Progress Learning 2022 Launch

Teachers, Students, and Classes are all rostered and ready to go in Progress Learning, which we knew last year as, Education Galaxy.
Teachers and students should access Progress Learning through ClassLink.

Grades K-1 Please make sure your students have the pre-test turned on in the settings tab for each class. We will start that soon. In the meantime let’s have them start practicing on their Study Plan.

Let’s get started with Liftoff and the Liftoff diagnostics in grades 2-5.

How to enable Liftoff

At the link Below Skip to 47:50 to learn about how students will access the Lift Off Diagnostic

Countless Certificate Templates on Canva

Ok, they aren’t literally countless because the computer counts them for us. However there are nearly EIGHT THOUSAND templates for certificates on Canva.com. In an effort to narrow that down to a more usable amount I searched “School Certificates” and got 1,200+ results. So use Canva.com to make some fun and captivating awards for your students.

Stash101

U.S. History Road to Revolution Review Game

Professional Communications Review Resources

A Gimkit set that can be played through any of the Gimkit game types. Check out the new fishing version if you haven’t

https://www.gimkit.com/view/6261600a35ea44002364f96b

Quizlet Set for all of their various activities as a whole class activity or individually.

https://quizlet.com/_bg1vup?x=1jqt&i=20esfh

Word Wall Set that can be converted to any of their templates as a whole class activity or individually.

https://wordwall.net/resource/31650231

A Blooket Set that can be played in any of their various game modes as a whole class activity or individually.

https://dashboard.blooket.com/set/626163fe168c4bd96573b1d8

6th Grade Science SMART Board Review Activities

1st Six Weeks

Elements vs Compounds Sorting

Evidence of a Chemical Reaction

Formulas and Symbols Matching

Number of Elements in Formulas

Characteristics of Elements and Compounds

Density Layering

2nd Six Weeks

3rd Six Weeks

4th Six Weeks

Thermal Energy Matching

Mechanical Layers of the Earth

Earth’s Layers Fill in the blanks

Rock Types Matching

Tectonic Plates Game Show

5th Six Weeks

Solar System Planet Order

Solar System Planets Word Search

Solar System Vocabulary Memory Game

Gravity Sorting Activity

6th Six Weeks

Google Slides Stop Motion Animation Story Telling

EdTech Update Episode 10

Badge Comp Update 30 March 2022

New Badges, By you

There are 3 new badges on the badge page as a result of recommendations from wonderful teachers like you! Check them out and apply for the ones you have used. The badge competition is heating up. Stay tuned for an update on that.

Wizer.Me

Here is a new tool for creating digital assignments. It is similar to Class kick or TeacherMade. Now you have another option to create interactive assignments for your students to complete on their Chromebooks. In the first two minutes you will learn what Wizer.me does. Keep watching for a more in depth look at how to create activities with the platform.

Tally Marks Math for Littles

Here is an activity that asks students to count the number of items on a slide then to make tally marks for that number on the white board. This is designed for younger students. The first couple slides guide them through it then it becomes progressively more difficult as the activity proceeds. This activity was made in Google Slides. It is best when presented on a SMART board but will work fine on a plain old white board as well if you aren’t that lucky. There are 13 slides and 10 individual tallying activities.

5th Math Ninja in the Middle

Here is a very engaging math activity that will have students compare three numbers in a greater than less than 3 way template. The three numbers are pitted against each other in a Ninjutsu battle. There are 20 battles to work through that increase in difficulty as you proceed. This is designed to be completed on a SMART board but you could just as easily do this as a teacher led group activity, or even with a whiteboard marker and eraser.

Time Crisis Challenge

Time Crisis Challenge is by far the absolute best activity ever made for students to practice their skills at calculating elapsed time. This activity is also cross curricular as it uses significant events from history and science. This activity is in Google Slides and should be a class led activity on the front screen or even better on the SMART board. There is also an accompanying student handout if you would like students to record their own individual answers.

Digital Urban Game

Urban Game SMART Activity Board

Urban Game Directions

Here is a Digital interactive SMART board version of the Urban Game. The Urban game is one of the most engaging and impactful activities you can do with your students. This SMART version kicks it up a notch with a drag and drop map board that you or your students can use to grow your town into a bustling city.

TCEA 2022 Recap

I had a great time learning about new technology tools and strategies at the 2022 Texas Computer Educators Association Conference. Here is a very fast paced highlight video of the top 52 things I learned. I will develop these ideas further in later videos. Please let me know which topics you want to learn more about first.

Spectrum Elite Digital Sign Board Guide

Launch the Signboard software with this icon on your desktop.
Or Start>Spectrum>Spectrumelite

Spectrum Horizon outdoor sign document library

Use these buttons to add or remove content from a slide

Add new slides (frames) as you need them.

Adjust the transitions and amount of time the slide stays on from the menu on the right.

When you have all of your slides prepared you can click the send button so push them out to the Marquee.

Adjust your schedule. Then hit send again. Everything should have been configured at installation to go to the Marquee. If you get any communication errors please put in a help desk ticket with IT to have the connection reconfigured.

Chrome Browser Launch Tabs

Here is a very useful Quick Tip that will teach you how to set up your Chrome Browser to open up a specific set of tabs when you launch it. This is a convenient way for you or your students to quickly access websites you use all day.

Digital Spelling Test

Here are a couple ideas on how to administer a digital spelling test.
Example 1 is with a Google Form and a YouTube video recording of the word list. This is the free option.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKp_Os7SZyfYOLHoadQqZGx0A6SyicyqgD3oTxeyJU0CU1mg/viewform

Example 2 is made in Teachermade.com I expected to be able to insert a recording of each word at each number on the answer document but that requires a paid pro account. It is possible with a the paid pro account.

https://app.teachermade.com/begin/b9ea1725-91d8-4429-9ae3-9194af1a0ecb

Texas State Parks Bonham

Here is the second activity in my new Texas State Parks Activity Series. This activity is in Google Slides and can be assigned in Google Classroom. There are 15 questions on this activity that cover both math and map reading skills. This is a local State Park to us, only about an hour to the North. This is someplace your students might have visited or that they could potentially visit. I think that really increases the relevance and cool factor of this activity.