recent activity for all courses.
Change your Dashboard view
Click your three dots from your Dashboard page.
Choose your view
Change your picture on your Dashboard:
From your course menu, click "settings".
Upload (or search Unsplash) your image in the course details tab.
Click on the icon above to view November's newly released Micro-units!
Brunswick County Schools offers many micro-units to assist staff with understanding the digital resources available to them. With each micro-unit, staff earns digital learning credits, which vary depending on the unit of study. The digital learning team has released 19 updated micro-units and 1 NEW one this month, allowing for staff to learn the latest updates and implement the best strategies for instruction.
NEW 20 Day Twitter Challenge
Classroom Management Gamified
Destiny Discover for Student Searching & Resource Access
Digital Citizenship as It Applies to Students and Teachers
Discovery Education for the Elementary Classroom
Discovery Education Techbook for Beginners
Discovery Education's SOS Strategies
FlipGrid in the Classroom
Go Math! - an introduction
Google Drive (Beginner Level)
iReady
Lightbox
Lumio by SMART
Padlet for Formative Assessment, Exit Tickets, or Student Projects
QR Codes to Simplify Classroom Tasks
Reading A-Z The First Step: Differentiating Reading
Reading A-Z The Next Step: Assignments
Reading A-Z The Next Step: Analyzing Reading A-Z Data
WeVideo (Beginner)
WeVideo (Advanced)
To learn more about the 1B@T microunits and how YOU can sign up to complete one, click here. Questions? Please reach out to your digital learning specialist!
InstructureCon - If you missed the live event for Canvas users, it is ON DEMAND! Check out the featured speakers and many learning opportunities here.
Chromebooks have a variety of tools built into the Chrome operating system to help our students be more productive.
They also have tools that can help make documents and websites more accessible for our learners.
Click HERE to see a larger view of the shortcuts in the image above.
Keep It Simple: Schoolnet 23 Self Paced Course (NCEES Course)
This self-paced course should take approximately one hour to complete.
During this course, you will learn:
What is Schoolnet?
How do teachers and students access Schoolnet?
How do teachers create Schoolnet assessments using readily available questions?
How do teachers analyze the results of Schoolnet assessments?
Do you have a Newline Panel? Looking for some easy to access tools to help facilitate instruction? Newline has something just for you!
On the Home screen, select the Gadgets button. Look for Classroom Tools.
Click on a tool to launch it. Use the minimize button to hid it until ready to use during instruction.
You can now access magazine titles via SORA. We have added 55 simultaneous magazines to our digital library collection.
Magazines are accessible to users based on age appropriateness. Adults and high school students can access all 55 titles, middle school students can access approximately 45 titles, and elementary students can access approximately 25 titles.
Since titles are simultaneous access, teachers can use these for reading assignments and instruction or students (and staff) can read them for pleasure. There are even a few in Spanish!
Directions on using magazines in SORA are here.
Happy reading!
Please click on the icon above to view November's Tech Tips! The focus is on
Do you need additional tech tips? Check them out here!
Please click on the icon above to check out November's Creation Motivation strategies! We will release three a month to help student's create digitally in the classroom!
Be Cyber Safe Monthly Resources
