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December 2020
Flipgrid
Flipgrid
Flipgrid for ALL! 50+ ways to use in your classroom.
https://ditchthattextbook.com/catch-the-flipgrid-fever-15-ways-to-use-flipgrid-in-your-class/
How to Teach Remotely with Flipgrid
Learn how to teach remotely using Flipgrid. Flipgrid is a free program that will allow you and your students to post short videos online in response to different prompts, and to converse with each other via video.
Updates to Flipgrid 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56AMBZaNFLo&list=RDCMUCd6vizTYlSgpR6zJ8j5KiyA&start_radio=1&t=0
The Educator's Guide to Flipgrid
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZGEfOtEWqPcGUzcFd2RzRjYTQ/view
Struggling for time for PD but need to recharge!
NO TIME for PD check out the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
Each day has a theme:
- Motivational Mondays –start your week strong
- Tech Tool Tuesdays –deep dive into a tool or two
- Wildcard Wednesdays –cool stories from around the world’s classrooms
- Thought Leader Thursdays –hear from top researchers and authors
- 5-Idea Fridays –get ideas for your lesson planning and the week ahead
LIMITED TIME but Want Free PD
Join the Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit. A free online conference for teachers Dec. 14, 2020 to Jan 8, 2021. 9 Days 9 new presentations as well as access to over 50 presentations from previous summits. Speakers' videos are 30 minutes to an hour. 4 weeks of PD for free, certificates of completion available.
Take the time! You are worth it!
Happy Holidays!
Karen Flynn, Ed.S.
Technology Integration Specialist
"The most valuable resource that all educators have is each other. Without collaboration, our growth is limited to our own perspectives." Robert John Meehan
Ionia Public Schools Technology Service
Ionia Public Schools believes that appropriate technology integration across all disciplines can lead to higher levels of student achievement in many areas. In order to stimulate more appropriate, innovative, and effective integration of technology across the disciplines, we attempt to facilitate a "technology integration environment" at Ionia Public Schools that explore opportunities beyond traditional professional development to support integration efforts.
from https://www.ioniaschools.org/departments/technology-services
Email: kflynn@ioniaschools.org
Website: https://www.ioniaschools.org/departments/technology-services/ips-teacher-support
Location: Ionia High School, 250 East Tuttle Road, Ionia, MI, USA
Phone: (616)841-4158