JEFFCO ED TECH

'Becoming' the Educator who Thrives in Remote Learning

1/12/2021

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On Saturday, November 21st, the first day of Thanksgiving break, 200 Jeffco educators came together, without pay, to learn how to better provide digital and hybrid learning. Why? They were looking for the electric feeling of hope and possibility that the EdTechTeam Summits provide. The Becoming: Moving from Surviving to Thriving  event focused on online teaching, blended  teaching, coaching, leadership and more. Educators spent time learning about lesson design, synchronous and asynchronous content delivery, assessment, engagement, communication and best practices in using digital tools. Jennifer Snyder (Secrest ES) said it was a great jumpstart to inspire teachers and get them out of the survival rut. 

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One of the most useful and exciting things about the summit was building confidence with Jeffco-purchased tools such as Pear Deck, Google Classroom, Jamboard, Seesaw and more! Teachers also received hands-on resources they were able to immediately use in their classrooms. Karrie Dallman (Arvada West HS) was excited to walk away with some great ideas to make her class more interactive and to keep her students more engaged. 

​Above all, the Summit reminds of us of our why -- the students. "It's about what we can do to provide as engaging and successful a learning experience as possible for them," says Dodie Sale (Meiklejohn ES). 

What do you know?

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We asked our Jeffco teachers  to share their biggest takeaways from the Summit:
  • The importance of celebrating the work teachers have done to change learning for kids so suddenly. 
  • Affirmation and confidence around our individual abilities to integrate technology effectively.
  • Remaining focused on content, not just the next fun tool. Fewer tools, used well, are more impactful than lots of tools used sporadically. 
  • A sense of renewal and value in thoughtful technology integration during in-person, remote and hybrid learning environments.
  • Technology is the assistant, not the teacher. 
  • Engaging with families and building community is even more important in remote learning. 
  • Consider using Pear Deck to collect student progress and thoughts during a Google Meet.
  • Flipping your direct instruction and feedback with video recordings.​​

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Keeping the Learning Going

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For those that didn't have the opportunity to attend the live sessions, videos of the recorded sessions are available to watch, thanks to our subscription to the EdTechTeam online learning catalog, which is available through May 2021. ​

Course material included in the Jeffco subscription: 
  • Google Tools 
  • ​Meeting ALL Learners
  • Extending your Classroom 
  • STEM 
  • Chromebooks
  • Apple (iPad)
  • Leadership
  • Classified/Clerical
  • Videos from 2020 Becoming Summit (see page 6 in catalog)

Jeffco staff members will need to create their own individual account in order to access the courses. Use your @jeffcoschools.us account and your Jeffco password when creating your EdTechTeam PD account. Please see the videos on the site for support in creating your account and signing up for courses.

Each course is FREE and requires 15-hours of learning and creation. Your work will be evaluated and graded by a member of EdTechTeam Inc. Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion that can be submitted to CDE for recertification. Additionally, you may apply for graduate credit through Adams State at an additional cost ($155/credit). See specific courses for additional details. 

*The ability for Jeffco to send educators to attend the summit for free is a result of a Google promotion we receive by purchasing Chrome devices for our district-wide TechforEd initiative.
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Getting the most out of your Screencasts

1/5/2021

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No doubt you have grown familiar with the concept of screencasting: Creating a recording of your screen or face (or both!) for demonstration and communication purposes. Below is a quick list of best practices and considerations for creating engaging videos for your students, staff or the community! While Screencastify is the premium screencasting tool for Jeffco Public Schools, the hints below are useful even if you’re using another application or web tool!
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  • Length of video DOES matter! Engagement has been shown to drop significantly for videos of more than 9 minutes. Want to keep your viewer's attention? Break up videos into less than 6 minute chunks! (Brame, 2015)
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  • "But how do I get them the information they need?" Stop thinking of your lesson as a 45 or 90 minute block. Think of the lesson content, the examples, and the practice as different parts. Break those up into 5 minute chunks (use more than one video for a section if needed!)

  • Remember, this is NOT your traditional teaching! Speak conversationally, use visuals instead of text when possible, focus on the main concepts. And don't worry about speaking too fast. Students can rewind or pause as many times as they need to! Those days of repeating yourself 10 times are in the past!​

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  • Make it interactive! Ask students to write down notes as you talk, or do some sort of task throughout the video to keep them following along and engaged. Embedded questions and guided notes are a few ideas on how to keep students "with" you.

