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published by Mike Neumire on 2/24/2026
What to know for March
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Looking for a simple little tool to help you make seating charts? An English teacher put together this simple little tool to help with that very need. There is no login or accounts, but your browser history will allow Seat Savvy to remember what you've done, and you can generate a link to each seating chart you make. What's really cool about it is that as you add students, you can set up rules, and then randomize the student placement. For example, you could set one student's rule to keep them at the front of the class. You could also apply a rule to two students so that they never sit next to each other. Setting up these rules and then hitting the randomizer button is a great way to make groups for a particular project or activity. As you explore this tool, remember this wasn't created by some big company- just a guy- so adjust your expectations accordingly.
Check it out here: https://www.seatsavvy.com/app
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Securly Classroom
We are moving forward with a classroom device management tool by Securly, the same company we use for digital passes. This tool allows teachers to monitor student screens, push websites, lock student screens, share their screen with students, and much more. It's being purchased at the middle school and high school. The goal is to have access starting in April, but if prorated access can't be figured out, definitely by July 1st.
Learn a little more about it here: https://www.securly.com/site/assets/product-briefs/classroom.pdf and keep an eye out for future trainings!
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Canva Code Connects to Sheets to Track Data
If you haven't played around with Canva Code, do yourself a favor and tinker around with it. Canva Code uses AI to take your prompt, and write actual code from it to build functioning tools, apps, and games. Now, that functionality has been taken even further by connecting those tools to Canva Sheets. Previously, there was no way to track or hold onto information when a tool is used or a game is played. Now, you can instruct Canva Code to retain that information by attaching it to a sheet. This means that if you create a learning game, you can track your students' performances. It means that you can set up a leaderboard so that when one player plays, they can see the high score from another player. There are many reasons this update is very cool. Start playing around with it and see what kind of awesomeness you can generate!
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/kbJ5XuS5vvY?si=ILYwRI_3BolUWQad
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Professional Development
I have relisted four in-service self-paced trainings for the rest of this school year: Intro to Magic School, Magic Student, Clipchamp, and Next Level: Exploring the Level Up Website. I have also listed three more full day trainings:
An Edtech Menu Tasting - April 8th from 8 am to 3 pm
Do you know all the technology resources available to you? It's okay if you don't- there are so many! This training will introduce you a wide variety of instructional technology and give you the time to put it to use right away
Nearpod: Bring Everything Together - April 23rd from 8 am to 3 pm
Nearpod is an interactive presentation tool that makes it easy to bring every piece of your lesson together and facilitate it with research-backed tools. This full day training will take you under the hood to learn everything Nearpod has to offer and give you the time to develop your own Nearpods that you can use right away.
NY's Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards - May 26th from 8 am to 3 pm
Stop wondering how to fit "one more thing" into your day and discover how you’re already crushing New York State’s Computer Science and Digital Fluency standards through the high-impact teaching you do every day. By demystifying the standards, we shift the focus from daunting technical requirements to a celebration of the creative, hands-on activities that naturally integrate into any grade level. Teachers will walk away with a refreshed connection between their current practices and the standards, as well as a toolkit of engaging, high-energy projects that transform these standards into some of the most memorable and fun moments of the school day.
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Teacher Feature: Canva links to individual slides
I'm trying out something new! I'm going to try to highlight a specific feature of a resource, how it works, and three ways teachers might use it. My hope is that this format will help motivate teachers to adopt certain tools and then use those tools more efficiently. First up is the ability to get a shareable link to individual slides of a Canva presentation. Check out the video below to see how it works and why that might matter to you!
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