The tool(s) demonstrated in that section.
Some places in the curriculum where you could use this idea.
Watch this! How this web page is set up for your use. Ususally the explainer video will be here!
( A video lesson on how to use this tool or idea)
I'll put a template here with a copy link!
Tool used to create:
Google Maps
Google Maps is a fantastic way to get started with mapping.
Projects and sample work:
Communities around the world (Grade 3)
Canadian wonders (Grade 5)
What Does Canada Look Like (Grade 5)
Full Google Maps Lesson. Add the video to Classroom and students can watch and participate.
Google Earth
Google Earth is one of the most powerful ways to engage students with geography and global thinking.
Machu Picchu Tour (Grade 3)
Google Earth Canadian Tour (Grade 5)
What Does Canada Look Like (Grade 5)
Use this Historic Maps KML file in Google earth to show some amazing historic maps.
*Google MyMaps
I would do this in Google Earth Now. See the video>
Place Names of Alberta (Grade 4)
English and French Colonialism (Grade 7)
Renaissance Europe (Grade 8)
Layers in Google Earth Projects.
Tag Cloud Generator
Word Art.com
Alberta Word Cloud (Grade 4
Awesome U (Multiple Grades))
Loyalist Letter Writing Analysis (Grade 5)
How to create word clouds and word cloud selfies. Video Lesson
The Word Cloud add-on in Docs allows students to find their most commonly used words.
Google Slides/Drawings
Creating a Magazine - design skills
Butterfly eBook (Grade 3)
Natural Disasters Magazine (Grade 5)
Film Review (Grade 7)
Social Media Post (Grade 8)
Character Archetypes (Grade 9)
A video lesson on how to create with Slides!
Google Slides
Piktochart
Canva
Goods and Services in India (Grade 3)
Waste and Our World (Grade 4)
Aside from the annoying music, a great way to get started!
Trish and Darren show how to create a simple infographic! Video Lesson
Sample Template
Google Slides or Drawings
Remove BG
A Postcard from the Past
Who Should be on Our Money?
Silhouettes (Any Grade)
Video Lesson
Google Slides
Google Sites
Other sites: FlipGrid and SeeSaw
A video lesson on adding audio and video to Slides.
Template: bit.ly/readingrecords
Create your own Google Site!
Google Sites Portfolio Templates
Online Voice Recorder
Twisted Wave
SoundTrap
AnchorFM (podcasts)
Online Voice Recorder
Sound Wave Art (Grade 3)
Music Recording (Grade 3)
Podcasting create!
Screencastify (or any other recording tool)
Talk and Comment
Mote
In this video, Trish and Darren show how to add video feedback for students to Google Classroom!
Installing Talk and Comment
Adding voice notes.
Mote is a similar extension for adding voice comments to everything!
Mote has been updated!
See all of our Micro:bit Lessons!
Two Kits of 30 available from DO
Getting started with Minecraft and Minecraft coding lessons
Google Drawings, Google Slides
SO MANY!
Butterflies (Grade 2)
Abstract Art (Grade 4)
Self-Portrait
Sun (Grade 3)
Ted Harrison Art (Grade5)
Owl Art (Grade 7)
Quizlet
Kahoot
Gimkit
Regions Quiz (Grade 5)
Provinces and Territories Matching Quizlet (Grade 5)
Provinces and Territories Kahoot (Grade 5)
Google Slides
Stop Motion Studio
Stop Motion Animator
Animal Life Cycles (Grade 3)
Chemical Reactions (Grade 5)
Seasonal Shadows (Grade 6)
Phases of the Moon (Grade 6)
Orbit of the Planets (Grade 6)
Video Lesson: You can use Slides to make animations OR you can use a program like Stop Motion Animator on Chromebooks or Stop Motion Studio on iPads or tablets.
Screencastify
Loom
Chromebook Camera App
Projects and sample work:
Addition and Subtraction (Grade 3), Opinion Writing (Grade 4), Bernouli's Principle Common Craft (Grade 6), Battle of the Plains of Abraham Common Craft (Grade 7), Humanism March Madness (Grade 8)
Nice and simple video explanation:
How to Make a Common Craft Style Video (Mr. Fogle, SVSD, HMS)
Explanation video
Another example using Icons
Flippity (add-on and website)
Provincial Parks (Grade 4,5)
Aztec Game Show (Grade 7)
Humanism March Madness (Grade 8)
Mad Libs
How to use Flippity
DoInk
Kapwing: Chrome-based, free!
Stop Motion Studio (Pro)
WeVideo (Pro)
Animal Habitats (Grade 3)
Visit Peru (Grade 3)
Wetlands News Broadcast (Grade 5)
Meteorologist for a Day
Adobe Spark (Adobe Creative Cloud Express)
Wevideo
Book Creator
Kapwing
Stories of Alberta (Grade 4)
Famous 5 (Grade 5)
New France (Grade 5)
Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express.
BreakoutEDU (Digital and Physical Games)
We have a digital account for Black Gold!
Electricity (Grade 5)
Evidence and Investigation (Grade 6)
Edo Japan (Grade 8)
Digital: Shapes (Grade 3)
Geometric Shapes
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Google Sheets
Collecting First Hand Data (Grade 4)
Graphing Basics (Grade 8)
Misrepresenting Data (Grade 8)
Language Arts (Various Grades)
CoSpaces
TinkerCAD
Autodesk Homestyler
Flipgrid
3D modeling (Grade 5) add
Create a Forest (Grade 6)
Molecules (Grade 9) add
TinkerCAD
Autodesk Homestyler