The Skim or Scrutinize strategy helps each student choose the most efficient way to approach reading passages and answer as many questions as possible correctly. Read more »
A smart skimming strategy designed to help students navigate reading passages more efficiently by focusing only on essential elements. Read more »
A comprehensive reading strategy where students read the entire passage first to understand and summarize before answering any questions. Read more »
Students take on the role of detectives and investigate the core beliefs, practices, and historical development of the three major monotheistic religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. During their investigation, students will uncover similarities and differences among these faiths, explore the... Read more »
Abrahamic Religions
Polypad is an interactive online math tool that offers a wide-range of manipulatives for geometry, numbers, fractions, algebra, probability, data, and logic. Designed for use from early childhood through secondary education, it allows teachers and students to explore, analyze, and make connections with... Read more »
Mockaroo is a freemium web application that can generate several fields of fake data in a generated Comma-Separated Value (CSV) spreadsheet. Read more »
Shoot, edit, and export your own videos and share! Read more »
This PD introduces the use of Swivl™ robots in the classroom. Participants will go through the process of setting up the bot, recording video, uploading video to the cloud, and accessing previously saved videos. Additionally, participants will discuss possible uses of Swivl bots both for instructional... Read more »
The Storyboarding strategy allows students to keep track of information presented in a narrative or informational text—such as the sequence of events, main ideas, and supporting details—through the use of illustrations. Storyboarding can be used when texts are read aloud or when students read independently.... Read more »