What Teachers had to say:

• Just really enjoyed learning about this tech program that can enhance our teaching through creative expression but also give our students ways to share their learning.

• I will try to use Canva to present in lessons and the timer shortcuts will help for breakout rooms activities.

• This was a really informative session! I found that everything you presented can be applicable to my classroom right now and it makes me excited to see the direct application.

• You could use Canva to publish feature articles, to create custom Blog banners, facilitate student collaboration and more!

Feedback from Teachers:

• I love learning new features!

• Great to learn about all of these Zoom functions. I hope to use the Poll function, which I have participated in but not created myself.

• Focus mode will be really useful at times

• I could use the customized waiting room to remind students to get their resources ready for the lesson.

• Very informational, short, practical session!

What teachers have to say:

• I feel like I have a better understanding of some easy, kid friendly ways to publish student work digitally.

• I'm going to use the Anchor FM podcasting idea immediately! This will be motivation for the personal and persuasive essays we're writing. A fantastic way to spend 30 minutes - efficient and practical.

• I enjoyed seeing the student examples of podcasts and green screen videos etc. I am looking forward to using Book Creator as a tool to publish their current poetry writing.

Upper Primary teachers explored different approaches to media making in the classroom. After learning about some of the types of media, equipment available and practical tips to implement in learning, they brainstormed both Simple Starts and Aspirational Ideas to integrate Media Making into their instructional practice to empower students' voice and choice while developing their creativity, collaboration and resilience. Some ideas included incorporating NY Times photo of the week in morning meeting discussions, improving the quality of current class birthday videos, leveraging Media Making in Math lessons, launching a class podcast, and create multi media projects with students reading their writing and adding images to the background using a greenscreen. Reach out to Amy if you'd like to learn more about Media Making, would like support in rolling out your ideas, and or would like to use the equipment or Media Lab space with your students!

Monday afternoon Allison Little shared some of her top tips for teachers in setting up, organizing and utilising One Note as a powerful tool for learning.

Teachers walked away from this very practical hands-on demo session with tools and tricks to try out in a vary of approaching to using OneNote for learning. Here's what they had to say:

One way I great professionally from this session was building a better understanding of how OneNote can support my teaching and student learningI would love MNN students to use One Note to work on some worksheets to reduce printing. It's more environment friendly and easier to organise. I would also like to use it as a platform for MSL students to practice writing characters.

Thanks Allison! Very clear, helpful for everyday classroom use

One way I grew professionally.....

"Reminders and tine to think critically about co-teaching models"

"I appreciate the opportunity to revisit strategies that i've used in the past and I need to dust off and use again!"

All homeroom teachers attended a full day session to understand the complexity of effective science teaching and the Next Generation Science Standards with the goal of shifting our collective instructional practices to increase student performance and engagement in science.

"Conversations with colleagues always help me feel like I've grown as a professional. Coming away from the workshop with inspiring ideas, fresh eyes on our upcoming unit and a personal goal of committing to enhancing my teaching practice and the learning experience for students by being more intentional about cross-curricular planning."

"One idea I have for enhancing student learning is displaying the phenomenon routine in the class and having students make changes along the way during their learning."