Professional Learning for Online Teaching

Newsela is now linked in Clever for all 2 -12 students and 2 -12 ELA, Science, and Social Studies teachers.  To get started, follow these steps.

1st District RESA is offering remote learning opportunities for educators.  Please see the FDRESA RLO website to view available sessions and register.  

Adobe Spark Video is a great tool to narrate a Google Slides presentation to use as a teaching tool.  All teachers have access to Adobe Spark through Clever.  To get started, click here. 

Our district leadership team has recommended that teachers use Google Meet for teacher meetings and PLCs. For more information on using Google Meet click here.  

With Edpuzzle, you can create video lessons with embedded formative assessment using existing videos from YouTube, Khan Academy, National Geographic, Crash Course, Numberphile, and more.  To get started, click here.  

USATestPrep is now available for K - 2 teachers as a trial and for grades 3 - 12 teachers and students as a subscription.  For more information USATestPrep, click here.  

 With Classroom, educators can create classes, distribute assignments, grade and send feedback, and see everything in one place.  For more information on getting started in Google Classroom, click here.  

Google Forms is a very versatile tool for creating formative assessments, surveys of understanding, and surveys of well being.  Click here for tutorials that break down the skills needed to create your own surveys and quizzes.