IDEA - Illinois Digital Educators Alliance - IDEAs for @Home Learning With school closures, teachers can keep their lessons going remotely: Jennie Magiera, GoogleGlobal Head of Education Impact, founder@OurVoiceAll, and bestselling author of #CourageousEdventures pulled together some strategies for shifting to a remote learning environment. In addition, consider registering for this 2 part webinar series: Making the transition to remote learning: To help make the transition to distance learning, Microsoft has created resources, training and how-to guides that we hope will help support IT, educators, staff and students as they make this transition. E-Learning Alternatives: Strategies that keep the focus on the learning target during remote learning experiences. Everyone Can Create to Cope: This Apple iBook includes research proven activities that promote creation and mental health. (S)ELearning: This framework was created using CASEL and is a collaboration of ideas for students to focus on social emotional learning during this difficult time.
Teaching, Tech and Twitter: eLearning Choice Boards: A step-by-step guide to creating resources you can use tomorrow! With the VERY sudden need for eLearning resources teachers and parents can become easily overwhelmed. As a technology teacher on special assignment and a parent of a second-grader (who is now at home for the next month), I can definitely relate. I know we all want to create meaningful online lessons and activities for our students, however, just like in the classroom we need some ready to use materials to fill in the gaps as we create. Choice boards are an excellent option for teachers during those first days of eLearning when we are getting our bearings or for parents who want extra options at home. There are lots of ways to use choice boards and tons that have already been created. Scroll to the bottom of the post to see more resources. For this post I am going to focus on the simplest way to create a choice board that will give your students opportunities to learn at home without spending a ton of time creating them. Step 1: Find apps that integrate with your LMS. A few thoughts...
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Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource A new type of coronavirus, abbreviated COVID-19, is causing an outbreak of respiratory (lung) disease. It was first detected in China and has now been detected internationally. While the immediate health risk in the United States is low, it is important to plan for any possible outbreaks if the risk level increases in the future. Concern over this new virus can make children and families anxious. While we don’t know where and to what extent the disease may spread here in the United States, we do know that it is contagious, that the severity of illness can vary from individual to individual, and that there are steps we can take to prevent the spread of infection. Acknowledging some level of concern, without panicking, is appropriate and can result in taking actions that reduce the risk of illness. It is very important to remember that children look to adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events. Specific Guidelines Remain calm and reassuring. Make yourself available.
30+ digital escape rooms (plus a step by step guide for creating your own) - Ditch That Textbook Escape rooms are a fun adventure where you solve puzzles to escape from the room in a short amount of time. I love creating physical escape rooms in my classroom. They are fun and they get the students up and moving in the classroom. However, there are a few drawbacks to physical escape rooms. My solution: digital escape rooms! At first glance, digital escape rooms (also called digital breakouts) look daunting to create. “Double, double, toil and trouble. 2. Determine how many and what kind (number, word, etc.) of clues you want. During this step, I also created all of my clues. Here are the clues I used for my Halloween themed digital escape room: To introduce Wakelet – a link will take teachers to my public Wakelet profile so they can see the boards I have created and share. Here is a Wakelet collection with even more clue making resources. 3. I almost always have an interactive image that I create in Google Drawing. Open a new Google Drawing and start creating your scene. 4. 5.
5 English Teaching apps for 21st Century ESL Teachers Language learning no longer stops when students leave the classroom. Smartphones allow language learners to carry the entire English language around with them in their pocket, soaking up new vocabulary through music, video, games, and social media. A new wave of apps have launched designed specifically for those teachers and students keen to harness their mobile devices to create more structured and comprehensive learning experiences outside of the classroom. Make sure you have the latest! Say It: English Pronunciation – Hear the Oxford English model, see the soundwave, then record and compare your pronunciation. Available on iOS Available on Android LingoKids – A learning app for students from 2 to 8 years of age, for learning English in a fun, playful way. Available on iOS Available on Android Oxford Collocations Dictionary – Perfect for your learners that need to improve their accuracy and fluency, enabling them to express their ideas naturally and convincingly whether spoken or written.
Disaster Preparedness Tips for Families Affected by Autism - Autism Society Disaster Preparedness Tips for Families Affected by Autism With the help of renowned emergency preparedness expert Dennis Debbaudt, who has a son with autism, former Autism Society Board Member Ruth Elaine Hane, and support from NASCAR driver, Jamie McMurray — the Autism Society is committed to helping families with special needs prepare for emergencies. During any emergency, a health crisis, natural disaster or man-made, it is necessary to be prepared with a plan and essentials. Tip #1. Practice calm Parents and care providers need to project a demeanor of calm during a disaster or emergency, even if we’re not feeling it! Tip #2. Be ready to evacuate. Create a self-help network of relatives, friends or co-workers to assist in an emergency. If you think you may need assistance in a disaster, discuss needs with relatives, friends and co-workers and ask for their help. Give a key to a trusted neighbor or friend who may be able to assist you in a disaster. 1. 1. 1. Tip #3. Tip #4. Tip #5.
Coronavirus Information for Higher Ed Skip to main content Alert Top Message Due to concerns about COVID-19, the AAUP office has transitioned to telework. Please contact staff by email. Visit the AAUP Foundation Secondary menu Search form Join Login You are here Home Coronavirus Information for Higher Ed We are monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and will be regularly updating this page of resources for AAUP members and others in the higher education community. Please email smink@aaup.org with any suggestions of further resources to add to this list. Faculty- and University-Created Resources Keep Teaching: Temporary Remote Teaching Resources (Ohio State University) UIC United Faculty’s Official Statement on UI Policies (University of Illinois at Chicago) Higher Ed Resources From our organizing partner, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) COVID-19—How to Be Prepared: Bulletin for Higher Ed Faculty and Staff Is Your Workplace Ready for Coronavirus? World Health Organization (WHO) Situation Dashboard US Government Resources
15 ways to create unforgettable multimedia with Adobe Spark - Ditch That Textbook Multimedia is one way that technology is impacting what we do in the classroom. Just look back 10 years. To create impressive video, audio and images in the past, it used to take expensive equipment. Video mixers. Audio boards. Now we have high-resolution (or high-definition) creation tools right in our pockets. Adobe Spark is one of those tools. What can you create with Adobe Spark? With Adobe Spark (a free service), students can create: Posts: These single images can combine text and images. Click on the image below to be taken directly to that section. Adobe Spark Post The ability to create professional looking graphics is a valuable skill to teach. How to get started with Adobe Spark Post With Adobe Spark Post you and your students can create amazing images in minutes. Start by creating an account on spark.adobe.com or download the Adobe Spark Post app to your mobile devices. One major difference between the web and the mobile version is the ability to create a template. Character Quotes
Educators' Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak Ten Strategies for Educators' Wellbeing: A Handbook for Schools During the COVID-19 Outbreak When a crisis or a disruption like the COVID-19 school campus closures occur, we all respond differently and our responses will change over time. These closures may remind us of past traumatic experiences like the outbreak of a war or civil unrest, or the sudden destruction of an earthquake or terrorist attack. Some of us had an opportunity to pack up and say goodbye to colleagues, students, and friends; some of us did not have that opportunity. Some of us are stuck in our apartments, spending most of our days alone. The experiences are as diverse as our community. How can we do this? Below are suggestions of how we might take an active role in building our own resilience throughout this experience.