Whiteboard Chat

Whiteboard.chat is a cool new online whiteboard tool that can be used with students. Check out Free Tech 4 Teachers recent post about it. It is on the FISD approved apps list.

Fun Finds from TCEA

 Last week was TCEA's virtual conference. Here are a few of my fun finds...

Emojis

When typing on a PC, hold <Windows>+<period> to get a pop-up with emojis! Quick access to enter them into your text!

Textgiraffe

Like fontmeme, textgiraffe.com is another fun text creator! Feel free to use these in Google Slides, Jamboards, etc!

How to Use Hyperdocs in the Classroom

 

I recently came across this post about How to Use Hyperdocs in the Classroom. It's written in a way that's easy to understand! Take a look. 

Jamboard Templates

 

Kris Szajner from Ditch That Textbook has compiled a list of easy-to-use Jamboard Templates. Check them out and let me know if you need any help!

Google Docs Update

 

You can now create some pages in Google Docs to be landscape and others to be portrait in the same document. Create and work with documents that contain multiple page orientations in Google Docs.

Catlin Tucker's 4Ps Framework: A Conferencing Strategy for Online, Blended, or Concurrent Classes

If you do student conferencing, I recommend you take a look at Catlin Tucker's
4Ps Framework: A Conferencing Strategy for Online, Blended, or Concurrent Classes.

Fun Fonts from FontMeme!

 

This totally falls under "just for fun" but can add some enjoyment to your class! check out this site for making text in "famous" fonts!

fontmeme.com

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).