EdTech Resources
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Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a teaching platform that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments in a paperless way. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students.
Google Drive
Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.
Learn the basics of Flipgrid and how to use it for distance learning: check ins with students, reading practice, explaining work.
Google Forms and Other Formative Assessments
Google Forms is a great tool not only for surveys, but also for exit tickets and self-grading quizzes. Also covered: Quizizz and Socrative
Hyperdocs
A hyperdoc is an interactive Google Doc or Slide functioning as a self-contained learning cycle on a focal theme or skill. Hyperdocs are the perfect vehicle for 3rd - 6th students to demonstrate learning mastery.
Learn how to find, remake, and create hyperdocs. Receive templates and collections links. Basic Google Docs and Slides skills are highly recommended.
Seesaw Basics
SeeSaw is a cross-curricular learning management system particularly appropriate for teachers in K-2.
Learn how to navigate Seesaw's fundamental components: Teacher and student access, finding, posting, and monitoring assignments, and communicating with families.
Videoconferencing 101 a/k/a How to Run a Virtual Meeting
Get to know Google Hangouts Meet, its functions and uses, and best practices for running a virtual meeting.