This is one of my favorite resources to engage anyone and everyone in citizen science! The genius behind this platform is the connection between researchers and the rest of us. Researchers and organization submit their studies that they need help with to be highlighted on the platform.
Inspired Classroom has worked with CILC for 8+years! They are an amazing organization that connects museums, content providers, zoos, and organizations into the classroom via virtual field trips. In an effort to support parents and educators, CILC and their content providers (Inspired Classroom included) is hosting FREE streaming events.
Inspired Classroom has worked with CILC for 8+years! They are an amazing organization that connects museums, content providers, zoos, and organizations into the classroom via virtual field trips. In an effort to support parents and educators, CILC and their content providers (Inspired Classroom included) is hosting FREE streaming events.
Google is starting a live streaming resource for educators! The first events will help administrators make sense of remote or distance learning.
EDU On AIR , by Google
Google, way to go! Thank you for helping educators make sense of the transition to teaching remotely. Here is a comprehensive resource blog on using Google products remotely:
Explore Distance Learning Resources for Schools Affected by COVID-19, by Google
Have you checked this out, yet? I can definitely go down the rabbit hole looking at all the great content housed on the YouTube Learning Hub. As part of a blended classroom, using resources like these will enhance your student engagement. What videos are your favorites? Have you already used the Learning Hub with your students?
Equity of Access. Those three words keep popping up in my head. How do we continue to provide services to students in a way that is equitable? Google has outlined tips and tricks for learning at home even when there is no internet. As mentioned in previous posts, some schools are working on a lending program for computers and some internet companies are provided free internet.
Even without Internet at Home, Students can Keep Learning, by Google
I am in LOVE with Google Earth Creation Tools! It allows learners of all ages to become creators and producers while actively learning and engaging with content—-and learning a bit of geography as well! Did you see our post on Google Earth Voyager Projects? This tool allows you and your students to create a similar project!
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.
This is a good one! Students can take virtual tours of 12 different museums when they are at home! https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
How would I use this?
Virtual scavenger hunt
History or Art History Lesson: report out
Compare/Contrast: time periods, styles, cultural artifacts, etc.
Flipgrid discovery project
If you are teaching remotely, you may be looking for great resources that students can use semi-independently. Inspired Classroom has partnered with Google Earth Education to create: Stories Golden Eagles Tell with the Google Earth creation tool. This project consists of eight interactive ‘cards’. Each card has basic content, videos, and interactive Google Maps directing students to explore the natural history of Golden Eagles, habitat, migration studies, and issues facing Golden Eagles.
Tools like Flipgrid are great to keep your class going as a cohesive whole. If you and students are all trying to learn remotely, the collaboration and sense of community are tough to maintain. Also, hearing students’ thinking is a key part of monitoring progress. Flipgrid is a way to empower your students’ voices by sharing short videos. Also, because you create the ‘grid’ it is private to your class and responses are moderated by you. Click here for the Educator’s Guide to FlipGrid to help you get started.
Creating a YouTube account for your classroom can be a great way to begin teaching using a blended method of interactive and on-demand.
Ability to create playlists of YouTube videos to share with your students created by other teachers and organizations.
Record and upload your lessons so students can watch and re-watch tricky content OR
If students do not have constant or consistent access to the internet they can view your lessons when they are connected.
Allows you to track views of your lessons
Here is a quick video to get started:
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