Microsoft has rolled out its program known as Teams. Its goal is to bring people together. With its endless possibilities, lets focus on its applications in the scholastic setting. Teachers can create multiple choice exams or quizzes, and push instant feedback to students. Students working in groups, or teams, can all share documents and chats…
Wakelets NEW feature!!
On February 10th, Wakelet tweeted about their new feature, Reactions. This lets collaborators react and express themselves better. In their tweet they stated that this new feature is “More visual, More engaging, and more interactive”. Wakelet was super excited to release this feature to their users and i’m sure this will also draw in more!!…
Collaboration
One of the most important collaborations a teacher needs to make is one with each students parents. @MicrosoftEDU on twitter asks how parents and teachers can work together to advance student’s learning. Instantly after I read that question I thought of Class Notebook. In order for parents and teachers to know how to help a…
Collaboration with Microsoft Teams
In today’s world, having the ability to teach online is a priority skill. However, since most classes are not in person, it can be difficult to engage students, making sure they are paying attention and want to learn. Connecting with students virtually is made easy and effective with Microsoft Teams. Teams gives the abilities to…
Collaboration with Students
Throughout the online school experience, students do not get to interact with teachers and other students as well. With Microsoft Teams, teachers can provide personalized individual learning, teacher led and small group instruction, collaborative work, and individual work with fast feedback. This is a good way to really be able to connect with students and…
A New Tool That Aids Students In Reading Comprehension
This Immersive Learning new tool can help students in need of understanding what they are reading. There are some students today who experience challenges in understanding what they read. Some students have disabilities that may impede their ability to lack the ability to comprehend what they can read. This new tool was created by Microsoft…
Collaboration
After just receiving my certification in Crafting a Collaborative Learning Environment with Class Teams, I am not sure how I have gone without it for so long! The recent updates of Microsoft Teams in Education is absolutely mind-blowing as it creates a strong virtual community for students during these hectic times. Its features maintain simplicity…
Defining Success
You can define success in many different ways, success can depend on the mindset and approach people have. Some believe it is measured by wealth where as others may define it as kindness and understanding. Learning: We succeed not only by what we know but by learning from other people what we can do to…
Ed Tech can ease Online Learning
This article displays the difficulties many are facing with distance learning. This pandemic has brought on an onslaught of issues for us to cope with and adapt to. With almost a year into this pandemic, distance learning is becoming more normal. However, virtual learning may make it easier for some students to fall through the…
Collaboration with Microsoft Whiteboard
Whiteboard is a free digital canvas where educators can connect, explore ideas, and share content. Freehand is a whiteboarding tool that educators can use to sketch with other participants and share meeting control. The whiteboard tab saves for easy future reference.