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The Discovery Education Experience is a simple-to-use K-12 learning platform that combines dynamic curated curriculum resources with on-demand teaching strategies, personalized for your needs as an educator. This collection of real world educational content includes videos, activities, virtual field trips, and more.
A free interactive assessment tool that lets the teacher select a video and easily modify it making it personal, engaging and effective. In addition, it contains powerful analytic tools to track each student in the classroom and is great for individualized lesson plans or the flipped classroom. NPS has premium accounts for all teachers. Here are the directions on how to upgrade your account. The upgrade code is cibsfi.
This application will be available for teachers to be able monitor and manage students and their Chromebooks. This actively integrates with Google Classroom. Here is the link to setting it up. You should have received an email from GoGuardian in order to activate your account and change your password. Here is how you use Google Forms with Scenes in GoGuardian.
Google Classroom saves you time, keeps you organized and helps you communicate with your students. Get started today, with resources, tips and tricks from educators like you.
Google Meet is a video conferencing platform. By clicking a short link shared with you by the meeting leader, you will be automatically connected. Meet can be accessed at https://meet.google.com/_meet .
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Google Workspace Learning Center
Choose one tool - or all of them! This platform offers training and tutorials on all of the G Suite tools and also includes specific training for those familiar with Microsoft products who are looking to learn more about their Google counterparts (i.e. Microsoft Powerpoint to Google Slides).
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turn it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. Content areas include Science, Social Studies, ELA, and SEL.
Pear Deck
Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. Teachers create presentations using their Google Drive account. Students log into the presentation with unique access codes and interact with questions while teachers monitor student and whole-class progress. Pear Deck is a freemium service; teachers and schools can access a wide array of tools and resources for free or opt to subscribe to a premium account.
Texthelp describes Read&Write as an extension that acts "like a literacy toolbar that is great for all subjects to help students understand, learn, and express themselves. It offers support with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work. It’s designed in line with the principles of UDL (Universal Design for Learning), so it fits right in with a wide range of educational technology strategies, personalized learning plans, ESOL and IEP students."
Screencastify is a simple video screen capture software for Chrome. It is able to record all screen activity inside a tab, including audio. Just press record and the content of your tab is recorded. So you can easily create a screencast for video tutorials, record presentations etc. It also supports desktop capturing, allowing you to record anything on your screen (not just tabs). NPS has premium accounts for all teachers.
Student driven digital portfolios and simple parent communication. Seesaw’s creativity tools are optimized for Chromebooks and allow students to draw, record, take videos, and more. Students can add work from Google Drive directly into their Seesaw portfolio and teachers can import Google Classroom rosters to setup Seesaw classes. NPS has the premium version for Grades K-4. Here is a guide for doing Remote Learning with Seesaw. Also, visit the NPS District Seesaw Activity Library where activities can be created and shared across the district.
WeVideo empowers every learner to discover their voice and make an impact in their world. The platform promotes deeper learning while making it fun and easy for students to express their ideas with creativity and authenticity. If you would like access to the premium accounts, please contact Jay Salerno.
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