  • Close any tab you don't need for your recording. People may get distracted by what else you have open!

  • Remember, if you record your desktop, any pop up (Chat, Email, etc.) will show up. Close them or choose Tab Recording.

  • While your camera might not be necessary all the time, showing embedded webcam creates community and connection with students.

  • Don't be afraid to pause. Remember, you can stop to collect your thoughts then continue, trimming out your "um's" and "uh's" can be quickly done in the editor!
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  • IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT! Don't re-record for a minor error. Acknowledge it and keep going. To err is human!

Want more information? Contact your EdTech Specialist or come to Office Hours to learn more!

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Self care for winter break

12/15/2020

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Self care for educators is more important than ever. There is more demand on teachers than ever before during this unprecedented pandemic. Practicing self- care can be challenging, but it is necessary. Take a few minutes to hear what 2020 Teachers of the Year say about practicing self care. Take a tech break and enjoy one of our suggestions, whether you want to stay in the house or venture out over winter break. 

binge-worthy 

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cozy-up with a New book

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The great outdoors

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Mountain Area Hikes
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City Trail Maps

Podcasts 

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Apps provided by Kaiser

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A few favorite resources

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Digital Journal PDF
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Jeffco Employee Mental Health Hub
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Metal Health for Educators edition

fresh Ideas for the new Year

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Jeffco EdTech - digital tools asynchronous learning eBooks
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Digital Teacher Librarians in a Changing world

12/9/2020

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I think we could all agree that our jobs over the past year have changed a lot. Just like everything in 2020, education has changed in many ways. As we packed up last March to what we figured would be a few weeks going remote, it turned into over two months of remote learning. That led us all to start thinking differently about how we do our jobs. When August came around, we were all hoping for some sense of normalcy, but that quickly changed to starting the year remotely--then some switching to hybrid while others came back full time. Now we are all back again in the remote world with, thankfully, more online learning experience.  Yet many of us feel that we can’t catch up or do our job effectively--especially our Digital Teacher Librarians. 

A Digital Teacher Librarian’s job is constantly changing. Sometimes, things change weekly, daily, hourly, and even minute by minute. A DTL’s job is rarely the same day to day, and they are often pulled in many different directions. This year has allowed them once again to reinvent their positions. There are many examples all across the district of ways DTLs are adapting, pivoting, and finding ways to do their jobs to help students, teachers, and parents succeed in this new normal.
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Most DTLs spend some of their time working on the technology in the buildings. This may consist of making sure projectors are projecting, doc cameras are working, that devices are distributed, and students are successfully engaging with technology. This has now become a major part of the DTL’s job. Linda Tatalaski, DTL at Creighton Middle School, has actually gone to families’ homes to help troubleshoot a Chromebook to make sure it functions properly. Tobye Ertelt, DTL at Oberon Middle School, used to have the help of her student tech crew, but since we had to go remote that left more of the responsibility on her.  In response, she created a Technology Guide. This guide helps families troubleshoot and fix their own tech issues. Angie Wagner, DTL at Bear Creek High School, spends some of her day arranging device repair via curbside as well as providing office hours for students and teachers. I am sure that none of these DTLs thought their job would involve so much tech troubleshooting. 

Another way the job of a DTL has changed is how we are checking out books. Remember when you used to be able to just walk into a library, check out a book, and take it home? Now this process looks very different. Libraries across the district had to figure out a way to get books into kids’ hands safely without them ever stepping into the library. One big change this year is students must put books on hold in order to check them out. This is an easy process but does require some instruction from the DTL. Some teachers have assigned this as homework or have set up “Library Time” in their classroom to simulate actually going to the library.  Once the book is on hold, it requires someone from the library staff to pull the books and check them out. Finally, the DTL has to creatively figure out a way to safely deliver the books. Heidi O’Leary, DTL at Bradford North, is using grab and go book stations. These books are from different subjects and genres. Heidi said that the best part is when a student requests a book and she actually can find it either at the Bradford Library or the Jeffco Public Library and is able to get the book into the students’ hands!
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Finally, one of a DTL’s most important jobs is to collaborate with teachers on lessons. They provide resources as well as support students and their learning. This is challenging in a remote world, but DTLs once again are finding ways to get it done. One resource many are creating is a Bitmoji library space. These are fun and engaging for students as well as providing online resources. Andrea Gilmore, DTL at South Lakewood Elementary, created South Lakewood’s Virtual Library that includes virtual books, book talks as well as Hour of Code activities. Oberon Middle School has also created Oberon Middle School Virtual Libratory that links to the Jeffco Public Library as well as links to Oberon’s library resources. Elizabeth Mehmen, DTL at the Bergens, has created Picture Book Nominees for the CCBA Books for students to become familiar with these award winning books, and to vote for their favorite. 

