Scott Alexander is a Secondary History, Career Ed, and Social Studies teacher, among many other things. In this episode, he demonstrates the power of using Google Classroom in combination with Hyperdocs! Scott is well-versed in a multitude of digital platforms and demonstrates how he integrates those into his classroom practice. Scott highlights a number of websites and digital resources that will be especially meaningful with Humanities teachers in both Middle and Secondary schools. All the tools Scott mentions are linked below.

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Digital tools mentioned in this episode:  

Google Classroom: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-classroom/ 

How to archive a class in Google Classroom: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6149813?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en 

Google Meet: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/three-new-features-for-google-meet/ 

Scott's Technofossil Hyperdoc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GIjJe6jINFcjHraJG2LbLsP-usx_A99HAP2tcF_aNfA/edit?usp=sharing 

Scott's Technofossil slide show: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-b8qId0_vgCkaN8GN_6guwCsHvIlStzG2jduz8YxpOg/edit?usp=sharing 

Crtl+F  https://ctrl-f.ca/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/11VEoxj6Ypsfk32DdviVYPHfvC8bcVvAS34f7JheIKPE/edit?usp=sharing 

Civix News Literacy: https://newsliteracy.ca/ 

Canadian Geographic: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/ 

Hyperdocs Resources: https://hyperdocs.co/ 

The Anthropocene Project: https://theanthropocene.org/ 

Screencastify: https://www.screencastify.com/ 

Amazing Screenshot App: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/awesome-screenshot-app/mfpiaehgjbbfednooihadalhehabhcjo?hl=en