The newsletter provides resources and ideas for teaching students digital citizenship, highlighting the importance of this topic and emphasizing the role of technology in modern education. The newsletter presents a comprehensive list of resources from various organizations like Common Sense Media, Google Applied Digital Skills, and KQED Education, focusing on topics like online safety, media literacy, and responsible social media use. The source also encourages educators to incorporate digital citizenship into their teaching methods through creative approaches such as themed spirit weeks and interactive trading cards.

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• Common Sense Media
• Be Internet Awesome
• KQED Education
• ISTE DigCitCommit Curriculum
• The Achievery
• Social Media Wellness Book
• Wakelet 9 Pillars of Digital Citizenship

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Kami is an online tool that allows teachers to create and share learning materials with their students. Users can access a free library of Kami templates, which are pre-designed resources that can be customized and assigned to students. The templates can be used online or downloaded for offline use. This makes Kami a flexible tool that can be incorporated into various classroom settings.

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• Kami Library
• Kami Library Tutorial

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This episode focuses on the Quizizz platform, a tool for educators to create engaging Quizizzes for students. The article specifically highlights the Strike vs. Shield game mode, which adds an element of competition to the classic Quizizz experience. Students can either try to steal points from others or protect their own score with a variety of options. The article also showcases different question types within Quizizz, emphasizing math-based questions, drawing, labeling, and hotspots. These features offer a variety of ways for teachers to assess understanding and keep students engaged in their learning.

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• Strike vs. Shield Game Mode

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The podcast is an overview of the educational platform Quizizz, highlighting its various features and resources for teachers. It details the benefits of using Quizizz for assessment, differentiation, and gamification, while also explaining its integration with other educational platforms like Google Classroom and learning management systems. The podcast also describes Quizizz's different game modes, accessibility features, and printable tools, showcasing its versatility for various learning styles and needs. Finally, you'll learn about the avatars on the platform, how to customize them, and how they integrate into the platform.

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• ⁠Qbits
• Printable Worksheets
• Google Classroom
• Quizizz Modes
• Accommodation Reports

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This podcast discusses the expanded capabilities of Quizizz, a popular online assessment platform, now functioning as an all-in-one instructional suite. The podcast highlights key features like the ability to create interactive lessons from uploaded documents or websites, generate questions from existing passages, and even integrate interactive video content. The podcast emphasizes the platform's versatility and its ability to facilitate engaging and comprehensive learning experiences through different question types, multimedia integration, and a variety of assessment tools, such as flashcards. By encouraging readers to explore these new features, the podcast underscores Quizizz's potential to revolutionize classroom instruction and enhance student engagement. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the newsletter to access all the links and videos embedded: Quizizz.com

Quizizz Personalized Teaching Assistant Video

Google Chrome Extension

Bulk Teleport Resources

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This episode describes how to create superhero trading cards using various online tools. It highlights the use of Microsoft Designer for creating superhero images, SchoolAI for generating superhero names, and Canva for designing the trading cards. The newsletter also encourages readers to explore additional resources, such as card games and templates for creating anti-heroes.

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• Microsoft Designer Prompt
• SchoolAI Bot
• Business Card Template

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• Wakelet Card Games

Junior EduGuardian Resources Create your anti-hero

• SchoolAI bot to name your anti-hero
• Microsoft Designer prompt

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If you use Google Classroom there are some housekeeping tips every teacher should use to get ready for the next year. I scoured the internet to find the foremost authorities on Google Classroom clean up and I put together two lists. The first list consists of six things everyone agreed should be done with your Google Classroom at the end of the year. The second list consists of six unique ideas to help you stay organized and set up your Google Classroom for greater success in the years to come.

Eric Curts, from Control Alt Achieve, has a blog post with screenshots and a 23-minute video tutorial in which he discusses his seven tips for cleaning up Google Classroom. Kasey Bell, from Shake Up Learning, has a blog post with screenshots, GIFs, and a 31-minute podcast in which she shares her six tips for cleaning up Google Classroom. Alice Keeler, from Teacher Tech, works with OTIS for Educators, on-demand professional development, to provide a 52-minute video tutorial of Keeler’s eleven Google Classroom clean up tips. At the end of the video, you can take a short quiz to receive a certificate of continuing education time. Matt Miller, from Ditch that Textbook, has a blog post with 10 ways to clean up your Google Classroom. Finally, Shannon Moore, on the Google Workspace YouTube channel, has a 5-minute video that demonstrates her four tips to complete when you clean up your Google Classroom.

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This week I have three resources to help you get started digitally cleaning your personal and professional workspaces.

TCEA.org blog titled, “How to Spring Clean: Digitally.” In the article, Andrew Roush lays out 6 Principles to get started with digital cleaning and then looks at more specific examples and describes ways your can clean up your inbox, clean up your social media feeds, find out the access you have granted to your Google account, and how to take your digital cleaning deeper.

Monica Burns, from Class Tech Tips, has “7 Digital Spring Cleaning Tips for Every Educator.” On her website she also has “10 Quick Tips to Organize Your Google Drive” and a podcast titled, “Spring Cleaning Guide: 5 Tips To Upgrade Your Digital Workflow – Easy EdTech Podcast 157.”

The final article comes from UCLA’s Office of the Chief Information Security Officer and they provide eight tips to “Clear Out Your Cyber Clutter With a Digital Spring Cleaning.” UCLA has curated these resources from the Better Business Bureau, the National Cybersecurity Alliance, and the Center for Internet Security.

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