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5 Resources for Connecting Kids around the World // https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-pen-pals/ AND there are live events around the country(world) from FlipGrid https://blog.flipgrid.com/upcomingflipgridliveevents (connect with experts through live chat).
Some good advice about creativity from our colleague, John Spencer.

November 16, 2023

    1. Sign in and stow your phones out of sight. Log into a Chromebook and complete the WYAW activities.

    2. Digital Stories: Confetti Compliments and Sharing in a Brave Space

    3. GooseChase sharing....

    4. Google and Chrome go hand in hand and allow for some powerful tools you can use for your classroom including (Google) Classroom.

      Let's add some more content to your Classroom (teacher view)
      1. Readworks.org is a powerful tool for building reading comprehension. It offers differentiated passages, support for EL learners, assessments and vocabularly support.
      2. Quizlet allows you to copy existing content or create your own flashcard sets (study, test, matching) Create a Quizlet set and add it to your

    5. We'll do the NearPod activity together as a class with you as students. NOTE: Students can also use teacher created NearPods on an individual, self-paced basis. This is how you'll share your NearPod lesson in your Google Class for points. NearPod has tiers of options based on payment plans but the free or Silver option is still pretty powerful.

    6. NearPod Workshop:
      • Sign up for Nearpod as a teacher using your class account and the old fashioned way to sign up (avoid log in as Google since it's a little quirky)
      • Go to the Nearpod library.
      • Search for a pre-made lesson that fits your subject area and grade level; preview it.
      • To keep it to make changes, choose "Add to my lessons"
      • To view and edit your copy, choose "Edit lesson" (this will be your copy in your "My Lessons" area)
      • MODIFY to make it your own! Add content and activities as well as modify existing slides, content, and activities.
      • Click save as you go. TIP: Create a lesson that you can use in your placement for one of the final lessons you have to teach.
      • Once the lesson is competed, post it in your Google Clasroom using the Self-Paced option and share as "Material" in your Google Classroom
      • I'll add myself as a student to your class and check out your lesson! (And give you points)

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