a picture is worth a thousand words

When presenting information to students, it's important to pay attention to the students' experience. If you have traditionally lectured from slides with lots of words, I encourage you to reconsider. Please take a few minutes to read "NONLINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION: A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS" from TCEA's TechNotes in June.  Read more.

How to Guide Students in Self-Reflection During a Project

As you continue planning "projects", this article titled "How to Guide Students in Self-Reflection During a Project" can be a great resource! Read more. 

Ice Breaker Templates

 

TCEA recently posted these Ice Breaker templates. Check them out!

New Chromebook Screencast Tool!

No more need for loom, screencastify, or screencastomatic! Chromebooks now have a Screencast Tool that includes automatic transcripts, annotations, and editing! Read more.

Video link: https://youtu.be/hHyPcIHvlxo 

Don't forget, we also have licensing for WeVideo in FISD if you need to use green-screen or need collaborative editing features. Contact your DLC for more info!

Five Tops or Great Classroom Center Management

 

While the pictures are from elementary, these same steps are applicate in secondary classrooms too! Read more.