Here are some tips shared recently.
ORGANIZE YOUR WAFFLE GOOGLE APPS by clicking and dragging the Google apps within it:
YOUTUBE PICTURE in PICTURE allows you to “float” — remember to right click TWICE:
Seesaw Connect for School & District Leaders is/was a FREE virtual conference. Immerse yourself in on-demand sessions with fellow district leaders, one-of-a-kind live events with the Seesaw team, and small group discussions to spark innovation and connection.
Seesaw Connect mini courses are hosted on the Community Learning Hub powered by Thinkific. Mini courses will be available from March 1st through March 31st, 2021.
Explore one idea in less than five minutes!
Seesaw Snapshots can be found curated on the conference page and are videos submitted by our global community of school and district leaders. Get a glimpse into projects, initiatives, strategies, and ideas that have been successful in other schools.
issue 37 highlights include:
Some of the offerings available through the Google Teacher Center, including tips on their various apps and the option to sign up for their 8-week email training series that delivers video tutorials to your inbox every Tuesday on core Google tools. Lessons take less than 10 minutes to complete (choose Education Fundamentals).
Designed as an entry point into the wealth of resources, Learn with Google Arts & Culture highlights subject related content including lesson plans, stories, videos, high resolution images, 3D models, and more from museums around the world. Check it out!
The latest installment of the Black History and Culture project celebrates U.S. Black artists, music makers, and pop culture icons. Plus, check out seven new downloadable lesson plans covering history, music, politics, and sports.
Discover Kandinsky’s life, art and synesthesia with the Centre Pompidou. You can ‘listen’ to one of his paintings or project his works into your home in AR. A lesson plan can be used in class or given to students to work through.
For all staff who use MISTAR-Q you will soon see a new login screen with an updated styling and logo. NOTE: A user’s credentials WILL NOT CHANGE with the new login screen.
New login screen with District Announcement sample.
Once a user logs in, there are more selections if more than one track is available to the staff:
The user can select the radio button of Current Year tracks or All tracks. This is a very helpful feature for those staff, like secretaries and counselors, who have tracks open in both the current and next year.
Whether you’re new to the IXL program or a seasoned veteran, their complimentary webinars will help you get the most out of IXL. Join any of these free 30 minute sessions hosted by their Professional Learning team to take your IXL usage to the next level.
A few webinar topics are listed below.
To attend one or more of their free 30-minute sessions, teachers and administrators can sign up here.
Issue 36 was just released today. Below are some of its notices for your consideration.
Be Internet Awesome presents Safer Internet Day 2021
Join Be Internet Awesome on @googleforedu Twitter and Facebook for the 7-Day Internet Safety Challenge – promoting online safety all week long. We’ll share four new activities and tools for educators to use with their students.
Code.org celebrates Black Voices in Computer Science
Although computer science is foundational to every industry and field of study, representation and participation in CS is still far from balanced. Watch and share this inspiring video from our partner Code.org, advocating for greater access to CS education for Black students.
Arts & Culture: Blob Opera
From Google Arts & Culture’s Lab and artist David Li comes Blob Opera. Exploring the original musical instrument: our voice. Play four opera voices in real time. Explore pitch then record and share your musical composition. No singing skills required.
Arts & Culture: Preserving Egypt’s Layered History
Brings to life the archaeological discoveries, the archaeologists and preservation processes. With stories, 3D and AR models, Quizzes, videos, virtual tours and Choose Your Own Adventures, the project brings the treasures of Egypt into the classroom.
Wakelet & Google for Education: Showcase Challenge
Get involved in the Wakelet & Google for Education: Showcase Challenge! Share your ideas for making the most of Google for Education tools and showcase your expertise inside a Wakelet collection to get your hands on our exclusive digital swag pack.
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BrainPop’s February newsletter for K-12 instructional staff can be found HERE.
As a reminder, all district students, K-12 can access our paid subscription to BrainPop/BrainPop Jr via Clever at https://clever.com/in/pccs
Pics below show some of what’s in their latest newsletter.
To assist teachers, Canvas automatically published all Semester 2 and Quarter 3 courses automatically generated through the MISTAR/Canvas sync.
Please note the following:
To customize the teacher or student dashboard to show certain courses please see the graphic below:
BrainPop recently made significant updates to their Primary Source feature, making it even more useful for remote and in-person learning needs. Now students can answer free-response questions directly on their site and submit answers immediately for a teacher’s review.
With Primary Source, students can deepen their understanding of a topic by closely examining real historical artifacts and answering free-response questions designed to prompt critical thinking and deeper exploration.
This post is for teachers who do not “see” some of their students in Canvas because those students’ enrollments have ‘concluded’. Enrollments are concluded, for example, as students move from one school track to another (e.g. between Virtual and Safe Start schools). If you are unable to “see” some students, there are three areas in Canvas (via Grade or People in the Course Navigation Menu or via User Details) to do so. We recommend using the Grades option described below.
For concluded student enrollments, all content in the Gradebook is read only and cannot be changed. You will need to input any grades into MISTAR manually that weren’t already moved via grade passback when the student was still active.
To see the grades of students who have concluded their enrollment in your Canvas course, do the following:
HINT: Be sure to drag the right side dividing line of the Student Name column so that you can see both the entire student name AND the label “concluded”.
The above guidance is from: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-grades-for-inactive-or-concluded-student/ta-p/753
As with the Gradebook, individual grades can also be viewed through this approach.
As with active students, you can review grades and other details of your concluded users. Please see https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-user-details-for-an-enrollment-in-a-course/ta-p/1216 for elaboration.