Whole School Communication & Learning

Google Classroom

Google Classroom is a resource many teachers are using to upload resources, create deadlines, mark work and start discussions with their classes online. In the event of school closures, many students will be able to continue with their learning.

Class Dojo

Class Dojo is a free app that connects teachers with students and parents to build classroom communities. Teachers can bring parents into the classroom experience by sharing photos, videos, announcements and instant messages with parents.

Class Dojo as a remote learning tool

SeeSaw

Seesaw is a platform for student engagement. Teachers can empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate. Students “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links.

Seesaw Info Simonside.pdf

Wakelet

Today, millions of people around the world use Wakelet every day. Educators, students, sportspeople, bloggers, researchers, travellers, journalists, librarians, photographers, organizations and individuals are all using the platform to curate content from across the web, gather research, create digital portfolios, tell digital stories, distribute newsletters, and much, much more in a visual and engaging way.

Wakelet Remote Learning Guide.pdf

Symbaloo

Symbaloo is a visual bookmarking tool that makes it simple and fun to organize the best of the web. You have all your favorite websites displayed as tiles.



Purple Mash

Purple Mash is an online platform that can be accessed on any device, that has internet access, containing thousands of opportunities for learning. These activities can be set for children to complete online, but can also be printed off if the school were looking to send packs home with students.

School Closure Pack contains top tips and what you can do within Purple Mash, enabling teachers to set up blogs and set work via Purple Mash quickly and easily so that the learning can continue.

Within the teacher area in Purple Mash, are several one-page guides for teachers that walk them through remote and online learning and how to set and assess work online.