Since opening in the fall of 2018, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) has been capturing the audio history of Veterans. The Stewart Malquist Fund has provided funding to promote sharing these oral histories with students to honor Veterans. WOSU Classroom has partnered with NVMM to create a story catalog and curriculum for students in grades 5-8. Students explore oral histories shared by Veterans at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) to create a poetic narrative published into an eBook.
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Having student create content is a powerful learning tool. Learn cheap and free ways to incorporate green screen into you class

The Internet can be a wonderful place to learn, shop, play games, and talk to your friends. Unfortunately, there are also predators, identity thieves, and others online who may try to harm you. In order to be safe online, it's important for you and your kids to be aware of the dangers.
Many kids are confident that they know how to be safe online. However, there are a few reasons kids are often more at risk. They may not always think about the consequences of their actions, which can cause them to share too much information about themselves. Kids also are sometimes specifically targeted by cyberbullies or predators.
If you're a parent or guardian, you can help to keep your kids safe by talking to them about their Internet use, teaching them about online dangers, and learning everything you can about the Internet so you can make informed decisions.

NewsDepth is produced with teachers in mind. As an instructional tool it supports a multi-curricular instructional approach. The content of the show is intentionally selected and produced to support the Ohio Learning Standards in several content areas. This session explores how NewsDepth can be used to support classroom instruction.
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Make the most of your time with these tips for Google Workspace and more. Workshop recorded from the RemotEDx Digital Learning Conference from January, 2022. For more information about the event see https://www.smore.com/ca98b.

Tips and best practices for educators teaching via video conferencing. The information includes strategies for starting a lesson, engaging participants, technical tips, and additional tools and possibilities for remote teaching.

Are you ready for learning at-home? Also called 'Remote' or 'Blended' learning, students are spending more time learning at home - and using more tools to learn than every before. From a daily schedule to treates to tips on live video, this 20 minutes will help you face the challenges of at-home learning.

A professional development presentation for using INFOhio and Google Apps to improve research and writing.

There are lots of digital instructional materials available for free online. But do you really have the time it takes to slog through all the results you get from a search engine to find the free teaching materials that are high quality and aligned to standards? With INFOhio, finding high quality, digital, instructional materials that you can use to improve student learning is an easy two-step process. Learn how to use Educator Tools, which includes best practices, articles, websites, lesson plans, and other support materials for educators. Then, discover a wealth of digital content with ISearch ? including texts, videos, images, and more ? that you can upload to your learning management system for student use. The path to improving student learning doesn’t have to be a daunting expedition. Take the shortcut with INFOhio!,Smore makes you look like a pro every time. Even if you have zero design experience.

If you’re looking for an online creation too for anything from lesson plans and handouts to logos and flyers, look no further than Canva. Canva is one of the most user-friendly design tools available and best of all, it’s free for educators. Join us in this session as we explore the basics of creating with Canva including a quick introduction to creating classroom backgrounds for Bitmoji classrooms.

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FREE unlimited texting during C19 emergency. 99% of homes have a cell phone that can receive text messages. And during the C19 emergency, virtually every student has unlimited texting included with their cell phone plan. Learn how to communicate from your e-mail to your entire class in just one click, how to create an assignment in just a few words, and how to quiz students - by text ! This video is the first in a three part series - see also Cell Phones: Videos and Images and Cell Phones: the Google Classroom App. Please visit the website mentioned in this video for information on the possible expense that families may incur when videos and images and links are included as part of your text message.

WOUB Team shares basics of its digital Storytelling project and shares ways to use digital storytelling across curriculum areas.

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Google Drawings is Google's least used tool especially as you move into online courses for your students. Find out how to use Google Drawing to promote interaction by creating interactive posters and drawings, collaborative comic strips for digital storytelling and even just a simple interactive whiteboard for your students to collaborate in real time during their online experience.

By using the functions of Google Forms, one can create a self-selected story by embedding different choices for each part of the story. When the student makes a selection, the story takes that direction instead. It's a create your own ending opportunity. This is both a great tool for teachers to use with students, as well as an excellent way to provide students the opportunity to write in this manner. Workshop recorded from the RemotEDx Digital Learning Conference from January, 2022. For more information about the event see https://www.smore.com/ca98b.

Google Keep allows you to save what is on your mind, and retrieve information later. Discover how to engage students to take notes, access them, and insert them into different formats.

Did you know you can make checklists, find totals, sums, and averages really quickly in Google Sheets? This tool takes productivity to the next level. During this PD you will learn how rows, columns, and cells can work for you! Caryn Kelly from SOITA shows how to use Google Sheets.

A presentation of the benefits and potential uses for Padlet collaborative boards in the classroom.