LEISD Digital LEarning
April 20, 2018
Digital Learning News & Updates
Spring Badge Challenge
The winning campus will be announced Monday, April 23rd. Stay tuned!
Digital Parent Bingo
If you have not had a chance to read through the different parts of the Digital Parent Bingo, we invite you to. It's not only a great resource for parents, but it is also a great reminder for us as teachers. Part of our responsibility as educators is to prepare our learners for the Modern Age and that includes preparing them to be good digital citizens.
You can find all five parts of Digital Parent Bingo on our new Digital Citizenship page - www.littleelmisd.net/digitalcitizenship. Please feel free to not only share out our Digital Citizenship page with your student's parents, but also share the Digital Parent Bingo. #SafeLobo
Language Transformed: Communicating in an Emoji World by Diana Benner, TechEdge Magazine
- Emoji Random writing Prompt Generator - goo.gl/F2xssf
The Emoji Random Writing Prompt Generator uses a Google Sheet that produces a writing prompt consisting of a random set of two, three, four, or even five emojis at a time. - Emoji Exit Ticket - goo.gl/HF3gBL
Emoji Exit Tickets are a great way for students to summarize what they have learned during a lesson in a fun and relatable way. - Codemoji - www.codemoji.com
Codemoji is a free platform for educators that allows students from first to eight grades to learn the basics of web development and coding. - Emoji Puzzle Piece Ice Breaker - goo.gl/7uY1VC
The Emoji Puzzle Piece Ice Breaker will help build community in your classroom. Simply cut the emojis into puzzle pieces and, as student enter the classroom, hand them a piece that will match with one other student in the class. - Personalized Emoji by Made with Code - www.madewithcode.com/projects/emoji
With the Personalized Emoji, students can learn how to code while making their own unique emoji. Students could complete a creative writing assignment about their emoji or use it as part of an interest inventory project.
These are just a few activities you can use in the classroom to connect with the emoji generation. However, the possibilities are endless. You can find may more activities, such as creating rebus stories, annotating texts, and solving word problems with emojis at https://goo.gl/1S2Te7.
DL Badge Spotlight: Canvas Navigator
Canvas Corner
Canvas Tips and Reminders
Still aren't sure where to start? Check out the Canvas focused sessions being offered at Summer Learning Summit this year. These sessions will help you prepare for next year and jump in to the amazing ways Canvas can be used with students and in the classroom.
Digital Tool of the Week
Exploriments
Exploriments are simulation-based, interactive learning units for enhancing conceptual understanding of Science in an experiential manner. Based on the constructivist approach, Exploriments encourages learners to actively participate in the learning process, instead of being passive recipients.
You and your students will have a blast exploring Exploriments. There are plenty of videos on this website that feature “simulation-based” units and activities.
Bonus! There is even an Exploriments app for the iPad.
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