Secondary Digital Learning Team

Shannon High School students use Chromebooks and their new Google accounts to do ELA work in the library, aka. Access Point.

Haltom High School ELA teacher, Anthony Hernandez, is implementing Google Classroom to create a blended learning environment for his students. Google Classroom will serve as a location for class resources, give students anytime access from anywhere and create a digital learning community where online discussions can be held. The students are joining the class simply by using the BISD Google domain email/drive accounts that already exist.

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Dipity is a digital time-line tool. Students can easily organize events and add images to create a multi-media time-line to share. Links, videos, and text can also be integrated to produce informative and engaging time-lines.

Poll Everywhere is a versatile survey tool that leverages the technology that many secondary students have in their pockets. Students respond via text to prepared questions and results can be shown in live-time. Perfect for short formative assessments, exit tickets, bell ringers, and status-of-the-class, Poll Everywhere can be a useful tool for teachers.

Connected teachers find other connected teachers on the internet and social media to be able to collaborate and learn about new best practices in education. There are numerous resources-blogs, chats, websites- to follow or subscribe to, and we will spotlight one once a month in this brief. Check it out. If you find it useful, consider following or subscribing to get updated information from that person or group in your in-box daily or weekly. When you come across great resources, please shoot your DLS an e-mail with the information.

Click HERE to access a teacher's blog about online learning.

After an exciting and busy first week of school, the Secondary Digital Learning Team is eager to help plan, train, or support any of your digital learning activities with students.

Would you like help getting kids signed into their new Google accounts?

Want to review sharing folders in Google Drive with your PLC?

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