Think Different #136, Summer
Mid-June-Getting ready for teaching in the Fall of 2020
Apple Launches 'Apple Camp at Home' Experience for Kids
Apple Camp at home will provide kids aged 8-12 a series of digital programs focused on video, art, design, and coding.
Apple plans to offer a self-guided activity book for kids to complete, along with live virtual sessions with Apple Store Creatives.
Live sessions, which will be hosted over Webex, will last for 30 to 60 minutes, while the activity book Apple has created is a Pages document that kids can complete at their own pace.
Apple Camp registrations are not yet open, but parents can sign up to be notified when registrations become available on the Apple Camp website.
- For: Kids ages 8–12
- Cost: Free
- Length: Sessions are 30 minutes (Orientation) or 60 minutes (Q&A) and take place via Webex. The self-guided Activity Book, available as a Pages document, can be completed at their own pace.
- Location: Your home
- Please note: To use the Activity Book, you’ll need the free Pages app. If it’s not already on your device, you can download it here.
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Do use use Microsoft and OneNote?
Remote Learning Series: 5 tips to rock OneNote. This si a spoerful article with examples and everything you need to know. I promise you will be excited to embraxe OneNote after reading.
"OneNote has changed the way we teach. Thanks to some OneNote features such as the digital inking we went full paperless in our class."
A lot of teachers around the world are transitioning to a remote learning environment due to the COVI-19 outbreak.
The eTwinz have created a series focus on remote learning where they will share five scenarios of remote learning.
Welcome to the eleventh blog of this series: Five tips to rock OneNote
https://www.etwinz.com/post/remote-learning-series-5-tips-to-rock-onenote
I will admit it, I have not really totally embraced OneNote, but last summer O was in a school doing a workshop that had fully integrated it into teaching and learning. I was blown away by what these teachers were doing with OneNote themselves and with students. Extremely useful and impressive. And now I keep seeing things like this site and the ideas and more.....So feeling it is time to embrace OneNote. I challenge you to do the same.
Who Knew: You Can Now TWEET an AUDIO RECORDING!
It will be rolling out over the next few weeks.
It could come in handy for English Language Learners.
See how it worksk: https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1273306563994845185?s=20
The kids Should See This
This week:
- Rare 1920s films of All-Black Towns Living the American Dream →
- Adania Flemming, Fish Whisperer →
- A Kids Book About Racism and Belonging →
- Why are Glasswing Butterfly wings clear? →
- Les Klaxons by Michel Lauzière in a musical jumpsuit →
- The art of Georgia O’Keeffe →
- View this email in your browser.
VOTE: Which video do you most recommend?
- 1920s Films of All-Black Towns
- The Fish Whisperer
- A Kids Book About
- Glasswing Butterfly Wings
- Les Klaxons Jumpsuit
- Georgia O'Keeffe
And from the collections...
Things we're thinking about...
- Black History Movies That Tackle Racism: "Jumping-off points for conversations about injustice."
- Testing the Waters of Bringing Students Back to School: Watch the video →
- The Unmistakable Black Roots of Sesame Street: How the historically black community of Harlem influenced the program's development.
Your classroom teachers pulled off an amazing feat in the spring. With little or no warning, they reinvented teaching overnight while making sure students had the support and tools they needed to succeed.
And while it might not have been perfect, they did it! They managed because you helped them plan, persevere and meet the needs of students.
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You can continue to support classroom teachers this summer without straining your tight budget by registering a group for ISTE’s Summer Learning Academy 2020. This affordable PD from a trusted source will give your educators the confidence to teach online or in a blended setting this fall.
For just $20 per seat, this three-week PD experience offers:
- Self-paced microcourses on topics you need — from designing and assessing online learning to creating community and ensuring equity.
- Webinars from experts in the field who will offer strategies and lessons for ensuring authentic, active, equitable online learning.
Continuing education units (CEUs) and graduate-level creditfor those who meet eligibility criteria.
OK who wants to go?
Netflix’s billionaire founder is secretly building a luxury retreat for teachers in rural Colorado
Reed Hastings, the billionaire founder of Netflix, is quietly building a mysterious 2,100-acre luxury retreat ranch nestled in the elk-filled foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Recode has learned.
Hastings has been one of the country’s biggest donors to the education reform movement that’s trying to reshape America’s struggling school system. And now public records reveal that Hastings is personally financing a new foundation that will operate this training ground for American public school teachers, a passion project shrouded in secrecy that will expand the billionaire’s political influence.
How drawing can set you free: Inspiring
Picture Books: Perfect for Middle Schoolers
PART ONE: Engaging Middle School Readers
By Jennifer Sniadecki and Jason DeHart
Why picture books belong in middle school
We posit that there are several reasons to use picture books in the middle school classroom; in this segment, we focus on student engagement.
“…the use of picture books increases motivation greatly for students of this [middle school] age.” (Fitzgerald, p.3)
How To Take Notes For School Or Work On a Mac
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