This curated collection is the perfect place to start if your district just switched to Google Workspace for Education, or you’re just getting started with Google tools! To see all the Google badges available, search ”Google” on the Explore Badges page.
Google Screencast is a screen-recording app that is built into the Chrome Operating System of a Chromebook (it must be ChromeOS 103 or later). With Screencast, educators as well as students can create, transcribe, trim, annotate, and share screen recordings for a variety of reasons. All screencasts are automatically stored in Google Drive for easy access.
**Note: The Google Screencast app is only available on a Chromebook.
Digital Notebooks are a spin on the classic interactive student notebook, with added capabilities to engage students, speed up teacher feedback, and design multimodal instruction. This badge will establish a foundational understanding of the purpose and benefits of using digital notebooks to advance student learning.
Digital Notebooks are a spin on the classic interactive student notebook, with added capabilities to engage students, speed up teacher feedback, and design multimodal instruction. This badge will teach you how to create a Digital Notebook in Google Slides and include some basic elements like shapes, images, changing the background, and changing the size of your Slides.
In the first two badges of the Digital Notebook Badge series, you learned the purpose and benefits of using Digital Notebooks and the foundational skills needed to create a Digital Notebook in Google Slides. This badge, Digital Notebook Creator, will build on the first two Digital Notebooking badges of this series, teaching earners how to insert and use advanced elements in a Google Slides digital notebook.
Pixel Art is a fun and creative way to provide elementary students with the opportunity to practice with Google Sheets. Using conditional formatting, students can input numbers or letters, and ultimately represent objects by coloring the cells in a spreadsheet. Google Sheets is collaborative, meaning that multiple students can work together in one spreadsheet to create pixel art. They also have the ability to publish their pixel art, generating a link that will enable them to share their work.
The IF function is one of the simplest logical functions in Google Sheets - and one of the most useful. When we use the IF function, we create an "If...then" statement within our data. Basically, it checks if a condition was met and creates an action based on whether or not said condition was met. By using the IF function, we can qualify our data to make it easier to interpret and use.
Autocrat is a Google Sheets add-on merge tool that allows you to create Google Docs, Google Slides, or PDFs with Google Sheets data. It will also automatically share and email people with a copy of the merged document.
Google Forms is a free online tool that collects and organizes information into spreadsheets and allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes. Advanced features allow users to password protect forms, add media, create sections, and copy and paste data charts into other documents. Google Forms combine multiple question-types, real-time results, and auto-grading functionality enabling easy data collection.
Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative. They work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, their mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere. Download the app or visit the website to enjoy the collections of over 2000 museums, art galleries and other cultural institutions no matter where you are. ~about.artsandculture.google.com
Google Educator Certifications were established to give teachers official recognition from Google of their mastery and understanding of Google Workspace tools. The exams consist of multiple-choice questions and practical scenarios that require you to demonstrate knowledge of Google's Workspace for Education tools. Master the advanced aspects of these digital tools by completing advanced searches, utilizing geo-tools, maximizing online collaboration, and integrating technology across the curriculum.
Note: This is an outside certification through Google.
Google Earth Projects is a feature of Google Earth that allows users to create customized maps and tours about places around the world. You can mark notable spots, search famous landmarks, and add photos, text, and videos to complete your story and share it with others.
Google Sites is a free and easy way to showcase student work. Students can use Google Sites to build portfolios that display work and projects, present research, advertise their school and community, promote their personal and academic successes, and more.
Use Google Docs NEW Smart Chips to help your students complete projects while building autonomy in tracking their progress and learning collaboration skills. Learn how to create checkboxes, tag people, create tasks, design rubrics, and add dropdowns to create an interactive Google Doc for both students and teachers.
Google Lit Trips, founded by long-time English teacher and instructional technology coordinator Jerome Burg, incorporates Google Earth technology to engage students in literature. Display these trips on your digital display board or share them with students to engage in them on their personal devices including on Chromebooks. According to their website, Google Lit Trips are "Award winning virtual Literary field Trips where students become virtual traveling companions traveling right alongside characters in stories commonly taught in grades K-12."
