What’s all this Hype About Canvas Studio?
Canvas studio is a video creation and engagement tool that makes creating, editing, and using videos easier for both teachers and students. Now everyone can create and collaborate through video media right in Canvas. There are a lot of useful purposes for Studio but some of my favorites include Instructors can record or upload a simple video and use the editing tools to make it interactive, engaging, and add captions with a click of a button. Students can upload large video sizes easily (Student iPads don’t have access to all of studio) Add quizzes on top of created or uploaded videos...
Safe and Flexible Schoolwide Messaging with Seesaw
Seesaw has updated their messaging! You can now add more than one person to a message, including students, other teachers in your building, and parents. Read on to learn more!
Dear Instructional Coaches: Absent Student Struggles
Dear struggling teacher, below you will find our 4 big suggestions when approaching this issue with best technology and SIOP practices, Smekens strategies, and utilizing our ELA curriculum resources. Tip #1: Use…
New April Canvas Updates
Below are the changes and updates for Canvas starting April 16th. Change Default Due Time You can change the default due time for your courses. Go to Account Settings or…
Dear Instructional Coaches: Classroom Management Struggles
Dear frustrated teacher, below you will find our 3 big suggestions when approaching this issue with de-escalation, Trauma-Informed Care, and SIOP in mind. Tip #1: Don’t take student behavior personally. …
Connect with Students and Amplify Learning with Videos
Finding small and easy ways to connect with our students doesn’t just help engage them in content, it also creates small opportunities in building relationship. Making videos can become an…
5 Amazing Seesaw Creative Tool Improvements
Seesaw has just released some amazing improvements that will make your teacher life so much easier! Students can’t delete teacher-created activity pages anymore Smarter pen vs move tool selection Accidental…
Do One Thing: The Summer DOT Conference
We are excited to invite you to participate in Elkhart’s first Summer DOT Conference taking place on June 1 & 2, 2022. With a focus on Tier 1 Instruction, the…
Engaging the Selfie-Generation: No-Pressure Interaction and Discussion with Flipgrid
If you have yet to open flipgrid, here is your friendly reminder and gentle nudge to give it a try this school year. While there is no substitute for students…
Don’t Overthink Accommodations: Allowing Audio Responses on Seesaw
The majority of my students in my 4th grade classroom are able to use writing to explain their thinking and answer any given problem. They may need sentence starters or…
Googlfy You PLC Process
PLC productivity and organization is crucial to help save time, energy, and simply make things easier. Below are 5 google apps that can help improve your PLC process. Google Keep…
Easy, in the Moment Formative Assessment with Seesaw
Formative assessment is the piece of the teaching puzzle that allows us to quickly gauge how well our students are understanding the material we’ve taught. From there, we make the…
Stay Consistent with ClassroomScreen.com
Classroom Screen has been around for a long time, and I thought it could be helpful in the classroom, but I never realized what a game changer it truly was. I’ve…