When COVID-19 struck, school leaders raced to provide for their students’ needs. Gavin Smith of Fenway High School in Boston has not only supported students and their families throughout the pandemic, but also in the face of systemic marginalization and exclusion. In this episode, he shares his thoughts on shifting the narrative, breaking down barriers, and preparing young people for success.

This webpage gives high school students sources to help them learn about and prepare for college.

You mean coding can be taught by ANYONE, and in ALL SUBJECTS?! WHAT?! Get ready to discover how Code.org can support you in integrating computer science into the curriculum with your students. Code.org offers a free online curriculum for K-5 students called CS Fundamentals. This curriculum provides teachers and students a glimpse at what computer programming looks like. Join me to learn about Code.org's curriculum and to see how to integrate logic, problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and so much more into your every day lessons! Empower your students to create and see what they can do!
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Flipgrid is an online digital discussion platform that can be used in the classroom in a variety of ways. Join us for this session as we explore how to create groups and topics, share with students, record responses and explore the platform.
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Do you regularly check in on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest? Using social media to stay in touch with family and friends has become a routine part of most of our lives. Not only do these sites let us see what’s going on with people that we already know, they can also serve to inspire.

This pathway contains guidance for how to create an account on LabXchange, and the differences between the Educator and Learner roles. You will also learn how to search the library for public content, and how to add content to your own private library.

Follow the link to the Getting Started Class Support page. Users will find articles about the following topics to get started using Class.

- Features Overview
- Icon Guide
- Users Roles
- High-level Architecture Diagram
- LTI

This is a presentation slide deck that helps introduce INFOhio's mission and vision, core services, and licensed and digital resources.

Snagit is a program that allows for multiple upgrades and changes to an image or video; allows for tailored and more impactful edits to media. Workshop recorded from the RemotEDx Digital Learning Conference from January, 2022. For more information about the event see https://www.smore.com/ca98b.

When you get to know your students using Thrively, you help them develop self-awareness and a growth mindset. Thrively is an easy way to get to know your students interests, strengths and career pathways.

Looking for high-quality digital content and tools for your students to use in the classroom? Searching for lessons and resources to build an engaging learning environment? Then come shake hands with INFOhio and learn how you can utilize the premium content available in Ohio’s PreK-12 Digital Library at no cost to your school. Connect with early literacy tools like Early Bird Learning Portal, foster close reading with Kids InfoBits, encourage inquiry-based learning with IWonder, and develop college and career readiness skills with ISearch—just to name a few! With INFOhio’s updated website, finding what you need has never been easier. Join us to learn how INFOhio supports you with lesson preparation, student engagement, digital learning, and professional development.

Thrively is a tool that gives strengths and interests assessments in an engaging and entertaining way. Based on 23 factors and developed for children, you receive a profile that is personal, positive, and celebrates each child's core strengths and unique talents. Children, teachers, and parents all have a dashboard displaying activities and videos selected specifically for the child's strengths and interests. Explore a comprehensive activity index with over 120,000 activities and hundreds of videos designed to inspire. The videos feature interesting ideas, leaders, and a range of insights into careers and opportunities that are a good fit for the child's unique strengths. The Activity Boards are a way to discover and research the activities and collect them all in one place.

Why Thrively? Thrively helps the students develop self-awareness, grit, and find their passions and purpose! It focuses on the whole child. It helps teachers personalize learning for each student. Thrively promotes goal setting and taking action steps to achieve those personal goals. Plus Thrively is easy to use, so you can get started right away!

To include a designer with no healthcare experience in a medical device project might not make so much sense at first. An artist may feel out of place among the engineers, business experts or medical specialists. But, in fact, it's a multidisciplinary approach like this that is often the right recipe for some of the most successful innovation projects. (Published Oct. 6, 2020)

Attack the Knack — investigates student motivation in science, and explores how the types of feedback students receive can influence self-perception, effort, persistence and learning. Explore the research: http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS

Chemical Reactions in Action — explores student misconceptions about atoms, molecules, and chemical reactions and provides practical advice for pedagogical approaches. Explore the research: http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS

Looks at how students learn both in and out of school, and how teachers can tap into misconceptions to facilitate the formation of new ideas. [6:26]

Fired Up About Energy – explores common student misconceptions related to the study of energy and suggests methods for effectively representing and discussing the topic in the classroom. Explore the research: http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS

This video looks at some common misconceptions that students can develop about natural selection, and how teachers can teach this topic effectively. [10:07]

Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light — explores student misconceptions about matter and energy in photosynthesis and strategies for eliciting student ideas to address or build on them. Explore the research: http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS