February Tech Tips Dawn's Digital Diary:  This digital scavenger hunt is good for grades 3-12 and is actually a lesson on Creating Google Slides.  The idea is to use this as a front loading and independent discovery lesson.  Pass out the lesson and see how much the students are able to figure out on their own. Then, provide the answer slide deck to help them learn the areas they were unsure of.  This is a great way to have students do some self exploration and often they find other nuggets of learning along the way. Google Slide Scavenger Hunt Google Slide Scavenger Hunt Answer Deck Cheryl's Creative Corner: Have you heard of Breakout EDU challenges? In a spin on the popular  escape room  challenge, a  digital  version combines: a virtual “ room ” (often a Google site or Google Form) filled with clues that must be figured out. A  digital  lock made from an online form (usually a Google form) that students try to unlock. These Digital Escape or Breakout Rooms can be done virtu

Dawn's Dope Digital Diary Leverage your Tech Savvy Students to create tutorials for your class! I recently had a Fourth Grade Teacher share with me a Screencastify  🎥 video that one of her students made to help his classmates navigate their online Math Curriculum.  This student saw a need and stepped right up to assist his peers. Watch the video below - I love this kid! Your students can use Screencastify for so many purposes.  Students experiencing technical trouble but you aren't able to see what is happening in order to help them?  Have them make a Screencast of what is happening to share with you. Make a Screencast showing their work on a Science project 📚Read a book out loud and give a book review using Screencastify Narrate a Google Slide presentation they have created Cheryl's Seesaw Savviness  🐴 Do you want to take your Seesaw skills to the next level? My go-to person for quick lessons that do just this is Kris Szajner. Kris is a tech savvy teacher and Seesaw gur