HyperDocs are interactive digital lesson plans that combine links, resources, and activities into one central document. These aren't just "digital worksheets" - HyperDocs transform the way content is delivered to students, yielding higher-order thinking skills and new levels of collaboration. Even though HyperDocs can be created using a variety of tools, the resources and activities inside every HyperDoc should give students opportunities to critically think, connect, and create.
Choice Boards are an excellent strategy to promote student-centered learning and student voice and choice! By creating a choice board for your class, you give them the power to make decisions about their learning. This strategy can empower students to determine how they want to learn, the pace in which they work, and even how they demonstrate their learning.
AI in Education
This collection will help you unleash the power of artificial intelligence in the classroom. Dive into the future of education!
Artificial Intelligence is a powerful tool with seemingly endless possibilities. Therefore, it is important to use AI responsibly and ethically. This badge will provide guidelines of AI usage in Edge•U and beyond.
ChatGPT is an AI assistant, created by OpenAI, that has been taught to help with a range of duties, including supplying information, responding to queries, and assisting with job completion. It can produce responses that are human-like to a variety of prompts, explain, elaborate, and continue a conversation about virtually any topic.
ChatGPT is an invaluable tool for educators, as it helps streamline lesson planning, classroom management, and student engagement processes. By leveraging AI-generated content, teachers can efficiently create differentiated and personalized learning experiences, catering to the diverse needs of their students.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and intentional instructional strategies can help educators boost student engagement, provide interactive activities, or even allow students to interact with the AI tool themselves, if appropriate. These tools can be used to create engaging text, images, or activities to include in lesson delivery.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful resource for helping educators with creative processes in the classroom. This badge will explore how AI can assist in and streamline the process of content creation, assessment design, and lesson planning. Discover the potential of AI-assisted educational creation!
Differentiation is crucial to helping students succeed in the classroom, but it's a lot of work to come up with multiple ways to teach or assess one concept. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can help lighten the load by generating personalized reading assignments or math word prompts, rewriting one text at multiple reading levels, brainstorming a variety of assessment choices, and so much more at the click of a button.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a growing and evolving resource that can be used to save time and promote efficiency. Create lesson plans in seconds, create personalized feedback to students, and more. This badge will focus on utilizing AI to increase productivity.
Curipod is an AI-powered interactive presentation tool that helps teachers create engaging and personalized lessons. Teachers can use Curipod to generate lesson plans, create interactive slides, and provide real-time feedback to students. Students can use Curipod to participate in polls, answer questions, and collaborate on projects.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool for students, and can help teachers create a more personalized learning environment. This badge will explore how teachers can create customized chatbots or spaces to enhance learning for students on any subject or topic.
Microsoft Skills
If your district uses Microsoft 365, or you are using Microsoft tools for yourself, this collection will help you get started.
The Outlook Organizer badge focuses on features of and on setting up your email. However, Outlook is more than just email. With Outlook on your PC, Mac, or mobile device, you can: Organize email to let you focus on the messages that matter most; Manage and share your calendar to schedule meetings with ease; Share files from the cloud so recipients always have the latest version; Stay connected and productive wherever you are.
Outlook is more than just email. With Outlook on your PC, Mac or mobile device, you can:
Organize email to let you focus on the messages that matter most; Manage and share your calendar to schedule meetings with ease; Share files from the cloud so recipients always have the latest version; Stay connected and productive wherever you are. ~support.microsoft.com
Microsoft Word is a versatile word processing tool equipped with numerous formatting and collaboration features. With its user-friendly interface, teachers can easily format text, create headers, and customize styles to enhance the visual appeal of any document. Word's collaboration tools enable seamless teamwork, allowing educators to collaborate on lesson plans, share resources, and provide real-time feedback, fostering efficient communication and productivity.
