This college instructor offers his insights into critical reading and how to develop skills to interpret as well as comprehend the written word. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inference.

Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience.

As a trained physician and historian of medicine, David Jones is uniquely positioned to comment on the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode of the Xchange, we discuss the social dimensions of disease, the history of epidemics in America, and what lessons we have - and haven’t - learned from our past. A new virtual interview series from LabXchange at Harvard University, the Xchange showcases the diverse roles, projects, and initiatives that make up the intersecting fields of science, education, and health. Hosted by LabXchange Faculty Director Robert Lue, our first season features a range of perspectives on the impact of COVID-19.

David Reese is executive vice president of research and development for the Amgen Corporation. On this episode of The Xchange, David helps demystify the process of drug development, discusses the unique challenges that COVID-19 presents, and shares his thoughts on STEM career paths today. Join us for “From a Molecule to a Medicine” on the Xchange. A new virtual interview series from LabXchange at Harvard University, the Xchange showcases the diverse roles, projects, and initiatives that make up the intersecting fields of science, education, and health. Hosted by LabXchange Faculty Director Robert Lue, our first season features a range of perspectives on the impact of COVID-19.

Deciding on which device to use to teach coding can be tough, especially when many devices seem so similar! In this session, we will take a look at the BBC micro:bit, Raspberry Pi 3B+, and the Arduino Uno. Join us as we crack the code on these devices and figure out which one is the best choice for your students!

Deepen your understanding of learner factors and how to design learning experiences that maximize learner variability. Educators will design learning experiences with learner variability.

Approximate time to complete this course is 4 hours. A micro-credential is available from Digital Promise upon completion.

The educator designs synchronous and asynchronous instruction for learners that utilizes the needs assessment data and virtual desk; the instruction takes into account the needs of all stakeholders through scheduling and community agreements. The educator designs synchronous and asynchronous instruction for learners that utilizes the needs assessment data and virtual desk; the instruction takes into account the needs of all stakeholders through scheduling and community agreements.

Approximate time to complete this course is 3 hours. A micro-credential is available from Digital Promise upon completion.

Educator develops an ecosystem for managing learning and resources for digital learning. This is the second of five micro-credentials in the “Transitioning to Digital Learning” stack. It is encouraged that the micro-credentials in this stack are earned in sequence, as each skill builds on the previous one in the stack. The educator selects and organizes a virtual desk to support equitable access to materials and promote two-way communication.

Approximate time to complete this course is 3 hours. A micro-credential is available from Digital Promise upon completion.

Educators will acquire the knowledge and skills to demonstrate a basic understanding of Project-based Learning. Educators will strategically leverage digital tools and strategies to facilitate Gold Standard Project-Based Learning online to bolster student engagement and achievement

Approximate time to complete this course is 4 hours. A micro-credential is available from Digital Promise upon completion.

While creating innovative and successful teams is not as simple as mimicking the processes of emotionally intelligent groups of people, what you can do is create the required conditions in which members of the team can develop their emotional intelligence. In this guidepost, coaches will learn strategies of how to develop and improve the emotional intelligence of their school team. The coach will learn strategies of how to develop and improve the emotional intelligence of their school team.

Approximate time to complete this course is 4 hours. A micro-credential is available from Digital Promise upon completion.

This basic graphic design content package is intended to support educators in discovering new resources and lessons for grades 9-12. These resources could also be used to supplement technology and STEM lessons. 

This basic digital audio content package is intended to support educators in discovering new resources and lessons for grades 9-12. These resources could also be used to supplement technology and STEM lessons. 

Presentation with Steve Garton from Common Sense that highlights the tools, resources, and lessons available to parents and teachers about digital citizenship on commonsensemedia.org.

 Students live in a world many teachers did not: one with the internet, social media, and email.  Navigating “netiquette” is imperative for personal development, mental health, and academic success.  The focus of this content package is to provide teachers with background knowledge on the importance of teaching netiquette along with lesson plans and supplementary materials.  This package provides a variety of high-quality instructional materials to support instruction of netiquette with a focus on Digital Wellbeing and Digital Footprints.

Google Slides is a perfect tool to help students learn to help themselves and get organized! Learn how to use this tool in ways that are more personal to students, and less about making presentations. Before you know it, your students will be creating study aides and digital notebooks. Participants will learn some advanced features of Slides that are easy enough that anyone can do them!

Explore apps and online resources that engage writers, young and old, to tell their story digitally. Learn about new tools that inspire creative and collaborative communication with applications in and out of the classroom for both students and teachers!

On LabXchange, you can find free online textbooks that are dynamic and continually updated. We make digital textbooks from respected sources more flexible. Individual sections of a textbook can be combined with other interactive content. This helps you understand different contexts and share new narratives.

Technology is all around us. Devices like smartphones, computers, and tablets have vastly improved the way we learn, solve problems, and work in our daily lives. In our increasingly technology-rich world, it is essential that students are equipped to lead a balanced and healthy digital lifestyle for success in school, at home, and in their future careers. That’s where the Digital Wellness Project comes in. We’ve been collaborating with school districts across Central Ohio to develop a rigorous digital wellness curriculum that can be easily implemented by any teacher at every grade level to ensure that students have the tools, resources, and skills to interact personally, socially, and educationally in the real world and in digital spaces.

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Objects are popping off the page and coming into our world! How?! See examples of how AR can bring lessons to life in your classroom and learn how to create AR experiences with your students. Resources, examples, as well as ideas of how to integrate this emerging technology into the curriculum will be shared.