Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
Occasionally, I get asked how to create a screen recording that can be shared with students or staff. It’s really easy with your laptop using QuickTime. Here’s a quick video tutorial:
Many around our school district are using digital tools and strategies for meaningful formative assessment. Kahoot!, Quizizz, and Socrative are examples of such tools that fulfil this important role in our classrooms. Quizlet.live might do the same before a summative assessment. At Continue reading Ready for a content review? Try Quizlet.live!
I follow a few blogs, much like this one, where I can learn about new tools and ideas. One that I recently stumbled upon is called Wizer. I decided to check it out because it talked about creating a quick quiz Continue reading Wizer: a Great Tool for Creating Interactive Assignments
I recently started subscribing to Untangled, a newsletter by Darren Hudgins, full of resources curated for people like us. One of his links led me to the video below. In this video, the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, Ernő Rubik, Continue reading Are You Ready to Change the World?
Here is a great article by Joyce Valenza talking about the benefits of using CommonLit. Rather than try to reiterate what she says, I’ll let you read it for yourself. CommonLit for content discovery and curricular connections — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch
This model and template will help college, high school, and middle school teachers put together a syllabus that sets you and your students up for a great year. Source: How to Write a Syllabus | Cult of Pedagogy
The robot invasion has come to Bend-La Pine Schools! Simple robots are everywhere and certainly have a place in the modern classroom. Take for instance, these lessons available on the Lightning Labs website linked here. Most of these lessons can Continue reading Learning From Robots
I’m hoping that all Bend-La Pine secondary staff and students are aware of the fantastic SIRS Researcher Database that they have access to. You can reach it by going to the library website for each school located under the Academics tab. Continue reading SIRS Researcher has been Updated