DS TECH NEWS

...tech tips, best practices and resources

What's New This Week?

EdPuzzle Premium is free until the end of the year! Any teacher who hasn't been upgraded or hasn't registered to Edpuzzle, can log in or sign up through their school link and will be upgraded automatically: https://edpuzzle.com/schools/join/6eztur


Zoom has a new upgrade: Zoom 5.0


How to Find these Newsletters? To keep track of weekly newsletters, I will be adding them to the DS website with the date and a description of topics covered for easy access. Newsletters can be found behind the BULLETIN BOARD tab on the home page menu.

PEEKING INTO A REMOTE CLASSROOM

Check out CARMEL BERGERON & ERIN NEWMAN using EdPuzzle!

EdPuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers to create interactive videos by embedding either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, audio, or comments on a video.

Some benefits of using Edpuzzle that they are enjoying:

  • super easy to use
  • import roster from Google Classroom and they log in with school email
  • use videos from YouTube, Khan Academy, etc, or ones you make yourself
  • can edit a video, shorten for length
  • embed questions to check for understanding
  • embed a note to tell students to "write that down"
  • embed a note to focus students on what's important
  • can assign to students to identify if they actually watched the video.


Need some help? Contact either Carmel or Erin for further details!

Just For Fun! CREATE A BITMOJI SCENE in Google Slides!

What is a Bitmoji and how do I get one? Click here.
Once you have it, view these two examples of how to create your own scene in Google Slides to highlight your lessons:

1. First video shows how to create a static Bitmoji Scene Image

2. Second video shows how to add clickable areas to videos and sites within the scene to create an interactive learning tool.

How to Create a Bitmoji Scene Image
Creating an interactive Bitmoji Scene

Do you have a "best practice" or something "techy" that you would like to share?

Send me an email with your "best practices" content so that I can add it to the "Peeking into a Remote Classroom" area of this newsletter. Or, maybe you have a tech idea, timely article or interesting website that you would like to share. Contributions are always welcome!
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May 14, 2020