🖥️ District Supported Tech Tools
Looking for accessibility tools to help your students? Chrome extension Read&Write will give students access to simplified text, a picture dictionary, talk-to-text capabilities, translation tools, and so much more in one toolbar. The extension must first be installed using the link above. No special installation permission is required. Pinning the extension is highly recommended for easy access.
Great instruction happens on Seesaw!! All K-5 RUSD teachers have access to a premium SeeSaw account. Log in with your Google account to find your pre-rostered class. By uploading photos, videos, drawings, text, or links, students can demonstrate their understanding and share their learning experiences with classmates, teachers, and families.
Padlet
All Rialto USD teachers and students have access to a premium Padlet Backpack account during the 2023-2024 school year! 🤩 Padlets are visual boards that allow you to organize and share your thoughts. What can you add to a Padlet?
document & image files, camera images, videos, audio files, screen recordings, drawings, AI generated images, GIFs, and YouTube videos.
Students can collaborate on Padlets, comment on and like Padlet posts, and present their information as a slideshow. There are so many amazing applications for Padlet! Check out the Digital Calming Room Padlet to the right.
Featured AI Tool
Diffit is a teacher time saver!! Try out the Article option by copy and pasting an article link in the Diffit page's search bar. Indicate a reading level & click submit. You'll instantly have access to an Adapted Reading Passage to share with students, a bulleted summary of the passage, Key Vocabulary Words, Multiple Choice Questions, Short Answer Questions, and Open-ended Prompts. If you're not satisfied with the initial results, you can always click “Generate More.” The best part: You can export the resources to a Google Form or Google Doc by using the “Open with” menu at the top!🤯
Design Based Learning
Thank you to all the teachers who attended Rialto's 1st Excellence in Education conference last week, especially those who attended my Design Based Learning session 🥰. What did you miss? Participants used Wipebooks to chart the differences between on-task vs. engaged students. Collectively, we agreed that engaged classrooms are student centered. Students are engaged when learning is personal, authentic, novel, has opportunities for choice, and a sense of audience (Antonetti & Garver, 2015). Design Based Learning has ALL of that! The workshop ended with a demonstration of how students can use Padlet and Interactive Google Slides to share their Design Based Learning creations.
Are you interested in learning more about tech tools students can use to share their learning? Use the Google Form above for a classroom demonstration!
Google Sites
Google Slides
Padlet