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For students: How to use Flipgrid. Tutorial: Using Poll Everywhere in GSlides. An open access resource for faculty and librarians. Primary and Secondary Sources - WI+RE. H5P – Create and Share Rich HTML5 Content and Applications. Custom Search Engine. Supporting English Language Learners with Free Digital Tools.

Presented by Will Lewis, Principal PM Architect, Microsoft Translator; Sara Beebe, Educator and Professional Learning Specialist; and Mike Tholfsen, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Education Sponsored by Microsoft Education Get a CE Certificate for this edWebinar Learn more District leaders, school leaders, and teachers all have a desire to reach every student.

Supporting English Language Learners with Free Digital Tools

Many schools have increasingly diverse classrooms and are striving to break through language barriers to ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn and succeed both in school and at home. In this edWebinar, discover tools that are built in, mainstream, and free from Microsoft that support English language learners and their families. We discuss three common communication scenarios: teachers communicating with guardians and parents, teachers communicating with students, and students communicating with each other.

About the Presenters. UNUM. Meme Generators. Discussion strategies for your pedagogical toolkit. Each semester I think about how I might create more engagement in both my online and on-campus courses.

Discussion strategies for your pedagogical toolkit

I want more students thinking. I want more students talking. Across the years, I’ve gathered a number of go-to websites I visit for inspiration and I revisit a few old favorite discussion techniques. I’ve found that these strategies work from K through 20, not only to engage my students or workshop participants, they also serve to temper regularly over-active contributors, allowing more voices to be heard.

If you are new to practice, or just want a little refresh, let’s explore a few options and resources and let’s consider them as low-tech or higher-tech strategies for encouraging deeper thinking and more active, student-centered learning and to build your own pedagogical toolkit. First, these are those go-to websites and a fabulous book: I’ve curated some my personal favorite discussion strategies: Digital tweaks: In an LMS, have students begin threads representing all of the corners. Teaching strategies and tips.

50 Ways to Leave Your Paper. Fair Use Evaluator. What this tool can do for you: What this tool cannot do for you:

Fair Use Evaluator

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Tools to provide student feedback

Formative Assessment Tools. Resources to use for you and with students. Lecture/Slide Show/ Flipping the Classroom Tools. Lesson Planning Open Ed. Resources. **Google Earth Resources. Further Your Education: Free higher ed classes and PD webinars. Productivity/Organization Tools. Choose your own colors for presentations. Remove the background from any image. Copyright in School and How it Affects You. What is it?

Copyright in School and How it Affects You

How can you avoid copyright infringement? Copyright issues in schools usually arise in correlation to media usage (i.e., showing films, using photos in presentations, using songs, etc.). For students and faculty, it's important to be mindful of how media is being used and presented within the school on a daily basis. Use this Smore to help you identify licenses, understand how licenses affect you, and practice ethical usage of media. THREE main types of copyright licenses 1. Copyright is the most restrictive license.

More information here 2. Creative Commons licenses were made to give creators more freedom in how they share their work. Attribution Attribution is always a part of any creative commons license. NonCommercial NonCommercial means you are not remixing or sharing the licensed object in any way for profit. NoDerivs (No Derivatives) No Derivatives means you cannot alter the original object in any way. ShareAlike Watch this hlepful video: Go here for more information! 3. A. B.

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