Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
Shauna Johnson and Joy Teson, both history teachers at Mountain View High School, had big plans to have a living museum in their school library where their students could show off projects they made surrounding World War II. However, this Continue reading Switching Gears
There are already several articles in this blog that share ways to use our subscription to Discovery Education with students. Recently, however, Discovery Education has made several changes to its platform to make it relevant and user friendly for remote Continue reading Re-Discover Discovery Education
Recently Heidi Moore, a math teacher at La Pine High School, was asking about how to annotate on something her student shares with her in WebEx. This could be so handy, especially as a math teacher. It seems like the Continue reading Annotating on Something Shared by a Student in WebEx
Scroll across the table to see online training opportunities from Bend-La Pine Coaches for this week. Just login to the Webex room linked in each description to join a training session. Please reach out to the instructor with any questions! Continue reading Learning Opportunities 4/27-5/1
Engaging students through video sounds so simple, doesn’t it? That is until you think about the actual making of the video. Now you have to come up with the content and how you’re going to deliver it. What tools are Continue reading Engaging Students Through Video
Some of our most common questions lately have been centered around screen recording. The fact is, there are a lot of screen recording solutions that are useful for teaching. Although it is a great start to be comfortable with just Continue reading Photobooth, Quicktime, Screen Recording Oh My!
Limit the number of messages going out. A weekly summary of class lessons, assignments, etc. is better than a daily notice. Consider a calendar presentation, showing just what is expected when. Include all needed links on messages and assignment directions. Continue reading Communication and Remote Learning: Best Practices
Teams is a collaboration tool by Microsoft. It can be used for group chat, individual chat, file sharing, screen sharing and more. Since Teams is integrated with Microsoft 365, every Bend-La Pine Schools staff already has access to use it. Continue reading Microsoft Teams Collaboration