In this session, learn all about the Chrome extension, Screencastify. Learn how to record lectures, capture your screen for instructional purposes, collaborate with colleagues, and how to further student learning through the use of this vital extension.
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Pear Deck for Flexible Learning
Pear Deck allows you to turn your regular presentation slide deck into an interactive lesson by adding short answer text, multiples choice, drag, and draw questions directly onto your slides for students to engage in real-time. As the teacher, you can monitor and address student work, feedback, questions, and misconceptions during your online lesson. In this session, we’ll walk through a brief overview on setting up Pear Deck, best practices for online use, and Q&A.
Kami: Annotate on PDFs to Improve Engagement and Interaction in the Classroom
Come and learn how to use Kami in your classroom. Kami is the leading PDF & document annotation app for schools. Improve engagement and interaction in the classroom with Kami as your digital pen and paper.
Flipgrid
In this session, participants will be introduced to Flipgrid, the video discussion tool that supercharges your students’ voices. You participate as a student and then jump in to set up your own grids and discussion topics. We’ll dive into the Disco Library to find topics that we could use in the classroom right away and discuss best practices to amplify learning in Flipgrid.
EdPuzzle for Flexible Learning
EdPuzzle allows you to add interactive questions into videos and track student progress as they work through them. Upload videos from YouTube, or even better, create your own videos and post them on EdPuzzle for effective, asynchronous delivery of content. In this session, we’ll walk through a brief overview on setting up EdPuzzle, best practices for online use (including how to record your own videos on Screencastify), and Q&A.