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Nearpod For Teachers

Nelson Mandela Day – Lesson Plan

Apartheid in South Africa: Grades 7-12

Looking through this lesson plan and finding out how to use Nearpod alone was very informative. Nearpod offers access to ready-to-go lesson plans for teachers. In the begging of the lesson it gives the teacher and students a layout of what the lesson will look like and how long it will take.

I chose to look through the “Nelson Mandela Day” lesson plans because I thought that it would be a great global learning lesson plan for an important day. The lesson plan I chose was “Apartheid in South Africa” which was made for grades 7-12. Although it was made for grades 7-12, you are able to edit the lesson and accommodate the lesson for any grade(s) you may teach. You are able to teach the lesson right from the website without having to download it. Teachers create lesson plans for other teachers and even the Nearpod team creates lesson plans. Confiding in Nearpod seems like a very smart decision for teachers, it is an easy and useful resource.

7 Accessibility Tools

Different Tools for Different Needs

QuickVoice Recorder

  • Recommended by Stockton University
  • One touch recording for seconds or hours that syncs recordings to computers.
  • iCloud backup and sync of recordings across all your Apple devices
  • Voice Reminders
  • Full-featured iPhone/iPad/iPod voice recorder available
  • Record ideas, voice memos, voice email, dictation, lists, meetings, classes, or entire lectures
  •  For professional, educational, and personal use
  • More than 10-Million users
  • Convert recordings into ringtones for free

Notability

  • Recommended by Stockton University
  • Bring ideas to life with Notability
  • New Planners for the upcoming school year
  • Note size matches the dimensions of an imported PDF
  • Download for free and enjoy the powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking experience
  • Jot down thoughts, import & annotate textbooks, sync your notes with audio, or sketch your next masterpiece
  • Students, professionals, or hobbyist will find all the tools they need.
  • More than paper and pen
  • Handwrite and sketch naturally
  • Stay organized, paperless
  • Audio playback
  • Import, Annotate & Share
  • Find & share inspiration

Pages

  • Recommended by Stockton University
  • Apple-designed template to instantly create gorgeous reports, digital books, resumes, posters, and more
  • Blank document to create your own designs
  • Easily add images, movies, audio, tables, charts, and shapes
  • Annotate using Apple Pencil on supported devices, or use your finger
  • Designed exclusively for iPad and iPhone
  • Collaborate with others
  • Create beautiful documents
  • Advanced tools
  • iCloud friendly
  • Share a copy of your work
  • Stay organized

Remember The Milk

  • Recommended by Stockton University
  • Get to-dos out of your head, and let the app remember for you
  • Get reminded via email, text, IM, Twitter, and mobile notifications
  • Share your lists and give tasks to others to get things done faster
  • Stay magically in sync on all of your devices
  • Be busy with help
  • Never going to fall behind
  • Management helper

Easy Reader

  • Recommended by Stockton University
  • Flexibility to Read Your Own Way
  • Browse libraries and accessible newspaper stands
  • Download and read for pleasure or for study
  • Access books and read in ways that reflect your needs and reading style
  • Find enjoyment in reading and get more from books
  • Use for reading for leisure or learning
  • Access to books enables you to thrive, in school, at work and at home
  • Customize your reading experience
  • Adjust text, color schemes and speech, or attach a braille display if that’s your preference

Google Slides

  • A titan of editing and creating presentations
  • Online and offline platform
  • Part of the Google Drive
  • Visual support in an oral presentation
  • Modify and make all the changes you want
  • Add text, images, transitions, change the background color, add links to other pages
  • Endless editing

Google Meet

  • Hold impromptu video meetings
  • On-the-go
  • Host and/or attend virtual training classes
  • Perform remote interviews
  • Schedule or join your first meeting
  • Learn meeting controls
  • Change your background
  • Present in a meeting
  • Catch up with friends across the globe!

