If you are just diving into distance learning and using platforms like Zoom or Google Hangouts you may have realized the advantages of having a good webcam, mic, and speakers.
We had a rollicking good time sharing ideas, wishes for the school year, and exchanging tech tips and tools. During Office Hours Deanna and participants shared some of their favorite tech tools.
At Inspired Classroom, we advocate a blended approach to distance learning. That means using technology tools like Zoom video conferencing synchronously in combination with collaborative tools like Google docs, slides, and forms, asynchronously. There are many great resources out there to help you. Students will need to have an email to access Google Drive. Click here for a short tutorial video from Google.
You can learn and help (really, actually help) researchers with topics ranging from penguins to botany, astronomy to bacteria, anti-slavery manuscripts to maturity of baby sounds!
Are you familiar with Google Earth Voyager projects? I could spend hours checking out these voyages! The idea behind the Voyager projects are simple: Use Google Earth to explore a curated topic.
