Lemon Tech Tidbits

     Every Wednesday at 12:00, there will be an exciting opportunity for your students to participate in a Skype session with another class, a famous author, or subject expert. This opportunity will be there whether the students are in class or participating virtually from their home. Some examples include a session over monarch butterflies, Roald Dahl celebration day, draw with the Minecraft design team and celebrate dot day with Peter Reynolds.  To participate, you will need to sign up for a free account in Skype in the Classroom. When you are done, click here to see the weekly events for the month. To see more information about the event, simply click on it. If it looks like something you would like to do, click on JOIN LINK on the day of the event and watch it online. You will not need to worry about using Skype or Teams to watch, all sessions will be broadcast on a website. You can share the link to virtual students through Google Classroom, SeeSaw, email, or...

From CommonSense Media: “Mangahigh is a web-based platform that boasts dozens of math games and hundreds of tutorials and quizzes, all aligned with Common Core standards. It teaches and reinforces a wide variety of math fundamentals, from counting and number sense all the way up to beginning algebra and geometry concepts. Students can play through games at their own pace or work on teacher-assigned challenges and lessons. For extra-competitive flavor, students can earn medals, badges, and rewards, compete in social games with students across the world, or take part in school-wide challenges against other schools." An impressive teacher dashboard lets instructors manage the whole experience with a gorgeous gradebook system, easy class setup, comprehensive analytics at the class or student level, and full interactive previews of all games and lessons. Classroom Mode allows teachers to lock down student access to teacher-assigned tasks (games or activities) for up to 90 minute...

“ PBS LearningMedia   builds on the strength of public media and is designed to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Resources are aligned to Common Core and national standards and include videos and inter-actives, as well as audio, documents, and in- depth lesson plans. You can browse by standards, grade level, subject area, and special collections. You can also favorite and share resources with your class and colleagues. Best of all, PBS LearningMedia’s basic service is  free for PreK-12  educators.” Take a look:  http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/