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program designed to organize, analyze, and visualize data. It allows users to perform calculations and generate charts and graphs with the click of a button. Excel can be used for classroom tasks like tracking grades, creating budgets, or conducting data analysis.
When you have a story to tell, PowerPoint unlocks your creativity. It all starts with an idea that will come to life in your presentation. Design with ease, using the built-in Designer to help with layout, and add photos, videos, and more to augment your message.
The sharing permissions inside Microsoft OneDrive provide a few different ways to share your files with collaborators, students, or even the wider public.
Student Centered Learning
Badges found in this collection will help you better design a student-centered classroom. In addition to including tools for student-centered learning, there are also tools that are great for students to create and showcase their learning. For additional tools beyond what you see in this curated collection, try searching ISTE Standard for Educator 5: Designer, ISTE Standard for Educator 6: Facilitator, ISTE Standard for Student 3: Knowledge Constructor or ISTE Standard for Student 6: Creative Communicator on the Explore Badges page.
HyperDocs are interactive digital lesson plans that combine links, resources, and activities into one central document. These aren't just "digital worksheets" - HyperDocs transform the way content is delivered to students, yielding higher-order thinking skills and new levels of collaboration. Even though HyperDocs can be created using a variety of tools, the resources and activities inside every HyperDoc should give students opportunities to critically think, connect, and create.
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners, and families. Flip creates an interactive social learning experience to encourage teachers and students to share their thoughts with others and stimulate discussion both in and out of the classroom.
Pear Deck is a tool to make your Google Slides more engaging for students, encourage classroom discussions, collect formative assessment data, and get kids actively participating in your lesson.
Edpuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers to create interactive online videos by embedding questions, notes, or voiceovers. Edpuzzle videos can be made with videos from a number of websites, including YouTube, TED, Vimeo, and National Geographic.
EduBlogs is a free blogging platform, designed for educators to provide a managed blogging platform for students. EduBlogs is completely cloud-based, so it requires no software to be installed. EduBlogs is built on the popular and powerful WordPress platform and allows for a well-rounded blogging experience.
Google Lit Trips, founded by long-time English teacher and instructional technology coordinator Jerome Burg, incorporates Google Earth technology to engage students in literature. Display these trips on your digital display board or share them with students to engage in them on their personal devices including on Chromebooks. According to their website, Google Lit Trips are "Award winning virtual Literary field Trips where students become virtual traveling companions traveling right alongside characters in stories commonly taught in grades K-12."
Book Creator allows teachers to create powerful eBooks that include text, pictures, drawings, video, and audio - for free. Book Creator online allows teachers to maintain a 40-book library, to which students can submit their own books. The free iPad app permits a teacher to maintain one book for editing. The paid iPad app allows storing unlimited books for editing.
Nearpod is a platform used to engage learners in the classroom. Teachers can create interactive lessons that can be used in the 1:1 classroom. Nearpod provides immediate feedback based on student responses to questions and activities, which allows teachers to assess in real time.
Incredibox is an easy to use website that makes user creators of their own music! With the help of seven beat boxers, users can build their own tunes with a variety of sounds options to explore rhythm and melody. After they create the perfect mix, their sound can be recorded and shared with others.
Use Google Docs NEW Smart Chips to help your students complete projects while building autonomy in tracking their progress and learning collaboration skills. Learn how to create checkboxes, tag people, create tasks, design rubrics, and add dropdowns to create an interactive Google Doc for both students and teachers.
The R.A.F.T. writing strategy is a fun, engaging way to help students comprehend their role as a writer. This immersive strategy also helps students to develop a sense of purpose for their writing as well as understand their audience.
Looking to reignite your students’ classroom experience? Then check out this badge that was developed from our three part webinar series focusing on reimagining the classroom environment, experience and delivery. In this badge, you will explore strategies and learn how to implement them. These strategies will help you create an inclusive, student-centered classroom.
Pear Practice, part of the Pear Deck Learning platform and formerly known as Giant Steps, is a gamified learning experience for students that facilitates differentiated practice through standards-aligned content. Teachers can use Pear Practice to promote student engagement and collaboration in the classroom.
