Roxi Thompson

One tool that helped me make the shift to creating a blended learning environment and personalizing learning for students is the screencasting tool Screencastify . I will be evaluating this tool as part of my learning through the ISTE Certification process. 1) How would you model this tool for colleagues? One way that I modeled how to use this for colleagues recently was to create a choice board that allowed them to explore different ways the tool could be used in the classroom and then apply that learning by making a video. The choice board included a "Start" space with an introductory video, and then educators could choose the resources that they wanted to explore. As they explored, they shared some of their favorite ideas on a Padlet board. Their final task was to choose how they wanted to apply their new knowledge by creating a video using Screencastify and sharing that on our Padlet board, also. As a follow up, I would also like to have the Tech Leaders use...

I was recently trying to think of a new way to have students demonstrate their learning about a U.S. state they have been researching. They had used multiple websites to gather geographical information about the state, and I wanted them to utilize that information in a map-based activity.  Last week, I was listening to an episode of the Google Teacher Tribe Podcast called "App Smashing with G Suite." In this episode, Matt Miller ( @jmattmiller ) explained how to use Google Maps  Street View and Screencastify ( screencastify.com ) to create virtual walking tours. I immediately started thinking about how I could use this activity to reach our learning goals for this unit.  In the show notes for the podcast, Matt Miller included a link to a blog post he had written about this activity. It included an extremely helpful tutorial video about how to use the street view tool in Google Maps.  I prepared a lesson for students to try creating their own virtual w...