Below you will find tech tutorials on many of the apps highlighted by the staff that helped lead educators to their best practices. Use the link on the left to watch a video tutorial about the topic. Each video will also have a short description of some of the advantages to learning and using the app/technology. As always, reach out to the tech staff for extra help on any app using the Form on the final tab of this website!

Padlet

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Why use Padlet?

Watch the pitch above, and don't forget to expand the video using the icon in the top right of the player.

Padlet Tutorial

All the Padlet offerings are detailed in the Slides above.

Consider moving these Slides over to your Drive or expanding them to the full screen for easy viewing.

Sharing and Collaborating on Padlet

To the left is a guide to sharing and collaborating with students and colleagues using the remake, copy post, comment and react features of Padlet. Teachers can use this as an example of a 'best practice' on this feature, and a practice that will translate to their live classroom of the future. Find more best practices here.

Embedding Padlet to Sites

To the right is a quick video on how to easily embed a Padlet on your teacher webpage. Placing a Padlet on a Site allows for easier access by both frequent student participants as well as interested parents.

Screencasting

Tutorial- Screencasting

Use the Slides to left for an overview on how to screencast and an embedded video tutorial on using Screencastify.

Screencastify allows teachers to record, edit, and share videos while teaching a lesson on your screen.

Consider moving the Slides to your Drive for easy access. Fullscreen the Slides for enhanced presentation viewing.

The video to the right demonstrates an effective way of using Screencastify for Back-to-School Night.

The practice of capturing a presentation and pushing it will also prove helpful in day-to-day instruction.

Screencastify- Open House.mp4

The video to the left is a longer-form tutorial on specifics to making and pushing out Screencastify content.

Watch the video for everything from pre-recorded class lectures to making your Back-to-School night presentation!

Kami

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This video tutorial is a description of the usefulness of the app Kami, a leading digital classroom app built to transform any existing document into an interactive learning experience. They also have a useful Help Center!

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This video tutorial details the way in which teachers can use Kami from start to finish in unison with Drive and Classroom.

Blended Learning for the Flexible Classroom

YouTube

The video tutorial to the left will assist teachers in common uses of YouTube in the classroom, including the uploading of videos.

It outlines specifically uploading a video to youtube, changing the privacy settings, and creating a Safeyoutube link on safeyoutube.net to then to share on Classroom.

Consider using the tab in the bottom right of the video to watch in fullscreen.

Clever (coming soon!)

More to come throughout the summer!

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