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This has been a year to “pivot” at a moment’s notice and to find new ways to keep the library engaging for ALL students. DTLs are constantly reinventing their jobs and spaces to best meet the needs of their students, teachers, and communities. As we wind down 2020 and can see 2021 on the horizon, we can only wonder what new exciting practices will we see next!

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Get REady for CSedweek and hour of code 2020

11/30/2020

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December 7th - 13th

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It' s that time of year again! Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity in computer science education, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field. 
There are lots of ways to implement this with your students including participating in Hour of Code from Code.org, a virtual family event at mindSpark Learning, Code Bytes, as well as events and activities from Code HS and PopFizz.

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From Code.org:
Explore endless computer science topics with brand-new tutorials
This year’s activities dive into tons of different CS topics like AI, data processing, and app & game design, as well as programming concepts like events, loops, and variables! Students can explore the oceans with SciGirls, learn to code and meditate with CodeSpeak Labs, build a climate clock with Vidcode, or try out another of the 30+ new #CSforGood themed activities and lesson plans! See them all at hourofcode.com/learn.

No computer? No problem. Unplugged resources for students Every student deserves to learn computer science regardless of what technology they have at home. A number of engaging new unplugged options from our partners at Google, Kodable, iRobot, and elsewhere are available to learners with low or no connectivity or limited device access. We’ve also created a printable Hour of Code Unplugged Activity Packet for ages 4-18. 

From mindSpark Learning:
​Virtual Family Coding Event at mindSpark
Tuesday, Dec. 8th 
4:30-6:30 
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Invite students, parents, and educators to join the event here!

Introducing CodeBytes with Hadi Partovi...​
Planning for the Hour of Code with your classroom that’s gone virtual? Try a CodeByte! Designed to fit smoothly into a distance learning plan, CodeBytes are easy-to-digest, 20 minute interactive lessons that will 
​stream during Computer Science Education Week, December 7-11. Every episode features a new lesson that blends computer science with real-world topics. One day, students will use Dance Party to get creative and express themselves. Another day, they’ll explore environmental sustainability with Artificial Intelligence.
Tune-in (Join on Zoom or stream on YouTube) Plus, you have two chances to catch each lesson live! Episodes take place twice daily at 9:00a and 2:30pm. Check out their episode schedule to find a time that works for you.
​CodeBytes are great for:
  • Students with varying access to technology. Participants can tune-in and interact whether they have a laptop, tablet, or smartphone!
  • Young students who may not be ready for fully self-led Hour of Code activities.
  • Older students who want to engage in a group lesson.
  • Parents and caretakers looking to supplement their child’s learning at home.
  • Educators looking for a simple, pre-planned way to bring the Hour of Code to their virtual classrooms.
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From Tynker and NASA:
Explore NASA’s exciting new efforts to reach the Moon and then Mars. Students can design their own animated mission patch, imagine their life as an Artemis astronaut on the Lunar Gateway, take control of robotic rovers, and even create their own lunar habitat. A collection of space-exploration themed coding tutorials created in collaboration with NASA! Students can tap into their artistic side in "Design a Mission Patch," get creative in "Tell Your Lunar Gateway Story," take control of robots in "Rover Relay," and imagine their home in space in "Design A Lunar Habitat."

All of these step-by-step tutorials help students learn about real-life NASA missions while strengthening their coding abilities. Younger students can choose the Tynker Blocks version, and the older students can try the JavaScript version.


Try Incorporating CS into Math with BlocksCAD
CS Education Week Build Alongs in BlocksCADBlocksCAD is offering a series of one-hour live 3D design and Coding workshops for students. These build alongs can be completed at home and are free! 


