Google Drive is the king of the clouds when it comes to quick and easy access to files and folders from any device and any location. If you use Gmail and not Google Drive, you’ve got to take the leap! With easy file sharing and unlimited storage space for schools, Drive is a superb way for schools to start working towards a server-free future in the clouds. A quick note – Google Drive is YOUR personal space. Google has introduced Teams to manage shared and collaborative spaces. For collaboration and file sharing with students use Google Classroom, not Drive, as Classroom makes the whole experience better and safer.
Teacher Toolkit
Impero
Impero is that tool schools hear about which allows teachers to control student devices, see and share student screens, block the internet adhoc and direct students to websites and applications in seconds. That is all very well, but where it is equally as powerful, is in giving teachers really useful classroom tools. These tools mean that teachers can improve collaboration, poll students on the fly, broadcast from one student’s screen to all the other students in the class as part of peer assessment, and even reward students for using keywords that they’ve learnt during a topic or theme. Easy to master and great for removing distractions, Impero is a classroom must-have, and isn’t just one for the network guys!
What are you going to learn about?
In this FREE Learning Trunk, you’ll learn how Impero works and develop a good understanding of how the dashboard works in both basic and advanced modes.
Who is hosting this Learning Trunk?
This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online. We have selected these particular videos after reviewing several available online.
How long do I need?
Less than 20 minutes.
Anything else I need to know?
We have set this Learning Trunk so that you progress through each video in any order.
Spiral
Spiral is an excellent collaboration tool. The stand out function for us is CLIP. Clip lets you take a video from YouTube and add questions to it before sharing it with students. As students watch the video on the teacher’s device/screen, questions pop up on the students’ devices. Responses can be reviewed across the class and even expanded on. Genius!
What are you going to learn about?
In this FREE Learning Trunk, you’ll learn how Spiral works and develop a good understanding of how the dashboard works for quick fire quizzes and using YouTube and Vimeo clips.
Who is hosting this Learning Trunk?
This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online. We have selected these particular videos after reviewing several available online.
How long do I need?
Around 50 minutes.
Anything else I need to know?
We have set this Learning Trunk so that you progress through each video in any order.
Google Forms
Nearpod
Nearpod is without a doubt one of the best tools for teacher and students. It works on any device is the one tool that should be a staple in every teachers Edtech Toolkit. NearPod connects teachers with every device in the classroom using a simple PIN. By connecting, a teacher can now control student devices and guide them through a series of slides and activities including watching videos, browsing images, polling, quizzing and our favourite, drawing activities. We’ve used NearPod with Early Years, all the way through to FE. It is so powerful and so intuitive to create NearPods and use them with students. You’ll love NearPod, so do give it a try.
What are you going to learn about?
In this FREE Learning Trunk, you’ll learn how NearPod works and how to make the best use of it for lessons. You’ll learn how to build slides and use activities to bring boring a PowerPoint to life, use NearPod with any device and understand how Live and Student-Paced lessons work.
Who is hosting this Learning Trunk?
This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online. We have selected these particular videos after reviewing several available online.
How long do I need?
Less than 20 minutes.
Anything else I need to know?
We have set this Learning Trunk so that you progress through each video in any order.
EdPuzzle
EDpuzzle is a favourite of ours. It is the simplicity that makes this one stand out from the rest. Using video in class, particularly when it is directly on sites like YouTube can be risky and also full of distractions. Also, how do you know how much of what a student is watching is going in? We can all sometime glaze over when watching videos! EDpuzzle fixes all that and is one for the Teacher Toolkit for sure.
What are you going to learn about?
In this FREE Learning Trunk, you’ll learn how EdPuzzle works and how to make the best use of it for lessons. You’ll learn how to trim videos sourced online and also how to create questions throughout the video.
Who is hosting this Learning Trunk?
This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online. We have selected these particular videos after reviewing several available online.
How long do I need?
Less than 10 minutes.
Anything else I need to know?
We have set this Learning Trunk so that you progress through each video in any order.
Explain Everything
Explain Everything is one of those essential teacher tools. With Explain Everything you can capture everything happening on your device, which now works with Chromebooks as well as iPad. Explain Everything is all about Flipped Learning and a great way to build resources and engage students.
This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online.
What are you going to learn about?
In this FREE Learning Trunk, you’ll learn about what is new in the latest update, editing the timeline, working with pens and gestures and even link in with Google Classroom.
Who is hosting this Learning Trunk?
This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online. We have selected these particular authors after reviewing several available online.
How long do I need?
Less than 10 minutes.
Anything else I need to know?
We have set this Learning Trunk so that you progress through each video in order.
Microsoft 365 – Sway
Virtual Reality & 360
Virtual Reality is here to stay. Fact. Last year I did a talk on the Bett Arena stage on how we can see VR developing over the next few years in education and the potential is really exciting. From the fantastic ClassVR, a classroom-ready solution, to strapping cardboard kits from Google to your head, the stimulus and new experiences VR can bring to lessons is unprecedented.
In this Learning Trunk I’ll be introducing you to some quick wins with VR. Headsets are the way to go, for sure, however, if you don’t have the budget for dedicated headsets and you are looking for ways to convince your school that they can be a sound investment – i’ll get you going. You’ll find out how to immerse yourself in content using your interactive screen/board and how to access thousands of educational VR and 360 content, in seconds.