Online Tools

Screencasting with Flipgrid

You can now screencast with Flipgrid! Check it out.

Zoom

Zoom is a feature-rich video conferencing tool that enables the teacher to have greater management and visibility of student participants. The zoom app will download automatically when you start a meeting from zoom.us or click on a meeting hosted by someone else. If you want to download it manually, click on the link below.

Zoom Scheduler is a Chrome extension that lets you create video conference meeting links through your Google Calendar - just like Meet!

Zoom SchedulerSchedule Zoom meetings directly from Google Calendar

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How to Use Zoom Online Meetings

This 19:15 minute video walks you through setting up a Zoom account and then walks you through how to host a meeting.

Enable Breakout room feature in Zoom

Zoom Help

Loom

This video walks you through how to use Loom video recorder in order to record lessons students could watch and then rewatch at their own pace.

Pear Deck

Google Slides add-on to add intractability to slide decks to actively engage students

🍐 Pear Deck How-to

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How to Teach Remotely with Flipgrid

Flipgrid is a free video discussion platform that is an effective tool for online learning. This 15-minute video shows teachers how to set up a Flipgrid account, organize class grids, create assignments, post assignments to Google Classroom, record responses, and customize videos and selfies. It provides you with all you need to know about integrating Flipgrid into your classroom -- whether you are teaching virtually or IRL!

Flipgrid. Empower Every VoiceFlipgrid empowers social learning in PreK to PhD classrooms around the world. Use video the way your students do.

Catch the Flipgrid fever! 30+ ways to use Flipgrid in your class - Ditch That TextbookFlipgrid, a FREE video discussion platform, gives all students a voice. Here are more than 30 ideas on how to use it in class.

FlipGrid

Video feedback platform

Remote Learning with Flipgrid — FlipgridAs educators, learners and families are impacted by COVID-19, know that our entire team is always here for you. Inspired by the ways you foster community beyond the classroom, we have curated a collection of resources to help you and your peers. Remote Learning with Flipgrid PDF This simple one

Explain Everything

Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.

Google Classroom Online Discussions

This brief video tutorial provides guidance on how to use Google Classroom to host an online discussion with students.

Creating a Quiz Using Google Classroom

This tutorial from Jen Jonson walks teachers through setting up a quiz for students using Google Classroom. Don't get too excited about the LOCKED testing mode though. It only works with Chromebooks.

Getting Started with Online Discussion Forums

This article from Stanford University provides several tips on how to manage online discussions, including:

set clear expectations.
encourage critical thinking.
limit instructor participation.

How to Use Padlet

This 14-minute video walks you through how to use Padlet. Think of Padlet as a collaborative wall where you and your students can express your thoughts on a common topic. Students can collect their ideas through text, link, images, videos, bookmarks and more.

EdPuzzle

EdPuzzle allows teachers to create and/or import videos and embed questions to check for understanding. This is a particularly useful tool for formative assessment.

EdPuzzle intro Tech TalkEdpuzzle video lesson. Make any video your lesson. Take a video and crop it, add your voice or embed questions at any point.

How to Use Quizlet

This tutorial from Cult of Pedagogy walks teachers through how to make flashcards using Quizlet. This tool helps students study information through interactive tools and games. Quizlet's mission is to help students and teachers practice and master what they are learning.

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