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From Code HS:
Live Hour of Code Workshops hosted by CodeHSRegister your class for a live Hour of Code workshop hosted by the CodeHS Team! Whether your class is remote or in-person, these workshops are a great way to get students excited about computer science.
Coding for a Litter-Free Community
Monday, 12/7 @ 10am
Coding for Data Visualization
Tuesday, 12/8 @ 12pm
Coding in Music
Wednesday, 12/9 @ 9:30am
Supporting Artists with Code
Wednesday, 12/9 @ 11am
Turtle Graphics with Tracy the Turtle
Thursday, 12/10 @ 9am
Creating Virtual Worlds
Friday, 12/11 @ 11am


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From PopFizz:
​Hour of Code: Retro Py Game
Designed for grades 9-12.
Join us to create your own retro game using Python and share it with your friends and family! This 1-hour project introduces students to some of the advanced programming concepts such as events, functions, and classes.    → Register Now

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Hour of Code: Data Visualization with Python
Designed for grades 9-12.
In this 1-hour session, we’ll explore how to gather, visualize, and extract information from data by using Python’s libraries. Ultimately we’ll create a final visualization product that will help tell a compelling story. Along the way, we’ll also explore the basic concepts of statistics. 
 
→ Register now.

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Need some PD hours? Try Scratch's 30 Day Teacher Challenge! This Teachers Challenge starts on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020! Earn 8 hours of PD while learning how to code and build games in Scratch. The cost is $19.99 for this online course and to earn 8 CEU's.
https://www.createcodeload.com/scratch-teachers-challenge

Or try this 5-hour self-paced online course from Code.org.
Enroll through ESS. Teaching CS Fundamentals K-5 is intended as an introduction to Computer Science Fundamentals and the Code.org K-5 resources for elementary teachers. Through reading, viewing videos, completing interactive puzzles and reflecting on your learning, you'll develop your own understanding while preparing to teach computer science in your classroom. No previous experience with coding or computer science education is assumed. This is a beginner's course.
Register in ESS: CSFUND Session 0002 (through December, Session 3 coming in January) Clock Hours: 5
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Collaboration using Digital Tools

11/13/2020

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Whether our students are working remotely, hybrid, or in-person collaboration is a key element to students being successful.  Collaboration allows students to share ideas, fosters authentic learning, and allows for peer interaction and feedback.  As we move into being fully remote, students need collaboration more then ever. 

Considerations when Collaborating remotely

  • How do we make social and emotional connections for students when they are both in-person and remote.
  • ​How can students participate in collaborative work safely online?
  • How are students being held accountable?


​This article by John Spencer speaks to ways to improve student collaboration.​  Watch this video to see the difference between cooperation and collaboration.
In remote learning, students often interact with one another without actually engaging in collaborative work. Here, they are cooperating rather than collaborating. ​~John Spencer

Virtual Small Groups

  • Students can use breakout rooms in Meet and Zoom as a video conferencing tool to communicate with others, both inside or outside of the district. 
  • Teachers may leverage breakout rooms to create small, collaborative groups of students. 
  • The teacher might consider providing sentence stems, protocols, or frameworks for student discussion, debate or conversation. 
  • Teachers may leverage Google Chat direct messages or chat rooms to continue class conversations beyond the video conference. Students may message classmates or teachers to ask questions and receive support.

Digital Tools that promote student collaboration

While there are numerous digital tools that support collaboration while working remotely, a few of our district supported tools are perfect for allowing students to work together and share ideas.  
Google
Book Creator  Login
WeVideo  Login
Adobe Spark Login

Collaborating using Google

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G Suite Apps are collaborative, which makes them highly powerful. They offer opportunities for students to engage in so many different ways. Here are 30 ideas for using them with your class.

Using Book Creator to Collaborate

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How can you use Book Creator to foster collaboration in the classroom? With this open-ended creation tool students can work together on the same page of a book. This means they can add text, images, video and voice to their ebook at the same time. Students can make a plan, provide feedback and work together to create their book. ~Monica Burns

Wevideo as a collaboration tool

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Recently, WeVideo added a new collaboration feature.  Now students can collaborate on projects in real-time.  
WeVideo’s Chief Education Officer, Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad, said, “Real-time collaboration is a core part of every career field and subject discipline. The same holds true for the classroom. More than ever, learning should be part of a social context, as learners collectively rely on each other’s thinking to solve complex problems and create. No matter what subject or concept we teach, collaboration is a crucial component of blended learning.” 