All of these tools are just a glimpse of what we can use throughout our everyday lives. For school, work, or even personal things. We have so many different tools available to stay organized, help with time management, note taking, or even recording things. Knowing about just a small portion of many apps we can use it is up to us if we want to use them for our everyday lives. If we want to be organized or keep a planner we can very easily access an app to take care of such!

Maldives – Paradise Islands

Many international resorts offer their guests “primordial purity, unique nature, snow-white beaches” and so on, when on the Maldives all these are perfect in a special way. The islands lie on a territory of 815km from North to South, this being said people only live on about 200 islands, while the rest stay uninhabited. The biggest island is only 8km, the other islands can be reached by small planes or seaplanes. The unique idea of Maldivian resorts is “one island-one resort-one hotel” and each one differs with its unique atmosphere and design. But it’s not easy to leave your island whenever you wish: the special permit is often required and, moreover, you have to pay for it some amount of money. Besides, you will be obliged to return back to the hotel in order to spend there a night. Alcohol and Pork meat is forbidden in the Maldives and cannot be taken in by tourist. The islands of the Maldives are very pretty but don’t be fooled, they are a very strict Islamic country!

Read More about the Maldives from the inspired page https://www.airpano.com/360photo/maldives-08-2023-part-1/

In-Game Chat Functions

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In Chapter 2 of “Communicators,” I read about Monika, who had a student that is nonverbal and had been left out by some of his classmates in the past. While playing Minecraft, he was able to use an in-game chat feature that allowed him to communicate with his peers through text. Monika noticed that the student was now being seen as a “cool kid” and began getting asked for help both within and outside of Minecraft. The boost in self-esteem this gave the student was amazing. This was not only a significant step for our nonverbal student but also for the entire class, as they all learned to adapt and complete tasks that others found impressive, fostering a greater willingness to communicate.

A Ticket Around The World

This book is a children’s book about a young boy who travels around the globe, visiting friends in 13 different countries spanning all six populated continents. Along the way, he introduces us to each friend’s environment and customs, and shares interesting facts about each country’s culture, language, food, geography, wildlife, landmarks and more.

It is important to have children’s books that explain different cultures rather then touching on them because kids will learn about what cultures there are and why there are different cultures. The goal is to have students read books like A Ticket Around The World and understand that everyone is different and everyone believes different things, so we can accept everyone for who they are and where they come from. We are all human and we just are trying to pave the path of life.

Want to purchase A Ticket Around The World?

https://www.amazon.com/Ticket-Around-World-updated/dp/1771475803/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Teachers Connecting Through Instagram

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Scrolling through social media you can see how many people post things and share their daily lives. Teachers share their organization skills, learning objectives, and even fun activities they do in their classroom that they believe work well for the age group they teach. When opening my instagram this morning on my PLN account the first post I saw was a second grade teacher whom I follow and she posted an activity she does in her classroom called “YES DAY!” Students that earn a “YES DAY”, can choose throughout the day things they want to do and it is all a yes because they worked for it. The teacher sends home a letter with all students saying their child’s class has earned a “YES DAY” therefore they are able to wear pjs to school; bring a pillow, blanket & slippers; bring one stuffed animal, any size; bring one toy; bring one board or card game; bring art supplies; and lastly bring one movie & snack for themselves. Why did they earn this day? For her class, it was because they finished 7 days of state testing and the teacher felt they earned a day to themselves with no learning. Being a big accomplishment a day full of yes was much needed.

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What Else is on Instagram for Teachers?

Teachers can also post short videos on instagram called “Reels” they are on average 1 minute clips of whatever they want to share. Some people share what their day looks like, others may share what they like to do with their students and some just share an organizing video with nothing else. I personally love this feature because instead of reading about the teachers day, you can watch it as well.

Overall, I think Instagram is a great social media tool for collaborating with teachers and catching all of the new ideas from young teacher or even older ones with more then one idea. I know I will be constantly scrolling through Instagram to get my ideas as a teacher.