Shift-ED

This is the season finale for Season 1 of this series. Throughout Season 1, we have examined teaching and learning during the March-June 2020 remote and hybrid learning period through the lens of 8 different secondary classroom teachers. On this final episode we are connecting with Dana Bjornson from Esquimalt High School. Dana is a talented Math teacher who in addition to her science, math, and physics expertise, has a Master's degree in Educational Technology. Dana will describe a number of digital tools she used to engage her students during the remote learning period.  

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Digital tools mentioned in this episode:  

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

Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/

Phett: https://phet.colorado.edu/

Free Interactive Whiteboard: https://whiteboard.fi/

WCLN Distance Learning Network: https://wcln.ca/

Demo of one of Dana's Math Unit Summaries: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BitmaCN6OlLAWU06bIr2acdShqsjPFrA/view?usp=sharing

Lisa Green is a true linguist. This talented teacher has juggled both Secondary English and Spanish classes and managed to keep students engaged and connected with an assortment of online tools and digital platforms that promoted and maintained her delivery of quality instruction as we moved through the initial phases of the global pandemic. In this episode, Lisa walks us through how she structures her Google Classroom, some unique tracking tools she uses to assess student progress, and a new video platform called Yabla that proved to be a big hit with her Spanish classes.

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Digital tools mentioned in this episode:  

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

Google Docs: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-docs/

Google Slides: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-slides/

Yabla: https://learn.sd61.bc.ca/yabla/

Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/

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

Kate Baker is a Secondary Physical Education and Social Studies teacher. She puts great effort into nurturing the social connections not only between herself and students but between the students and each other. Throughout this episode, Kate talks to us about the tools she has used to maintain those connections during the remote learning period. She also addresses an app she uses with students to track their progress as athletes.   

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Digital tools mentioned in this episode:  

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

Map My Run: https://www.mapmyrun.com/

Eric Simonson is a secondary physics teacher from Oak Bay High School. When the remote learning period of the pandemic began, he really embraced the possibilities that developing teaching and learning content in a digital era provided. During this episode Eric walks us through a number of the tools and platforms he has used to maintain the engagement of his students during last year's remote learning period.

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Digital tools mentioned in this episode:

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

Google Forms: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-forms/

Go Formative: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/student-privacy-go-formative/

Phet Interactive Simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu/

Screencast-o-matic: https://screencast-o-matic.com/

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

Nerd Island Studios (Simulations): http://www.nerdislandstudios.com/

Flipping Physics YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/flippingphysics

Waves lesson from Eric's digital portfolio:

Waves unit website resources

Waves Lesson 4

Waves Lesson 4 Video 

Teaching French Immersion in a content area can involve an endless sea of translation and making English language tools work within a FRIMM context. On this episode, we talk with Alexis McKinty from Oak Bay High about teaching Science Naturelles and Français Langue, and about how she's managed to stay connected with her students during the remote learning period. She generously takes us behind the scenes to share how she structures her Google Classroom learning environment and integrates Go Formative, as a key assessment tool within her digital repertoire.  

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Digital tools mentioned by Alexis:  

SD61 Tech for Learning Support: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/  

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

Creating rubrics in Google Classroom: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/9335069?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en  

Google Slides: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-slides/  

GoFormative Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKcmtBXlfY  

GoFormative Privacy Info: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/student-privacy-go-formative/

Tim Spray is a high school Math teacher firmly committed to inspiring and engaging his students. Tim details what life has been like in the Secondary Math realm since the onset of the pandemic. Throughout our conversation he discusses which digital platforms he has been using to keep his students engaged and how he has balanced a busy family life in addition to all the other learning curves this pandemic has brought.  

Contact Tim on Twitter: @TimothySpray  

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Digital Platforms in Tim's Portfolio:  

SD61 Tech for Learning Support: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/  

Google Forms: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-forms/  

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

Google Slides: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-slides/  

Google Sheets: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-sheets/  

Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/  

Equatio: https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/equatio/  

Zoom: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/updates/distance-learning/zoom-meetings/  

Zoom breakout rooms: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476093-Enabling-breakout-rooms  

Flippity: https://www.flippity.net/  

Flubaroo: http://www.flubaroo.com/  

Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/  

GoFormative: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/student-privacy-go-formative/  

MyEdBC: https://myed.sd61.bc.ca/  

Math Beacon: http://www.mathbeacon.ca

Episode 1 of the Shift-ED Podcast features  Martha McKay, an experienced Secondary modern languages teacher who never stops learning herself. On this episode, Señora McKay gives us a peak into the digital tools, and exciting new ideas she's been incorporating into her Spanish classes since the pandemic began.  

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Social Media Links: @sd61learn  @jonhamlin  

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Links mentioned by Martha: 

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

Google Slides: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-slides/  

Google Forms: https://techforlearning.sd61.bc.ca/learning-with-gsuite/google-apps/google-forms/  

Kahoot: https://kahoot.com/schools-u/  

Zoom: https://learn.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/96/2020/04/Managing-Zoom-Meeting-Instructions.pdf  

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

Clipomatic App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clipomatic-text-on-videos/id1263032315

Additional Resources in Martha's repertoire:  

How to Teach Remotely with a Google Slides Hyperdoc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtXj0gB_rB0&list=PL1QdNHtkPstIuCuVFQOVkq7UvaZTz5or5&index=7&t=13s  

Modern Language Facebook Groups:  

CI Liftoff:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/871775886255697/  

iFLT/ NTPRS/ CI Teaching: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IFLTNTPRSCITEACHING/  

TPRS: Deskless Classroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/498772003612978/  

TPRS/Comprehensible Input Teachers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278855925586583/  

Tech for World Language Teachers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tech4wordlanguageteachers/?multi_permalinks=2606654936314992  

Teaching ESL/EFL Through CI https://www.facebook.com/groups/572125419641584  

Comprehensibly Canadian https://www.facebook.com/groups/ComprehensiblyCanadian