He added, “When students engage in real-time collaboration, they experience the following (both in-person or at home):
  • Higher ownership and investment in the project
  • Increased efficiency and productivity, which means they can channel cognitive energy into creative processes
  • An increase in their individual and collective efficacy
  • More control over the time, place, path, or pace of learning. 

  • The ability to collectively work together in a blended/remote context 
  • Opportunities to build necessary skills of teamwork and cooperative learning as a part of project based learning.”

Collaborating using Adobe Spark

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Adobe Spark is one of the newer tools that we support.  Adobe Spark is an integrated suite of media creation applications for mobile and web developed by Adobe Systems. It comprises three separate design apps: Spark Page, Spark Post, and Spark Video. While real time collaboration isn't available yet, users can pass the project back and forth to create something together. Click here to learn more about how to collaborate in Spark.

WHat's Next?

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While it isn't easy to make collaboration work in a remote environment, when it does work, students are creative, gaining valuable skills that prepare them for the future and teach students to overcome challenges and conflict. 

Comment below on what you've used to get students collaborating during remote learning. 

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Fine-Tune Your Feedback with Digital Tools

11/9/2020

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Looking to add a few digital power tools to enhance student learning? Try combining a productive tech tool with insightful feedback and amp up the learning curve (and the effect size! ) The essential message is that the most valuable feedback focuses on helping the students improve (Clarke and Hattie).

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​​If the hinge point average effect size is .4 for one year of growth on Hattie’s Scale of Achievement,
Providing students with individual feedback, tips the scales at a .66 effect size.

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When learning, students must be able to answer three imperative questions. Where am I going?, How am I going there?, and Where will I go next?  Then, if teachers can thoughtfully integrate a few engaging and proven tech tools, their concerted efforts will greatly empower students’ learning capacity and interest. Check out the " Digital Ideas to Fine-Tune Feedback" below.
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​“Techy Tool” Tips
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Check for Understanding- Student to Teacher
  • Provide Better Questions Using PearDeck- video​
  • PearDeck template (Math and other) Pre-assessments
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Use Interactive Videos- Effect size .54
  • How To Create an Interactive Video Assignment Using Actively Learn
  • Actively Learn DOK Questions
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Goal Setting and Providing Comments
  • Use FlipGrid For Goal Setting and Reflection ex.
  • Feedback Comment Ideas
  • Offer Comments Using Google Docs article
Differentiation and Self-Regulation
  • Jamboard Idea To Differentiate Math
  • Small Groups/Break-Outs
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Clarke and Hattie. Visible Learning Feedback. 2018
Fisher, Frey, and Hattie. The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12. 2020.
Hattie, John. “What Works Best?” 2020.
Gettyimages.com. Royalty Free image of Teen reading on her device. 2020.
Lieberman, Mark. “Discussion Boards: Valuable? Overused? Discuss.”2019.
TeachThought Staff. “How To Add Feedback To Student Writing On GoogleDocs”. March, 2019.
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Media Literacy today...

11/4/2020

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Last week, October 26 - 30, was Media Literacy Week across the nation. Students, teachers and community members engaged in learning related to the different aspects of Media Literacy including access, analysis, evaluation, creation and action. Even though Media Literacy might not be the most gripping topic, it is one that is embedded in our daily lives and has impacts that extend far beyond the classroom.

​Fake News, Confirmation Bias, Woke-Washing, Deepfakes, News Satire, Clickbait, and more are terms and tactics new and old that fill our digital atmosphere. Additionally, the way people choose to get their information and interact with it changes on a daily basis. More than ever we need to be engaging students of all ages in the life skills of critical thinking, inquiry, questioning, along with responsible communication and collaboration.

What is Media Literacy?

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Defined by NAMLE (National Association of Media Literacy Education), "Media Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication.”  Our own Jeffco Generation skills exemplify the core aspects of Media Literacy through Self-Direction & Personal Responsibility, Communication, Critical & Creative Thinking, Collaboration & Leading by Influence and Agility & Adaptability. 

Information Literacy, Media Literacy, Digital Literacy and a variety of other phrases are often used to reference these intertwined competencies.  It is not a clear cut conversation that is limited to one content area, as the learning and application cross all areas of curriculum and frequently blur across lines of understanding. 

​​Understanding the potential and real impacts of digital literacy is relevant to all of our communities, locally and globally.

