Badge Point(s): 2 points
Badge Point(s): 2 points
Easel by TeachersPayTeachers.com (TpT) is a suite of digital tools that seamlessly integrate with TpT, empowering educators to easily create custom, interactive digital activities from their own original materials or by adapting one of the teacher-created resources from TpT.
Make your lessons interactive and device ready with Easel’s free suite of intuitive digital tools. Get our full suite of annotation tools to create interactive lessons.
Key features include:
Works with Easel-enabled PDFs from TpT, or your own
Create an original activity from scratch
Easy ways to assign and review student work online
LMS integration with Google
Created by J Huff and E Bryan
Watch the videos to the right to get acquainted with how Easel works.
Go to TeachersPayTeachers.com, log in (or create an account), and click "Easel by TpT" at the top of the page, or go directly to the Easel page by clicking here.
Choose a TpT resource you already own, purchase one to use with Easel, or you may upload your own PDF file to use with Easel.
Create or adapt your assignment within Easel and choose ONE of the following options to exhibit your learning / familiarity with Easel.
Option 1: Retrieve the shareable link to the assignment you have created or plan to assign to your students. Paste that shareable link in the Google Form below. Leave a brief description on how you believe Easel might change your classroom environment or be advantageous to you and your students.
Option 2: Assign the Easel activity to your class(es) according to the directions in the videos. Have your students finish and submit their work. Share a screenshot of the results page (please be sure not to include student info and/or data in your screenshot to avoid FERPA violations) with the Google Form below. Share a brief reflection of the activity and explain how you feel it worked well (or did not work well) in your classroom.
*Instructions for taking screenshots on a Chromebook:
Full screen screenshot: Ctrl+windows shift button (looks like a rectangle with two lines next to it; above the 6 key).
Partial screenshot: Ctrl+Shift+windows shift button (looks like a rectangle with two lines next to it; above the 6 key). Click and drag around the area you'd like to grab.
Screenshots will be sent to your Downloads file (small blue circular icon with a file folder inside found in the apps menu -- click the small circle icon in far bottom left corner of Chromebook screen to find the Downloads file).
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