The Best Productivity Tool for Your Team
We’re big fans of being as productive as possible in our work. If you’re able to work efficiently, you can put more energy into the why of what you’re doing, not the how. In any organization, figuring when and how to meet with other people can often become an overwhelming task, especially if you’re trying to pull a large group together. In this post, we’ll explain why the calendar is the best productivity tool for any team or organization. We’re a Google district, so our examples will be from Google Calendar, but just about every platform has the same tools...
The Basics of ChatGPT in Simple Language
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are nearly unavoidable now – and we’ve mentioned them more than once in stuff we’ve published. We want to make sure that we’re talking about what…
Measure Student Progress with Proficiency Scales
A challenging part of the PLC process is determining student growth in relation to your essential standards. Once your PLC has determined the essential standards for the course and defined…
A Taste of DOT: Blog Posts from ECS Content Specialists
Our Content Specialists have created blog posts. Below is a short “tasting” of each blog article and you can click to read more! Enjoy the tasting. Elementary K-6 Closing the…
Supporting English Language Learners by Integrating Digital Content with Discovery Education
As a teacher, one of the biggest challenges you may face is finding ways to support English Language Learners in your classroom. While it can be difficult to meet the…
Wait, you mean you’re not using these ✨amazing✨ iPad features yet?
The iPad has some awesome features you may didn't know even existed! Annotating within safari reader, powerful accessibility features, Apple Classroom hidden features, the split screen superpower, and upgrading your…
3 Quick & Easy Podcasting Activities using Flip
Podcasting is increasingly becoming popular for all ages due to the ease and free approach of access. It's not surprising there are podcasts for every topic under the sun. Flip…
Reading Response Choice Boards in Seesaw
Are you looking for new ways to reach students, especially those fast finishers / high-performers? Do you need ways to differentiate tasks without requiring a ton of extra time? Maybe…
Using Seesaw to Support the Four Language Domains: Writing Edition
Seesaw is an amazing place to include student writing. When thinking about writing lessons, we need to keep in mind that writing involves not only putting thoughts and ideas into…
Using Seesaw to Support the Four Language Domains: Reading Edition
The language domains, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, are the 4 ways that people can interact with language. Two of these skills, speaking and writing, are described as productive skills…
The top three Epic features that I didn’t utilize when teaching and should have.
We talk about accessible learning in our department possibly daily. It comes up in almost every conversation we have. Despite this, the one thing we’ve never said about accessible learning…
February is Digital Learning Month
Did you know that February is Digital Learning Month? We have some fun choice boards with helpful links and resources for you to use to help you become a Digital…
Keep Kids Begging to Learn: Using Blooket as a Formative Check
Need a fun way to do a quick formative assessment? Try out Blooket as a fun way to check what your students know in the moment! Blooket is a game-based,…