Our own Colorado Legislature  submitted a Bill in the Fall of 2019 to begin discussions to clarify and better understand what Media Literacy looks like across our state.  The intention was to  better understang how schools are addressing these critical skills for all learners in Colorado. You can see Colorado
 House Bill 19-1110 below:
Colorado HB19-1110
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​How might you engage students in the understanding:
  • Elementary resources:  Linked here is a collection of videos provided by Media Smarts that help teachers introduce Media Literacy to elementary students.
  • Secondary resources: “When is Your Brain Ready for Social Media”,  from Common Sense Education to lead into the conversation about social media with secondary students.

Why is Media Literacy important?

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Current events are a prime example of why media literacy is more important than ever before.  Our students are our future as a nation and as global citizens.  We need help to develop the skills necessary to be self aware and critical of the information being presented to them.

Linda Ellerbee, journalist and host of Nickelodeon’s Nick News with Linda Elerbee once stated, “Media Literacy is not just important, it is absolutely critical. It’s going to make the difference between whether kids are a tool of the mass media or whether the mass media is a tool for the kids to use.”


Making this relevant to learners:
  • Elementary connection: Newseumed.org is a great resource for media literacy lessons.  “Breaking News: Tracing the Facts” is a quick lesson to engage students with current events.  
  • Secondary connection: The Library of Congress offfers a a collection Primary Source Analysis Tools and sources for students diving in deeper to research, history, and analysis.  

Who needs to be a part of the Learning?

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​The answer to this question is we all do.  Teachers, administrators,  family members and our community need to engage students in rich conversations about the information around them.  We need to model the practices we hope to see and build those relationships to engage in dialogue that allow for critical questioning and responsible action.  
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Promoting conversations between students and their families, is a great way to connect the learning community. 

This article, "What is Media Literacy, and why is it important?" from Common Sense Media provides a structure and language to help families discuss media literacy at all ages.

What are some of the Resources available?

Media Literacy crosses all contents, Art, Music, Physical Education, Social Studies, Science, Language and everything in between. Thankfully, there are an ever increasing amount of resources to pull from and engage in this discussion. Often it is more a matter of ensuring that it is not forgotten but addressed.  When a music teacher shares a resource they are sure to give credit to the composer, likewise for any other form of research.  Now more than ever our students are creators and owners of their content.  Understanding the basics of media, information or digital literacy should be at the core of their work.
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Linked here is a small collection of Media Literacy resources for teachers of all levels to explore and connect with throughout the year.  If you would like support as you think about engaging your students with Media Literacy please reach out to your school’s Digital Teacher Librarian.  They would be a great asset in partnering to co-teach and collaborate!

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cross-posted from "The PUlse from Jeffco Curriculum & Instruction"

11/4/2020

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If you have not had the chance to read Curriculum and Instruction's blog post on Jeffco's Distance Learning Playbook, check it out here!
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Google goodness: what's new in 2020

10/28/2020

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Introducing Google Workspace

Google is rebranding GSuite to now be called Google Workspace. 
Be on the look out for a change in the look of app icons on your Chrome browser and on the Ed Tech website and documents. 
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Enterprise update​

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Once our contract is finalized, and IT has done their work on the back-end, we look forward to having Enterprise in the next week or two!
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To prepare, here is a document that explains the feature differences between Education and Enterprise for Education.


new features available now

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Citations and bibliographies are now seamlessly integrated into Google Docs. 
To add citations and a bibliography: 
  1. Open a document in Google Docs and click Tools  Citations. 
  2. In the sidebar, select your formatting style from MLA, APA, or Chicago (author-date).
You can now also, insert and in-text citation and insert a bibliography.
Learn more here



​Show file location in Google Drive.
​Have you ever wondered where a file in your Drive Quick Access lives?
​Now you can find and open the file's location without opening the file itself.  Simply right click the file and choose "show file location".  This will guide you to the folder in which the file is located. 
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Translated Closed Captions inside of a Google Meet. 
We all love Google Meet for its quick, CC, capabilities.  Captions, in any language, help reinforce messages that might otherwise be lost. Now CC in Meet are even better!
CCs in a Meet can now be instantaneously translated into a student's native language. 
This tool will support English Language Learners and can be used to better facilitate conversations between staff and families who speak a language other than English.
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