A recording of the "Beginner's Guide to Showbie" webinar held on April 3rd, 2020. This DSB1 webinar explains how to use the Showbie App on the iPad for education.

A recording of the Google Classroom Webinar hosted on April 3, 2020. This webinar gives an overview on how to set up a class, create assignments, how communicate with students and families. Learn more here.

Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, assignments, and apps together in one place, letting teachers create vibrant learning environments. Build collaborative classrooms and connect in learning communities all from a single experience.

A recording of the "Beginner's Guide to Zoom" webinar held on April 14th, 2020. This DSB1 webinar explains how to schedule meetings and highlights the meeting controls and privacy settings both on the iPad and on the computer.

This webinar shows teachers how to increase student engagement during synchronous learning by using Zoom tools, including whiteboard and breakout rooms, as well as screen-sharing activities such as virtual manipulatives, virtual fieldtrips, interactive games and interactive lesson platforms.

Meetings in Teams include audio, video, and screen sharing. They're one of the key ways to collaborate in Teams. And you don’t need to be a member of an organization (or even have a Teams account!) to join a Teams meeting. You can even record Team meetings for those who could not connect!

Great option if you are using the VLE, Showbie or Google Classroom and want a really simple way to create meetings. Use the quicklink widget on the VLE homepage to get a meeting link, provide it in your announcements, have the meeting, and then receive a recording link to your email that can be provided to students in your course. You don’t have to set up a team in the application to use this method.

How to manage your class in a course shell with a full set of tools for content delivery, communication, and assessment/ evaluation, ministry course materials that can be used within the VLE, and integrated digital resources.

This webinar focuses on creating videos for beginners using your iPad. We demonstrate how to create a simple screen recording video on the iPad. Screen recording can be used to record what you do on your iPad, and to use voice over so you can narrate what you are doing. We also look at how you can make videos using the Clips app. Then we show how you can create videos using Keynote. Lastly, we show how to upload your videos to YouTube using your G-Suite (GAFE) account.

With iMovie for iOS, it is easy to edit videos in a more sophisticated way than in Clips. You can insert images video, add voice overs, and create picture-in-picture or side-by-side videos.

We will take you through the steps of importing, editing, and exporting video clips and pictures. We will also cover where you can access the advanced features, such as green screen, picture-in-picture, and cutaway. Learn why iMovie is a great classroom tool and how it teaches students analytical skills and supports creative communications.

The focus of this webinar is to create engaging and interactive documents with which students can engage. Participants learned how to create and share both an ePub and a template using Pages. Using keynote, create narrated videos that can be exported as a movie and shared with students. Using Screen Recording on your device enables you to create your own content to embed into files.

We will walk you through the essential features for GarageBand so you can get started with podcasting, radio plays, narration and/or music creation. We will discuss ways this tool can be used across the curriculum. We will also feature the Everyone Can Create: Music Resource:

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/everyone-can-create-music/id1434741739

If you want to check the resource out ahead of time, please copy and past the above link into the browser.

This session is intended for all teachers, and beginners.

Hyperdocs allow teachers to develop asynchronous student-led lessons that will keep students engaged. This webinar will explain what HyperDocs are and demonstrate how to use Pages in order to create them.

Google Suite is an integrated suite of secure, cloud-native collaboration and productivity apps powered by Google AI. This webinar recorded on April 29th, 2020, is an introduction to G-Suite, with a short description of Google Docs, Forms, Slides, Classroom, Sheets & Drive components and their main use.

Learn more here.

Google Forms are a great tool for digital learning and teaching. It can be used for surveys, process checks, formative assessments, contact logs, exit tickets, and more. Not only does a Google Form collect all of your students’ responses and have the potential to grade responses instantly; it also takes the data and organizes it for you in multiple ways. Learn how to create, use, and share various Google Forms and export their data.

This webinar will show Math and Science teachers how to utilize the whiteboard app Explain Everything to make and share engaging video tutorials with students.

How to create your account (or access your previously created account), create a class, add Gizmos, and get your students started either in the VLE or with a join code. Learn more here.

How to create your account (or access your previously created account), create a class, add Gizmos, and get your students started either in the VLE or with a join code. Learn more here.

A recording of the Quick Tips for Feedback hosted on April 23, 2020. This webinar gives some helpful, time-saving tips on how to give feedback to your students within your asynchronous tools, IPad features and synchronous tools (mark up/screen record/voice notes). Learn more here.

Useful for teachers who need to scan materials to digital for their students to use online. Use your iPad (or any other mobile device) to scan materials with the Office Lens app which can be saved to PDF, DOC or PPT. These files will autosave to your OneDrive which is your new school board online drive for all your files that used to be on the H drive. Also, your students can use this app on their iPads to scan and upload written work to your course management system. Scheduled for 30 min presentation & can stay to ask questions.

How to access your OneDrive on a board computer, online, or mobile device, how to get your files set to autosave, and how to use the Office Lens app to scan files that autosave to your OneDrive. If time permits, I can show how to share files with others and collaborate in the same file (like Google Docs). Scheduled for 30 min presentation & can stay to ask questions.

Although it can be used with any K-12 student, it is quite easy in the Funster mode for young and even non-reader students to upload their own work to share it with their teacher. Using a provided QR code, the students can upload to their own accounts, and the teacher can manage the submissions in their class’ course shell within the VLE. Note that students do not ever need to login to the VLE. Watch this video to learn more.

Learn about these interactive game worlds (one per grade) that teaches math concepts through play. How teachers can set up an MPower class for students OR parents can create an account for their K-6 children to explore through ‘free play’. Scheduled for 30 min presentation & can stay to ask questions. Learn more here.

How students can access math help through the TVO Mathify website where they can get live help from an Ontario certified Math teacher in a 1:1 tutorial session. Learn about the experience and how students can get started in using the resource. Due to the Covid-19 situation, they are currently offering help Monday-Friday 9am-9pm and Sunday 3:30pm-9pm. Scheduled for 30 min presentation & can stay to ask questions. Learn more here.

This webinar will focus on how to turn on accessibility features on the iPad as well as scan and make text accessible for all students through text to speech.

The ministry licensed digital learning resources that can be accessed on the homepage of the Virtual Learning Environment. Note that there are resources for K-12 - the grades 7-12 resources are covered in the VLE Brightspace 7-12 webinar.

Flipgrid can be used to create discussion prompts and have students provide video responses. Using Flipgrid, you have the flexibility to append documents, links, videos and more. New to Flipgrid is the ability to create "Shorts"; 10 minute lessons featuring embedded video, whiteboard and more.

Join the Genius hour movement and allow students to explore their own passions and creativity. Learn ways to provide students a choice in what they learn and create student-driven engaging projects. We will learn with an educator who has successfully implemented genius hour projects through emergency distance learning.