Instructional Technology | Innovation Specialist | Retired June 2022
Google Jamboard is a great tool that can be used as a digital whiteboard. Using your screen share feature in Big Blue Button, you can work with students in real-time, work within Google Drive, and collaborate with any device. For example, you want to work out a math problem to show the order of operations or you’re in a session to brainstorm ideas or complete an activity together.
This video shows how to use Jamboard for remote teaching and includes the Equati0! extension for math problems.
Helpful videos for the conferencing tool in both Canvas and Schoology.
Oh No! How am I going to teach my students this year using an LMS that will be effective?
If you are a teacher of 22 years, 15 years, 3 years, or have just been hired, then this is what you all have in common – you are all first-year teachers. And being that this is a statewide decision to teach our children virtually, we are all in this together and that includes the administration.
An article posted on Edutopia “How to Align Your LMS With the Science of Learning” is a good read and definitely worth 5 minutes of your time to help you focus on what makes an LMS effective.
You will learn how to:
Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading. Teachers use Storyline Online in their classrooms, and doctors and nurses play Storyline Online in children’s hospitals.
Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners.
Sample story with curricular activities. “Hey, That’s My Monster” read by Lily Tomlin.