Top 5 Tech Tools to Try Out in Your Classroom

Top 5 Tech Tools to Try Out in Your Classroom

We explore the Top 5 Tech Tools to Try Out in Your Classroom with Amber Youngman, High School English Teacher and School Site Technology Coach. Amber shares her five current favorite tools including: 1. Flipgrid:  https://flipgrid.com/ [https://flipgrid.com/] - student voice in video and audio - listen @4min55sec mark 2. Padlet:  https://padlet.com/ [https://padlet.com/] online collaborative board - listen @14min38sec mark 3. Classcraft:  https://www.classcraft.com/ [https://www.classcraft.com/] - behavioral management tool - listen @27min38sec mark 4. Kialo EDU:  https://www.kialo-edu.com/login [https://www.kialo-edu.com/login]  - discourse and discussion tool - listen @35min45sec mark 5. Canva:  https://www.canva.com/ [https://www.canva.com/]  - design and desktop publishing tool for teachers - listen @42min mark Follow Amber on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TeachingandTea [https://twitter.com/TeachingandTea] and Matthew at https://twitter.com/mattedtechcoach [https://twitter.com/mattedtechcoach]  Additional resources on the Top 5 Tech Tools: 1. Flipgrid: How to use Flipgrid in your Subject Area [http://blog.flipgrid.com/docs] 2. Padlet: 32 Interesting Ways to Use Padlet [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/102ajRlZ0bDby07MhC79NdxyTSMLHXuT-bZNJ4fpsYHw/edit?pli=1#slide=id.i102] 3. Classcraft: Getting started with Classcraft [https://help.classcraft.com/hc/en-us/sections/203917257-Getting-Started] 4. Kialo EDU: Getting started with Kialo [https://support.kialo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001409265-Getting-Started-With-Kialo] 5. Canva: Step-by-step guide to designing from scratch [https://www.canva.com/learn/a-step-by-step-guide-to-designing-from-scratch/]

Creative Communicator

Greg Havens, 6th Grade Teacher at an Elementary School, shares how he is using video projects in the classroom to empower his students to develop their skills as creative communicators.

The Pineapple Chart

Find out about this exciting personalized professional development model called the Pineapple Chart. We join School Site Coaches at Modesto High and Downey High School to find out how they are implementing this concept for teachers to learn  valuable skills from their fellow colleagues by informally observing them in their classrooms.

Student Data Privacy

Join us for an in-depth discussion on this important topic of Student Data Privacy with Libbi Garrett who is the Resource Program Specialist at CETPA and the California Student Privacy Alliance (CSPA). We will talk about why this is important, what are the laws, how we as educators can do a better job protecting our students data, and what resources are available to us including the website for CSPA at www.studentdataprivacy.net [https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.studentdataprivacy.net]

Student Choice Makes A Difference

Student Choice empowers students to choose how they show knowledge and what they’ve learned in their own way. It engages students in their own interests, learning preferences, backgrounds, with guided structure and support. We interviewed High School English Teacher about her student choice learning activity that made a difference for her students and their community.