Monday, May 16, 2022

Using Wakelet for Newsletters and more

Using Wakelet to curate newsletters to share with staff. The start of June Newsletter here https://wke.lt/w/s/h-R-nQ 
   
Spring 2022 (April/May)Curriculum & Technology Tips and Updates Featuring using Wakelet a digital curation platform for a newsletter. https://wke.lt/w/s/-GQlsQ Other Important information shared this April/May!

Other

District PD Year End Reflection (SEL, UDL and Content/Related Arts)

Upcoming District PD 5/20/2022 on SEL, UDL an connection to Content Expected Outcomes
1. Share and calibrate instructional practices that support all learners in the related arts. 2. Identify 2-3 key standards or skills and their progression across the grade span.
See Note Catcher Template - Make a copy Related Arts Discussion Guide and Notecatcher 

1: Instructional Practices in the Related Arts
As a group, share strategies you have used to integrate SEL into your instruction this year.   - What impact did integrating SEL have on your students?  

- What were some successes and challenges?

- How might you build upon SEL integration in your instruction next year?

 2: Aligning Content in the Related Arts
a. Determine 2-3 key standards or skills.  What does the progression of each skill look like for students in grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8?  What does success look like as the student transitions to a new grade level? b. What are priorities and/or needs to support student success for these key standards or skills?
Previously Posed and updates
 
 More to come!

Friday, May 6, 2022

Social Studies Projects in Canva & Sheets/Mapping

This week introduced Social Studies students to Canva for education. We looked at two templates around ancient Rome and Architecture.
Ex 1 Famous Landmarks
Ex 2 The History of Architecture 

Students then created a variety of presentation this today.

Extension activity: I also introduced students to using Google sheets & Geomaps for Europe population and mapping. Here is the video to watch https://youtu.be/Gqn7wR7mAh8  and the file to follow along with  (This makes a copy of the spreadsheet for students to work) Get the Demo file: https://sethideclercq.com/SheetsMap

Using the Map Charts you can add an interactive map to visualize your data. An amazing feature of Google Sheets that will make your spreadsheets more interactive and stand out from the others. Follow along or use with students:
The above link will prompt you to create a copy and you can follow along with the steps in the video.