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Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Stickety Tools
By Ana Morton, Beaver Tech. Hey everyone! In this video, I wanted to share my excitement about a tool called Stickety that I've been using in my classroom. It's super easy to set up and helps me communicate expectations to my students without repeating myself. My favorite feature is the cute timers, which come with fun themes and are free to use. I encourage you to check it out by going to the extensions and adding Stickety to enhance your classroom activities. Let me know what you think!
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Introducing Beanstack: Your Digital Reading Companion! 📚
By Rachel Stewart, Webb MS. Hi everyone! In this video, I introduced you to Beanstack, our fantastic digital reading log that replaces messy paper logs. I walked you through how to log reading minutes for your class and highlighted the user experience for students, including tracking their reading and competing on leaderboards. Currently, our sixth graders are leading with 6000 minutes read this month, and I encourage you all to promote healthy competition among grade levels and schools. If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to me or your librarian. Let's make the most of Beanstack and boost our reading engagement!
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🤔Differentiated Aggressive Monitoring Using School Ai?
By Jason Takacs, Armstrong ES. Can you use School Ai for aggressive monitoring? What about differentiated aggressive monitoring? I'll walk you through how I am currently using this tool to monitor my students at different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Parent Square
By Laura Thomas, Austin Academy. This session focuses on using ParentSquare intentionally to strengthen communication with families. The captions emphasize clarity, consistency, and choosing the right message type for the right audience. It highlights practical tips for avoiding overcommunication while still keeping families informed and engaged. There is a strong focus on building trust through timely, purposeful messaging. Overall, the takeaway is that thoughtful use of ParentSquare saves time and improves family connections.
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Digital Camouflage: Google Features that You didn't know you Needed
By Paige Smith, Brandenburg MS. This video walks through practical ways educators can streamline their workflow using everyday Google tools. It focuses on organizing files and folders so information is easier to find and manage. The captions highlight small efficiency habits that save time during planning and daily tasks. There is an emphasis on reducing clutter and avoiding unnecessary steps while working in Google Drive. Overall, the message is about working smarter, not harder, with tools educators already rely on.
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Essential Google Tips for Educators to Boost Productivity 🚀
By Michael Adams, Roach ES. This video shares practical Google tips designed to help educators save time and stay organized. It highlights simple ways to use Google Drive more efficiently, including managing files, folders, and search tools. The captions emphasize small workflow tweaks that reduce clutter and cut down on repetitive tasks. The overall focus is on working smarter inside tools educators already use every day. These strategies aim to boost productivity without adding new platforms or extra complexity.
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Demuestra lo que sabes con Seesaw
En este video, el maestro Señor Duarte nos guÃa a través de la biblioteca de Seesaw, destacando lecciones ejemplares creadas por educadores. Todas las actividades están alineadas con los TEKS, brindando recursos listos para usar que apoyan la enseñanza efectiva en el aula.
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Stick with It: Making Google Tools Interactive with Stickity
Britney Saaybe shows users how to get started using the Stickity App in Google Workspace tools for education. Britney walks users through getting the app extension and using freemium features from Stickity. Click through the time stamps below to get directions for specific Google tools.
00:00 Introduction
03:01 Google Slides
08:42 Google Docs
10:35 Google Sheets
15:58 Examples & Best Practices
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Express Yourself: Bringing Voices to Life with Adobe Express
Discover how Adobe Express can transform classroom learning with its innovative "animate your voice" feature! In this engaging tutorial, Elizabeth Richardson demonstrates how educators can create interactive and fun formative assessments that help students showcase their understanding in creative ways. Learn how to use this GISD-supported tool to bring learning to life, from sequencing the life cycle of a monarch butterfly to recording lesson introductions. Perfect for teachers looking to make assessments more engaging and accessible, this video will show you how to leverage technology to enhance student learning and expression.
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No Logins Needed: Sharing Classroom Videos with Ease
Meredith walks you through the benefits of creating public links to work with your LMS. Follow along as she demonstrates how to's, shared best practices, and discusses considerations to make when making public links to share with students and others.
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AI: Bell Ringers with SchoolAI
Work along with Lourdes as she shows you how to utilize the Bell RInger space in School AI to engage students in class. See what the teacher dashboard looks like when students interact with the chat bot, including seeing immediate feedback and reteaching opportunities in real time. Lourdes shows how the AI chat bot redirects students when getting off task.
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School AI
Explore how SchoolAI can support teachers, students, and school staff with powerful AI tools designed specifically for education. In this video, TraLisha will share a quick overview of features like student journaling, AI-assisted conversation simulations, and how the platform helps maintain privacy and safety while enhancing classroom learning. Whether you're a teacher looking to personalize instruction or a school leader exploring innovative tools, SchoolAI offers user-friendly solutions to elevate the learning experience.
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Adobe Express: Animate with Audio
Learn how to bring your ideas to life using the Animate with Audio feature in Adobe Express with Marsha! In this quick tutorial, you'll see how to record your voice, choose a fun character, and let Adobe Express automatically animate your audio for engaging, creative storytelling. Perfect for students and educators, this tool is a fun way to create personalized videos and presentations with just a few clicks.
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Digital Read Alouds: Chromebook Accessibility
Learn how to support students with reading challenges or visual impairments using the Read Aloud accessibility tool on a Chromebook in this quick tutorial by Marla Finley. This video walks you through how to find and use the Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader Chrome setting, plus how to customize voice, speed, and volume to best support student needs. Whether you're an educator or a student, this tool is a great way to boost comprehension, focus, and independence across all content areas.
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Explore Adobe Express
Laura Thomas, the i3 and librarian at Austin Academy, introduces Adobe Express to the staff, highlighting its AI-driven features for creating images, videos, and web pages. She emphasizes the platform's categorized templates by grade level. Laura demonstrated various tools like converting PDFs, resizing images, and AI-generated content, such as transforming text into images. She shares a successful assignment where students created images and voiceovers to summarize and paraphrase fairy tales, benefiting ELL students in preparing for the TELPAS test.
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