Using video in the classroom is as easy as pressing play, right? Check out step-by-step instructions on how you can use video effectively in your teaching, and encourage your students to be active viewers rather than passive couc…
Powtoon is an easy-to-use, animated video-creation tool. Learn how your students can create polished-looking videos in no time. Learn more about Powtoon and get ideas for lesson plans.
EDpuzzle is a simple, easy-to-use video-annotation tool. Learn how you can add questions and quizzes within videos to help your students be active viewers. Learn more about EDpuzzle and get ideas for lesson plans.
English-language learners come to our classrooms with a diverse set of learning needs, including the want for more opportunities to practice using English in a variety of settings. But can digital communication help increase ELLs…
When you show video in your classroom, you want your students to be active viewers -- to comprehend, not merely consume. But why stop at comprehension? When it comes to video in the classroom, students shouldn't just get what the…
Collaboration is essential to students’ learning! Having kids work together promotes cooperation, builds social-emotional skills, and gets them engaged in active learning. Group work, on the other hand, tends to come with challen…
It's become a whole lot easier to assign group work in Google Classroom. Learn how to use Google Classroom's assignments feature to create and manage group projects for students. Simply create a new assignment, de-select "all stu…
In this short, introductory digital citizenship lesson, students meet Legs, one of the six Digital Citizen characters! Legs shares why it's important to stand up for the people we care about, explaining how we can do that online …
In this short, introductory digital citizenship lesson, students meet Heart, one of the six Digital Citizen characters! Heart explains the importance of being kind, and shares ways to show kindness to others, both online and in p…
In this short, introductory digital citizenship lesson, students meet Head, one of the six Digital Citizen characters! Head introduces the topic of news and media literacy (in a kid-friendly way), and why it's important to be cur…
In this short, introductory digital citizenship lesson, students will meet Guts, one of the six Digital Citizen characters! Guts explores what it means to be safe on the internet, sharing three simple rules for doing so.
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In this short, introductory digital citizenship lesson, students will meet Feet, one of the six Digital Citizen characters! Feet explores the meaning of digital footprints and why it's important to watch where we "step," being ca…
In this short, introductory digital citizenship lesson, students will meet Arms, one of the six Digital Citizen characters! Arms explores the meaning of media balance and why it's important to balance our time online so that we h…
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Arms, Legs, Guts, Feet, Heart, and Head: Our beloved digital citizenship characters have been part of our curriculum for many years. They've helped young…
