Fall Issue 2018
GLOBAL LEARNING
Didn't fill out the survey yet and still want to get your class connected? Fill out the survey linked below & I will add your class to my list. :)
Survey deadline: November 21st
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Get Ready! Hour of Code Week is Dec. 3 - 9
Join GOOGLE for HOUR of CODE!
Last year, over 500,000 students participated in an Hour of Code with Google. It's easy, free and kids love it. No computer science experience required! Click here for details, resources & student activities.
The Tech Weebly has tons of resources for Hour of Code week & beyond, including iPad Apps for K/1 coders, self-paced activities for Gr2 & up from code.org, plus lots of unplugged activities where no computer is needed.
Certificates
Check out these awesome code.org Hour of Code certificates that you can customize for each of your students!
Click here to start creating!
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What do we get with our "MY BRAINPOP' Suite for Educators Subscription?
BRAINPOP
You already know that we have a subscription to BrainPOP, which features very engaging cross-curricular animated movies with fun loving characters like Tim and Moby.
But did you know that with our subscription you can create a class, assign movies, customize quizzes, keep track of student progress and share feedback on learning?
YUP! And did you know that students can create their OWN 'BrainPOP style' movies! Whaaat!!?? BEEP BEEP!!
Brainpop has expanded their learning tools so that kids can create, construct & collaborate through interactive games & activities, quizzes, challenges, primary sources, Newsela articles, concept mapping and more!
BrainPOP, Jr. is custom-made for our K-3 students and includes lots of great primary features to support our littles! Here's a few of the highlighted features....
Annie explains things using a primary vocabulary and her pace is a bit slower, and her voice is younger & softer than Tim's.
When students hover over text & titles, Annie reads it aloud.
The interactive vocabulary activities invite students to draw, write and act out topic-related words featured in the movie.
Turn Closed Caption ON to have words displayed while a movie is playing.
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Ever heard of Book Creator for Chromebook?
Students Gr2 & up can create their own ebooks & share their ideas using text, images, video, drawings, audio recordings, shapes, comic templates, stickers & emojis! Bring creativity to your classroom within any content area. Perfect for all Chromebook using classrooms. Especially perfect for resource & support classrooms.
Get 1 Library, create 40 books and add an unlimited number of students for FREE!
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Want to chat?
If you would like to chat about any of the above Apps, opportunities and/or stuff you may have brewing on a back burner... please reach out anytime.
tracey.ricco@sbschools.org
Click here to schedule a support session.
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Create your own web story with Adobe Spark, spark.adobe.com
Credits:
Adobe Spark web story created by Tracey, Elementary EdTech Coach, South Brunswick Schools