Digital Tools for Opportunities to Make Meaning

How might students use digital tools to practice new skills?

Ideas for All Grades:

• take pictures of something I created and add it to an online activity (math model, science lab, hands-on project, etc)

• Collaborate with peers through Jamboard, Kami, or the Promethean

Additional Ideas for K-2:

• listen to a story read to me with the Select-to-Speak tool on the Chromebook

• speak into Google to look up pictures of something I am learning about

Additional Ideas for Grades K-5:

• practice math online (Dreambox, Seesaw, Jamboard, Bridges/MLC apps) as independent work, workplaces, homework, or entry task

• record myself reading out loud on Seesaw - for fluency or repeated reading practice

• practice skills on digital tools like FastForward, ConnectED or Seesaw, DreamBox, or Jamboard as homework or independent practice

• Use Seesaw to make a video to show my learning

• find resources, reference documents, and practice materials for science and social studies lessons in Google Classroom

Additional Ideas for Grades 3-12:

• listen to a story read to me with the Select-to-Speak tool on the Chromebook

• read a story online (ConnectED or other)

• Collaborate with peers through Padlet or a shared file

• use Google to research articles or images

• Review a lesson my teacher made on Google Slides

• speak or type into a digital document to plan, draft, and revise my writing, write RACE responses

• complete tasks assigned in Google Classroom (Mark as Done or Submit)

• create slide presentations to demonstrate my learning about a topic

• use text-to-speech as a proofreading strategy to check my writing

• Use Loom to make a video to show my learning

• Keep track of my reading log in Google Classroom

• when absent, check Google Classroom to review lessons, find and complete work I missed

Additional Ideas for Grades 6-12:

• practice math online (Desmos, graphing\scientific calculators, Delta Math, Quizizz, Google forms, Kahn Academy)

• review slides from a lesson my teacher taught me

• use Jamboard to access, organize or create notes

• Using graphic organizers/tables to take notes (annotating/marking text) with Kami or collaborative documents or spreadsheets

• Collaborate with peers through Social Media, PearDeck, Meets

• practice skills on tools specific to certain classes (No Red Ink, Plt4im)

• find resources, reference documents, and practice materials in Google Classroom

• organize my learning on a Google Site

Additional Ideas for Grades 9-12:

• practice skills on tools specific to certain classes (Formative, Quizlet, Gizmos, Kahoot, Blooket, Plt4im, MS Edge Browser, Canvas, Teams, Plt4im)