80 back to school activities for any classroom

It's back to school time again and this year might be a little different once again. As summer comes to a close and you begin preparing for that big first day of school, think about doing something a little different than in years past. This year, especially it is important to focus on building community and making sure students feel safe. Regardless whether you are preparing for in-person instruction or completely online, the first few weeks of school is crucial for community and relationship building. Lucky for us, the folks over at Ditch That Textbook have curated over 80 back to school activities for any classroom. Scroll through tons of ready-to-use lessons along with tutorials, templates, and examples to make planning this year a little easier.

My favorites were:

Digital Citizenship Superhero

Digital Escape Rooms

"All about me!" (Can be done in Keynote)

🍎 The 4J Instructional Technology Website

🎥 Kellyclare's How-to Videos

💻 Classroom Management Tips for the Technology Rich Classroom

💬 20 useful ways to use Padlet in class

🐠 Seesaw Trainings and Resources

► Nearpod Trainings and Resources

🛎 Setting up your Clever Dashboard

🚦 New from Lalillo

🗿 PebbleGo - How-to

#SeesawConnect, #edtech

🍎 The 4J Instructional Technology Website

💻 Classroom Management Tips for the Technology Rich Classroom

🐼 The New 4J Canvas 101 course

🐼 Canvas in the Classroom

🐼 20+ tips for using Canvas LMS

► Nearpod Trainings and Resources

✅ Turnitin Articles and Resources

💬 20 useful ways to use Padlet in class

#PandaPros #edtech

On August 16th, Forty-five 4J Elementary and Middle School teachers started a 4-Day iPad Camp at ATA. Four Apple Learning Specialists and the 4J Edtech Team provided a variety of small group sessions for staff to learn and practice skills using the iPad. Most of the week was focused around the Apple Suite: Keynote, Clips, Pages, Maps, Garageband and iMovie, but some other iPad specific topics like Stop Motion, Coding and Accessibility were covered. The week long camp concluded with the submission and viewing of iMovie Projects in which campers demonstrated their newly learned skills by combining them into a final compilation. Hopefully you had someone from your school attend who will share what they learned, if not keep an eye out for similar opportunities that will be offered throughout the year.

The Golden Smore Award Winner: Krissy Hulse - Visit a National Park 🎥

Discover exciting new ways to use iPad for teaching and learning. Made by educators in the Apple Teacher community, each challenge below is designed to spark creativity for you, your colleagues, and your students. Learn new ways to enhance your lessons using iPad. Then share your creations using the hashtags #EveryoneCanCreate and #MadeOniPad to inspire others.

Exploring Perceptions About Identity Through Self-Portraits:

When students learn about each other’s identities, it helps them understand their own biases and prejudices, as well as build a space of respect and tolerance for all.

Check out this great Keynote presentation by Apple that you can do with your students:

All About Me!

FYI - You will need to download it to open it in Keynote

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