Discover how project showcases celebrate student accomplishments, empower public speaking skills, and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback. This badge is based on our webinar entitled "Amplifying Student Achievements and Growth."
Feedback & Assessment
This curated collection contains tools and strategies for assessing students’ understanding and providing them with timely and meaningful feedback. For additional tools on this topic, try searching by ISTE Standard for Educator 7: Analyst on the Explore Badges page.
This badge will discuss practical ways you can alter assessments to confidently assess student learning - not the results of a Google search. It is based on Forward Edge's webinar of the same name.
This badge was developed from Forward Edge's webinar entitled “Move the Needle: Grading Strategies That Make Sense." Review the benefits of grading strategies like standards-based grading, peer-feedback, mastery, badging options, and more - and discuss how to implement these strategies with students.
Pear Deck is a tool to make your Google Slides more engaging for students, encourage classroom discussions, collect formative assessment data, and get kids actively participating in your lesson.
Google Forms is a free online tool that allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes to collect and organize data. The quizzes feature in Google Forms can grade form submissions, send emails with scores and feedback, and automatically generate charts to reflect the data. Google Forms combine multiple question types, real-time results, and auto-grading functionality, enabling easy data collection for a seamless assessment experience.
Mote is a Chrome extension that allows teachers to leave audio comments on the majority of Google applications. Students are able to then listen to the audio comment the same as reading a written one by teachers.
*Mote offers a free and paid option. The free mote has limited usage, you can see the differences between the two options by clicking the "Pricing Guide" in the resource section.
Mote Certified Educator is an achievement to recognize educators who use Mote to advance student learning. Prior to this quest, make sure you have completed the Mote Magic badge to fully grasp this tool's capabilities. Earning the Mote Certified Educator certification will not only get you one step closer to the highest level of Mote certification, Mote Ambassador, but it will also give you access to Mote's exclusive webinars, competitions, and community activities.
Note: This is an outside certification through Mote.
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes. Unleash the fun in classrooms, offices and living rooms! It can be played by the whole class in real-time or by individual students on their time as students answer multiple-choice questions that are projected on the screen to individuals or teams of students. Students answer the questions with their smartphone, tablet, or computer.
Quizizz is a tech tool used for student-paced participation in gamified quizzes and interactive lessons. Both quizzes and lessons can be completed in “live” or in “homework” mode. Students can use their smartphones, tablet, or computer to participate and receive immediate feedback.
Socrative is an online assessment platform which allows teachers to create, share and launch quizzes that their students can complete using their web platform or iOS app.
Quizlet is a digital learning tool that creates sets of study materials, converting the information into useful flashcards, quizzes, and games. The study materials can be shared with students, classmates, parents, and other teachers. Best of all, the tool is free for anyone to use, and the site contains over 100 million pre-made sets of study materials, many of which are suitable for classroom use.
Edpuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers to create interactive online videos by embedding questions, notes, or voiceovers. Edpuzzle videos can be made with videos from a number of websites, including YouTube, TED, Vimeo, and National Geographic.
Nearpod is a platform used to engage learners in the classroom. Teachers can create interactive lessons that can be used in the 1:1 classroom. Nearpod provides immediate feedback based on student responses to questions and activities, which allows teachers to assess in real time.
Screencastify is a free Google Chrome Extension that allows you to quickly and easily record your desktop, laptop, or Chromebook screen. You can also use Screencastify to take a video using your webcam.
A Bitmoji is your own personal emoji. Create an expressive cartoon avatar and choose from a growing library of moods and stickers - featuring YOU! You can spice up presentations, use them as customized stickers and feedback for students, or in place of profile pictures. Note: You must have a smartphone to create a Bitmoji.
Autocrat is a Google Sheets add-on merge tool that allows you to create Google Docs, Google Slides, or PDFs with Google Sheets data. It will also automatically share and email people with a copy of the merged document.
“ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use every day to build close-knit communities by sharing what’s being learned in the classroom home through photos, videos, and messages.” -ClassDojo.com
This tool is available on a iOS device, Android device, Kindle Fire, or computer.
Explore the evolving landscape of assessment, and learn how to design effective assessments that align with diverse learning styles and meet the demands of 21st-century education. This badge is based on our webinar entitled "The Role of Assessment in Modern Education."
Social Emotional Learning
This curated collection provides badges that can help you with social emotional learning through the lens of technology with your students and families.
SAMR, developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, is a framework to help teachers think about meaningful technology integration. It stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition.
The Four C standards, developed by the National Education Association, is a framework to help teachers to teach the 21st-century skills. It stands for Communication, Creativity, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking.
The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM), developed by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, is a framework for integrating technology effectively into the classroom. It provides leveled technology integration (entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) for five different learning environments (active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal-directed).
TPACK is a framework for understanding technology integration. It stands for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and works to explain the intersectionality of knowledge needed for teachers to integrate technology successfully.
The Triple E Framework, developed by Professor Liz Kolb, provides guidelines to effectively use technology in the classroom. The framework puts the focus on pedagogy rather than the tool. The three E’s for effective technology use are Enhance, Engage and Extend.
Diverse Learners
This curated collection contains tools that will help with diverse learners to ensure we meet the needs of all students. For additional badges on this topic, try searching by ISTE Standard for Students 1: Empowered Learner on the Explore Badges page.
This curated collection will provide you with tools to foster collaboration in your classroom. If you’re looking for additional tools, try searching by ISTE Standard for Educator 4: Collaborator or ISTE Standard for Students 7: Global Collaborator on the Explore Badges page.
This curated collection contains tools that will get your students thinking more creatively about designing solutions to real-world problems. To see more badges like this, try searching ISTE Standard for Student 3: Knowledge Constructor, ISTE Standard for Student 4: Innovative Designer, or ISTE Standard for Student 5: Computational Thinker on the Explore Badges page.
This curated collection will provide you with tools and strategies to model digital citizenship with your students. If you’re looking for additional tools, try searching by ISTE Standard for Educator 3: Citizen or ISTE Standard for Students 2: Digital Citizen on the Explore Badges page.
This collection contains badges that will help educators who are tasked with developing and leading group or one-on-one professional development for other educators. It also contains badges that are earned by completing outside certifications.
Badges found in this curated collection will help you connect with students and families for both synchronous and asynchronous distance/remote learning.
Our Distance Learning Skills Roadmap provides a scaffolded set of skills for successful remote teaching and learning. Teachers can reflect upon their own teaching style and skills to determine where they fall on the roadmap (toe-in-the-water, waist high, all in). Administration can use the roadmap paired with teacher feedback in order to determine what sort of professional development and training they need to provide their staff in order to prepare them for remote learning.
Virtual Icebreakers allow students a chance to get to know each other and the teacher in a fun and engaging way. Hook your students in with a fun game or a drawing activity to see their strengths anytime during the school year.
Starting the school year online or in a hybrid setting will present unique challenges to get to know your students and create a sustainable classroom culture. This badge, based on Forward Edge's webinar entitled "Creating Virtual Classroom Culture; Get to Know Your Students Remotely," will cover beginning of the year ice-breaker activities, ways to foster invaluable "hallway" conversations, and strategies to establish norms and expectations online.
Learn different strategies and conventions for how to declutter and organize your Google Drive, ways to stay organized within your LMS, and tips and tricks to help your students stay organized as well.
Remote learning thrust digital equity to the forefront of education: it's extremely difficult to engage in learning at home when you don't have internet access. Learn about different ways to create offline opportunities for students to engage with, whether they are learning in-person or remotely.
This badge will discuss practical ways you can alter assessments to confidently assess student learning - not the results of a Google search. It is based on Forward Edge's webinar of the same name.
Google Meet is a video conferencing service that helps people easily set up and join meetings with their team. This application makes it easy to connect with anyone, anywhere with the click of a link. Users can use audio, video and even share their screen.
