Saturday Summits
New Virtual Spread-Out Summit
Wednesday April 15 - Digital Interactive Notebooks - Elizabeth Armstrong, ToSA
Learn how to use Google Slides to create notebooks for students allowing for more efficient organization and flow of assignments, especially in this new "online" world. Link to presentation.
Friday April 17 - 1:00 PM - Teaching with YouTube - Kevin Fairchild, Coordinator
Hints and tips for using YouTube videos effectively, including how to make sure the video is available in the first place, how to assign students to watch just a part of a video, how to eliminate the comments, sidebar, and "suggested videos", how to insert questions into videos, and more!
Tuesday April 21 - Making Workstations Work for Distance Learning - Debbie Higgins & Aimie Burdette, Santiago STEAM Elementary
Working with Google Docs to create a week plan, integrating Pearson, Benchmark, Go Math for daily tasks, and soon to be Amplify for Science.
Thursday April 23 - EdPuzzle - Teri Ramirez, Academic Coach
Learn how to help your students get the most out of videos with EdPuzzle. With the ability to connect directly to Google Classroom, EdPuzzle allows you to create multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions to gauge your students' comprehension of material presented via video. Link to presentation.
Monday April 27 - Desmos Activities for Algebra - Colleen Mathews, ToSA
Desmos is a free graphing and teaching tool for math. In addition to plotting equations, classroom activities are available to help students learn about a variety of math concepts. An algebra activity for quadratics will be presented along with examples of many other activities that for introducing or practicing math concepts.
Wednesday April 29 - Graphic Design with Genial.ly - Sarah Nichols, Academic Coach
Are you looking for a way to make your presentations more interactive and engaging for your students? “Genially is your all-in-one online tool to create stunning presentations, interactive images, infographics, gamification, quizzes, breakouts, portfolios, etc. and enrich them with interactivity and animation effects in seconds.” –eLearning Industry (See for yourself here)
Friday May 1 - Whiteboarding and Doc Cams with Zoom - Jen Anderson, ToSA, and Kathleen Shafer, ToSA
Join as we share some ideas for whiteboards and doc cams using Zoom.
Thursday April 16 - Remote Learning with Seesaw - Kathleen Shafer, ToSA
Whether you used Seesaw this year in your classroom or want to start now with remote learning, this session will review what it looks like at home with home learning codes. We'll discuss the most commonly asked questions, troubleshooting ideas, the activity library, and even extend in to Seesaw Blogs!
Monday April 20 (and Monday May 4) - BrainPop Make-A-Movie (Grades 3-6) - Jen Anderson, ToSA
With Make-a-Movie, you can make your own BrainPOP-style movies, building scenes with images from BrainPOP’s library, or creating your own drawings. Students can record narration, manipulate backgrounds, and add transitions between scenes.
Make-a-Movie cultivates planning, organizing, writing, collaborating, and analyzing skills. Students take ownership of their learning as they engage with curricular content on a deeper level and demonstrate their comprehension of a BrainPOP topic.
Wednesday April 22 - 3-Act Math with Google Forms - Lindsey Gatfield, ToSA
Have you been working hard all year to get your students thinking, speaking, and writing like mathematicians? Join me to find out how to continue these best practices through 3-Act Tasks on Google Forms!
Friday April 24 - Using Screencastify to Make Videos - DeeAnn Crouch, Academic Coach
Is Distance Learning preventing you from connecting with your students? Try using Screencastify, an excellent platform that allows you to increase your 1:1 connections with students, making them feel more engaged and interested in your lessons and instruction. This free Chrome extension allows you to record videos for presenting content, explain difficult instructions and assignments, communicate meaningfully with parents, and allow students the ability to reflect upon their work in a more exciting way. Using Screencastify is easy and free (up to 5 minutes), so let’s get busy connecting!
Tuesday April 28 - Digital Writing Conferences - Lauren Wiepking, Glen Yermo Elementary
In this unprecedented time of teaching online, it's hard to even imagine writing lessons that provide planning, guidance, individual teacher feedback, and authentic student revisions. However, with the use of Google Docs, Screencastify, and a little teacher ingenuity, it is possible. Join me as we look at using digital writing planners, online rough drafts, and teacher videos that provide valuable feedback to students, without taking up days of precious teaching and planning time. Empower your students to become stronger writers, even from the comfort of your couch.
Thursday April 30 - Zoom Interactive! - Leslie Harrison, DePortola Elementary, and Jen Anderson, ToSA
Get your students engaged and connected with Zoom activities like scavenger hunts, online games, quick writes, shared slidedecks, and Zoom breakout rooms to promote positive SEL (Social Emotional Learning).
Tuesday May 5 - Remote Formative Assessments - Colleen Mathews, ToSA
Goformative.com is the best online tool that you're not using... yet! Join us to learn about how easy it is to use this free tool to see student work in real time and give immediate feedback. If you're using Google Classroom, goformative.com connects to your classes directly.
Bonus Session
Here is the recording of Kathleen Shafer's CUE session this year, titled The Power of Provocations with Seesaw.
Provocationpower.mp4