Breakout Room Ideas

 

Thanks to Lisa Barton for this find! The article, How to create Google Meet Breakout Rooms, is written for Google Meet breakout rooms but the ideas can also be used with Zoom's breakout rooms too. 

For self-selected breakout rooms to work in Zoom:

• the teacher must enable breakout rooms then when starting the rooms, don't assign anyone (read more)
• students must use desktop client or mobile app, version 5.3.0 or higher (read more)

Canva's Storyboard/Comic Templates

 

Canva now has storyboard or comic strip templates! Check them out!

Catlin Tucker's Virtual Social Learning Spaces

 

Catlin Tucker recently posted about Enhancing Student Engagement with Virtual Social Learning Spaces. If you teach virtual classes, I recommend you take a look. 

Keep in mind that Padlet only allows 3 boards with their free account. Instead, consider using Collaborative Boards in Nearpod (which FISD pays for). 

Catlin Tucker's Flip Flop Design for Concurrent Classrooms

 

If you teach a co-seated class, Catlin Tucker's recent post about Using a Flip Flop Design for Concurrent Classrooms might be of interest to you. 

Catlin Tucker's Building a Playlist

 

If you're interested in investigating playlists, I recommend you check out Catlin Tucker's recent post on Building a Playlist. Please let me know if you'd like any help or if you have questions!

Wheel of Names

 

https://youtu.be/T4Y0li_UiI8 

If you haven't seen this little gem before, you should check it out. Copy and paste in a list of names and spin away! wheelofnames.com

Mustard Ketchup Pickles

This one makes me super happy. Thanks to Brandon Walters for sending it my way! Feel free to make your own copy and edit away!

Catlin Tucker's Combatting the Challenges of the Concurrent Classroom with the Station Rotation Model

If you teach co-seated classes, really if you're teaching virtual at all this year, I recommend you check out Catlin Tucker's recent post titled Combatting the Challenges of the Concurrent Classroom with the Station Rotation Model. 

Google's Citation Tools

 

Last week, CHS Librarian, Dr. Turner, shared Google's new citation tools. This was her message about it:

Guess what Google just released - a new citation tool! I have played around with it, and it is both user-friendly and accurate! Here's a blog post about it from TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association). ... It's so easy to format correctly now! Let me know if you have any questions or want help using this new tool (or anything else). 🙂

Check it out!

Common Craft's COVID Kit

 

Common Craft has shared their COVID Kit which includes 3 silent videos about COVID topics. Check it out!