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms.
Loom is a Google Chrome Extension that lets you record your computer screen or create a “screencast.” Loom is easy to access and can be utilized in the classroom culture in various ways.
Taking a screenshot is simply taking a picture of what is on the screen of your device, either selecting a portion of it or the entire screen. Capturing screenshots is the perfect way to create unique images, save important information or student work, and develop engaging learning materials.
Screencastify is a free Google Chrome Extension that allows you to quickly and easily record your desktop, laptop, or Chromebook screen. You can also use Screencastify to take a video using your webcam.
Choice Boards are an excellent strategy to promote student-centered learning and student voice and choice! By creating a choice board for your class, you give them the power to make decisions about their learning. This strategy can empower students to determine how they want to learn, the pace in which they work, and even how they demonstrate their learning.
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service that helps people organize their responsibilities. Two of the many awesome options with Google Calendar are Appointment Slots and Appointment Schedules. With both options, you can block off any amount of time on your calendar and allow others to sign up for time with you quickly and easily by sharing a link.
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners, and families. Flip creates an interactive social learning experience to encourage teachers and students to share their thoughts with others and stimulate discussion both in and out of the classroom.
Google Slides Q&A is a feature that can be used during your presentation to allow students or participants to ask questions about concepts in your lesson or discussion.
Pear Deck is a tool to make your Google Slides more engaging for students, encourage classroom discussions, collect formative assessment data, and get kids actively participating in your lesson.
Nearpod is a platform used to engage learners in the classroom. Teachers can create interactive lessons that can be used in the 1:1 classroom. Nearpod provides immediate feedback based on student responses to questions and activities, which allows teachers to assess in real time.
Padlet is a free tool to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information on any topic. You can add images, links, video, and more. Walls can be private, open to the public, or moderated by you- meaning that you approve all contributions before they show.
Captions in Google applications are an important tool to provide assistance to students with trouble hearing. Captions provide audio to text abilities that allow students to read what is being said in a video or live session. Google Meet, Google Slides, and YouTube all have the ability to provide captions to enhance student learning.
Google Classroom is a learning management system that allows teachers to create, distribute, and grade assignments in a paperless fashion. Google Classroom is free, and it helps students and teachers communicate, collaborate, organize and manage assignments, go paperless, and much more!
An interactive virtual classroom is a creative delivery method that teachers can use to have students interact with various resources. Teachers can add themselves as a bitmoji in the classroom - or another setting - and add links to outside resources and activities through their image. This can be created through Google Slides.
HyperDocs are interactive digital lesson plans that combine links, resources, and activities into one central document. These aren't just "digital worksheets" - HyperDocs transform the way content is delivered to students, yielding higher-order thinking skills and new levels of collaboration. Even though HyperDocs can be created using a variety of tools, the resources and activities inside every HyperDoc should give students opportunities to critically think, connect, and create.
Google Jamboard is an interactive, collaborative whiteboard tool. Jamboard allows for real-time collaboration and integrates a variety of content like videos, photos, or even other Google Workspace files.
Note: Jamboard will be discontinued on October 1, 2024.
YouTube is a video-sharing platform that makes it easy to search, share, and watch online videos. YouTube is one of the most popular sites on the web, and its in-depth set of video creation tools helps users develop a profile, create a channel, upload videos, and share content with others. The site was founded on four principles that champion voice and community including freedom of expression, freedom of information, freedom of opportunity, and freedom to belong.
Book Creator allows teachers to create powerful eBooks that include text, pictures, drawings, video, and audio - for free. Book Creator online allows teachers to maintain a 40-book library, to which students can submit their own books. The free iPad app permits a teacher to maintain one book for editing. The paid iPad app allows storing unlimited books for editing.
Seesaw is a digital portfolio management system that allows students to submit artifacts of learning to a class feed managed by the teacher. Seesaw is great for progress monitoring, supporting differentiated instruction, and enhancing student voice. Available on a wide variety of devices and featuring simple sign-in options, Seesaw is a great way to get young children started with showcasing their learning in a digital environment.
Edpuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers to create interactive online videos by embedding questions, notes, or voiceovers. Edpuzzle videos can be made with videos from a number of websites, including YouTube, TED, Vimeo, and National Geographic.
Whiteboard.fi is a digital whiteboard for teachers and classes. Students only need a class code to join (no account set up required)! This is essentially the same thing as using whiteboards in the classroom - but now you can do it virtually!
Quizizz is a tech tool used for student-paced participation in gamified quizzes and interactive lessons. Both quizzes and lessons can be completed in “live” or in “homework” mode. Students can use their smartphones, tablet, or computer to participate and receive immediate feedback.
Educreations is a digital whiteboarding tool available as an iPad app. Educreations allows teachers to record their lessons and share recordings with students in a variety of ways.
Khan Academy offers courses for learners in kindergarten all the way through graduate school. Subjects covered on Khan Academy include math, grammar, history, music, computer science, ELA, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, and more! It is available on the web or iOS/Android devices.
Quill is a lightweight learning management system integrated with a suite of online apps that teach writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills to students. Students using Quill learn English grammar and vocabulary by fixing sentences, proofreading passages, and collaboratively writing passages.
Tier 1 Instruction
Tier 1 Instruction is the key component of the MTSS framework. Tier 1 support is provided to all students in the classroom and is evidence-based. These strategies focus on classroom academics, behaviors, and organization. This collection is made up of tools that support these Tier 1 interventions.
This curated collection is great for any Schoology users, whether you are just getting started or looking to take your Schoology use to the next level. To see all the Schoology badges available, search “Schoology” on the Explore Badges page.
Badges found in this collection are meant for districts that use Canvas as their LMS. These badges will help you learn how to effectively implement this LMS into your instruction.
This collection contains all of the badges that are available to educators using the Free Educator Account. They total 7 hours of professional learning!
Edge•U is an online badging system that recognizes educators for demonstrated skills and competencies, making achievements visible and encouraging life-long learning.
Book Creator allows teachers to create powerful eBooks that include text, pictures, drawings, video, and audio - for free. Book Creator online allows teachers to maintain a 40-book library, to which students can submit their own books. The free iPad app permits a teacher to maintain one book for editing. The paid iPad app allows storing unlimited books for editing.
Chrome extensions extend the functionality of the web browser. From reading text on a page aloud to saving you money when you’re buying school supplies, Chrome extensions are versatile browser enhancements that are easy to install and use.
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners, and families. Flip creates an interactive social learning experience to encourage teachers and students to share their thoughts with others and stimulate discussion both in and out of the classroom.
Google Forms is a free online tool that collects and organizes information into spreadsheets and allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes. Users can share their forms with others, add media, and update their form on-the-go. Google Forms combine multiple question-types, real-time results, and auto-grading functionality enabling easy data collection. Google Forms are simple to create and have a variety of applications both in and outside of education.
This badge was developed based on our webinar entitled “Facilitate Not Frustrate." We will examine ways to build in choice, create room for student driven exploration, and promote personalized pacing that even the most traditional teacher can embrace.
Taking a screenshot is simply taking a picture of what is on the screen of your device, either selecting a portion of it or the entire screen. Capturing screenshots is the perfect way to create unique images, save important information or student work, and develop engaging learning materials.
SEL Skills: Getting to Know Your Students and Families
This badge will introduce you to some concepts in the area of Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, and how you can implement them in your classroom environment. The focus of this badge will be getting to know your students and families.
X (formerly called Twitter) is a social networking platform that can help you communicate with others, build your personal learning network, and share about the great things going on in your classroom, building, and district.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and intentional instructional strategies can help educators boost student engagement, provide interactive activities, or even allow students to interact with the AI tool themselves, if appropriate. These tools can be used to create engaging text, images, or activities to include in lesson delivery.
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