Today Nate Cooper and Steven Groene were the guests! Here is what they shared: Nate Cooper – Student Engagement: Nate shared several strategies that he uses for student engagement on the macro and micro level. You can access his slides with additional resources like discussion protocols, HERE. Steven Groene – Rewordify.com: A completely FREE tool […]
Todays Topics: Ben Detweiler shares how he is building a strong co-teaching relationship by providing detailed instructions, WeChat messages, using verbal cues, and daily morning and afternoon debriefings. Pat Hughes shares how Twitter has been a valuable resource in growing his #PLN and refining his practice. If you are new to Twitter here are […]
Today we covered the following: Student Engagement – Michael Frels Zoom Recordings –Lisa Hughes Open House Notes– Lisa Hughes **Sidenote – I turned on the captions when Michael was presenting, but it didn’t reflect in the recording. I was able to see them on my screen when he was presenting. If you would like […]
Special Edition for Remote Teachers In todays #edtech Briefing I will walk you through the steps to create a screencast/video for Open House. How to Sign-up for Screencast-O-Matic If you are planning to use this tool one time for your Open House video, you can use the free version. It allows you to create […]
Here is what we covered in under 20 minutes: Making Connections – Naarah Canvas Tips – Lisa Tech Ambassadors – Lisa Thank you Naarah for sharing some very relevant tips in making connections with students. Even if you aren’t physically present you can still have a presence in the classroom and in your students’ […]
Welcome back to the NCPA #edtech Blog! Today starts the reboot of the #edtech Briefings. I will host this chat every Tuesday and Thursday from now on at 7:30am CST. Here is what we covered today: MS Teams Tips – Lisa Seesaw Feedback – Elizabeth Making Connections – Padlet Call for Tech Ambassadors – Lisa […]
Many of you have used Canva previously in your classes for many purposes. If you haven’t, let me introduce you. It is a free website that allows students to create professional looking graphics. It can be used to create posters, infographics, or more! Here are some examples of what we have created with Canva: […]
Some of you mentioned that the “Quick Links” on the Canvas blueprint were not hyperlinked. This is something you may need to set up yourself. For the “Request a Reassessment”, we do not have a common form for this. Feel free to use Microsoft Forms or another method for this. For the “Schedule an Office […]
Zoom provided a free enterprise account to NCPA due to the coronavirus pandemic. This courtesy service expires on July 1. This expiration affects teachers as follows: Starting July 1, Zoom will cap meeting length at 40 minutes. Users must set their own password and won’t be able to sign in via Clever. Users can set […]
Zoom is now integrated with Teams! How exciting is that you can have two most popular meeting apps together in one place! The following tutorial is for people who have already set up their school Zoom account. If you haven’t done so, please refer to the guidelines in the following post to do it first: […]