Tech Tips Tuesday

Do you know about the Greenfield School District Seesaw Activity Library ?

• "School & District" Tab in Activity Library
• Activities made by your own GSD peers
• Search by grade level and subject content
• Did you design an activity that your kiddos loved? Share it with the district!
• Why re-invent the wheel. Many hands makes little work
  

**Activities can be tagged with G21 Skills too! Grow your student portfolio inside Seesaw to show their G21 growth **

1. More than just activities- lessons offer a deeper dive into a variety of content including SEL, Mindfulness, readiness skills, data as well as core subjects.
2. Standard-Alignment Tool allows you to see which lessons correlate with specific state standards you want to address and more.

1. Any educator can sign up for a free Seesaw account. You will not have access to the district library, but there is a global community library with activities for every single grade level (and subject content from computer science to music).
2. The Activity Library is great for ideas or pulling whole activities to use in your classroom outside of the Seesaw platform.

Inclusion/Access
1. Iconfinder Thousands of searchable icons/logos/illustrations to enrich communication in the classroom

G21 Skills

1. Global Competency: Radiooooo Listen to music from around the world across the last 100 years (Useful for history class too!)

2. Critical Thinking: FotoForensics. Don't believe your eyes. Use this website to analyze whether an image has been photoshopped.

3. Self-Directed Learning (see next section)

Student Exploration Websites to enhance, engage and extend learning

1. Truesize: see the true size of countries in comparison to others.

2. Scalable Universe: scroll out from the size of a penny to the edge of the observable universe and learn about objects along the way.

3. SkyMarvels: perfect for science students to extend their learning or dive into their own self-directed learning about the solar system and more.

4. Etymology Dictionary: learn the detailed history of a word easily.

5. Ptable: Interactive periodic table and more!

6. Explore.org live streams of animals and nature plus several educational lessons to accompany streams.

Adult Learners (and Cooks- tis the season)

1. JustTheRecipe: paste the link to a recipe to remove all the back story. Displays the recipe and directions clear and plain.

2. HighBrow: Continue your own edification by learning something new everyday via a 5 minute email read that you customize.

Chris Wysocki
GSD Instruction Tech Lead

I am here to help. If I don't know, I will find out. Let me do that work. You have enough to handle in the classroom. Challenges arising in the classroom? Tech coaching sessions available.

Email: cwysocki@greenfield.k12.wi.us
Website: https://www.greenfield.k12.wi.us/staff/instructional-technology.cfm
Location: 4800 S 60th St., Greenfield, WI, 53200
Phone: (414) 855-2409
Twitter: @teachwysocki