Martin Luther King Jr Middle School
Remote Learning Staff PD
Welcome to our Cobra Staff PD website. In this website you can find resources about training's and staff professional developments that we have done and are upcoming. Please enjoy the links, pdf's, etc that can help you as we transition to this new world of public school teaching.
NEW THIS WEEK 08/17/2020:
Grade Transfer Chrome Extension
The need for greater Social Presence in Online Classrooms (And ideas to achieve that presence).
Diversity and Inclusion in the Online Classroom
Harvard Quizzes: Exploring your Implicit Bias
Building Community in the Online Classroom with Affinity Groups
Social Presence in Online Learning: 7 Suggestions for Instructors
MORE great google extensions for teaching
Great Article: SUPPORTING ONLINE LEARNING IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC
Google Sheet to help teachers organize their day/week/unit
Staff PD Agenda with live links 08.19.2020
Staff PD Agenda with links 08.20.2020
Videos, Documents and Websites to help support our Distance Teaching Skills
Helpful Support Links From IT
ot Meal / Food Pantry Every Tuesday Night From 5-6:30pm @ New Hope 22110 Montgomery Ave, Hayward Community Relief Grant
- From SIA: scroll down a little when you open this link to find ergonomics and self care links.
Suggested websites: By our staff and For our staff
screencast-omatic : Good for easy video of classes : Free up to 15 min total video time
screencastify: Good for creating free 5 minute short videos to automatically upload to google classroom. $29.00/yr for editable unlimited length videos.
screencastify submit: Good for students creating videos for assignments, or exam use with great privacy policies in place.
ck-12 : Good for lesson plans and activities: Free
Kahoot : Good for game review of lesson/unit, also collects results in a Google Sheet for easy grading/record keeping: Basic is Free
Flocabulary : engaging support for tons of lessons: Free Trial
Brainpop : Lot's of good stuff especially emotional support lessons during Distance Learning: Limited Free Access
Bozeman Science : Upper division science videos and NGSS Science videos: Free
Quizlet Live : Good for review games for groups, teams or individuals: Free
Ed Helper : Good for crossword puzzles and worksheets: Free
Lesson Planet : Ummm...basically the title says it all: Limited Free Access
Mystery Science : Ready to use lessons that "inspire kids to love science": Free
Class Dojo: Good for parent communication: Free
EdPuzzle: Great for Asynchronous and synchronous learning. Videos editable for questions, notetaking, and voice overlay
PearDeck: Great Add-on for Google Slides. Polling, variety of question styles (drag and drop, list, mult. choice, etc) with pre-made and editable options
NearPod: Similar to EdPuzzle above.
Quizizz: Pick from 1000's of pre-made quizzes and build your own for multiple subjects. Interacts in a "game" format like Kahoot, but usually used ashnchronously.