BISD Dig Learning March April 2021 (1)

TECHknowledge March/ April 2021 A BISD Digital Learning Publication

Welcome to the Spring edition of TechKnowledge. As we enter the home stretch of this unique school year, we hope you can find some time saving tips. Bees have 5 eyes. This will be our last edition for this school year. We hope you enjoy! The Digital Learning Team “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” -Albert Einstein Looking for last month’s edition? Digital Learning TEAM Digital Learning Coordinator Digital Learning Specialist Digital Learning Specialist Digital Learning Specialist Jason Essig Kerri Sparkman Lisa McLaughlin Chelsey Madsen

Request DLS DLS a DLS Learning Website Calendar EarthDay.Org Edutopia Lesson Plans & Curriculum Flipgrid Lessons SMART Explore (NEW RESOURCE!) Discovery Education Lessons Outside Contract Teacher Exchange day Professional Learning hours are due April 9th. Teachers must have a total of 18 credits in 3 categories; Core, Technology and Choice. Here is how you can view your portfolio. The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe. Digital Learning Team and Campus Technology Coaches have offered training all year. If you are looking for more “Outside Credit” Professional Learning, search through the links below. Reminder: Providers must be approved by TEA. TEA approved list Region 20 TEA Approved CPE Region 13 E-Campus Provider list E-Campus

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your Flippity.net has upped their game with 25 templates! Pop quiz: Can you find a better way to learn than by playing a game? Answer: Yes, have students BUILD the game. Students can easily build content-based games and share with the class!

Quizizz is a gamified web app that allows teachers to share, borrow, copy, and edit assessments. They also have the option to create interactive lessons with students. Quizzes and lessons can be live and led by the teacher, or they can be assigned as homework assignments or exams Quizizz for Beginners Create a Lesson Create a Quiz Quizalize is a great way to differentiate your assessments for students at different levels. They even have a mastery section and a gradebook that collects all of your data. One of the great features of Quizalize is that it keeps all of your classes’ data separate for easier grading and planning! Quizalize for Beginners Mastery Tab Differentiation Contributed by: Four times more people Misty Newton speak English as a second language [email protected] @Misty_D_Newton than as a native one.

Must have Google Chrome Extensions Sir Links A Lot Do you like to “force a copy”? How about convert your link to PDF? This extension will modify Google app URLs: Force a copy~Preview~Template~PDF Lightshot Simple and convenient screenshot tool. Select an area, edit your screenshot and upload it to the server. Mote Leave audio comments for your students! Mote can be used in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Google Classroom for easy recording and playback for voice notes. Natural Reader Natural Reader is a professional text to speech program that converts any written text into spoken words. Immersive Reader (Microsoft's Unofficial) Select text, right-click, and Immersive Reader will help you read any website or published Google Doc. Immersive Reader also can translate, dissect language, add screen overlay, and more! Watch it here

Wanna Get Google Certified? We’ll pay for your exam and give you prep materials! Sign Up here to get the training materials and testing voucher. Complete the training modules and tasks to prepare for the exam. Use your FREE voucher, provided by Digital Learning, and conquer the exam! After you pass, add your Google Cert. badge to your email. Deadline to take exam: March 14th Limited seats. Google was named after googol, which is a number equivalent to ten raised to the power of a hundred 10(100)

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QU TIPS Did you know that you have access to GoNoodle Plus? Choose the option under your account settings and get your class moving! Great for E-Learner breaks. Flipgrid has welcomed Bitmoji into its media family. If you haven’t seen all Flipgrid has to offer in the past year, it’s worth a look! Immersive reader, whiteboard, screencast, curated lessons, mixtape, Gridpals... Save time grading with Comment Bank in Google Classroom. Watch it here. The speed of a computer mouse is measured in \"Mickeys\". Quickly generate a QR code without a 3rd party site. Simply click in your address bar/omnibox and click the QR code icon to generate an instant downloadable code. Custom jamboard background 1920 x 1080 pixels. Jamboard + custom background + new QR code + ipad = AWESOME for littles. Other Google resources here Attention, Seesaw users! Try the Reflect in Seesaw app for a quick way to add links and images while building an activity. Check out this cheat sheet for shortcuts and this presentation 7.6 update tutorials!

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