The District has set-up your account for Zoom.  While working at home you can access Zoom through HelloID.  If you haven't used HelloID from your home before then go to https://www.sno.wednet.edu/Page/2091 and click on HelloID.  You will have to login to HelloID from home.

Snohomish School District's Zoom resources for classroom teachers.  Thank you, Scott Bracken.

Zoom Tips for teachers.  April 2020.

If you don't have a computer or laptop at home, then contact Technology (ext. 1500) and ask how you can borrow a laptop from the District.  Or, Jeff sent out email with a pdf on how to use Zoom on your SMART phone.  Here is the link on Setting Up Zoom App on Your Phone.

The free version of Zoom limits your videos and video conferences to 40 minutes.  However, creating short 10-15 minute lesson introductions would be perfect for guiding your students through online learning materials.  

Click here for a short YouTube video on how to use Zoom for beginners.  The important part of this video is when they discuss how to record your video and save it as a MP4 file.  The MP4 file is saved to your computer.  Upload this MP4 file to your Canvas account, or teacher web page.  This is a great way to create your short 10-15 minute lesson introductions for your students.  You can then send your students a link to this video for them to watch before they start their lesson.

Click here to view Zoom's own tutorial videos.  They have a wide range of tutorials for various aspects of their product.

Click here to go to the University of California at San Diego's Zoom User Guide 

Click here to read an article on 10 tips on how to get the most out of Zoom from USA Today 

This list of best education apps for the classroom can be found at your app store.

Earthviewer - dive into earth's deep history, explore biodiversity, solar luminosity, and more over geologic time.  Files can be downloaded for offline viewing.  App is iOS only.

Equity Maps - tool for tracking class discussion and individual participation.

iCell - provides 3D representation of animal, bacteria and plant cells.  Students can rotate perspectives.

iCivics - suite  gamifying civic education.  Two examples: Win the White House & Immigration Command.

Mixerpiece - choose from 300 famous artwork images to create your own.

Novel Effect - uses voice recognition to compliment read-alouds with sound effects and music.

Sites in VR - virtual tours of landmarks, places, and planets.

Stop Motion - try your hand at stop-motion animation.  Enables frame-by-frame editing, sound effects, titling, painting with layers, and more.

Tynker - empowers students to learn code through play.  Solve engaging puzzles, modify Minecraft worlds, program robots and drones, create custom games, and build and animate characters.

Click here to download the Microsoft Word scope and sequence skills
Click here to download the Microsoft Word 9-12 grade level targets

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Flipgrid now has new and improved features: accessibility/transcription and closed captioning, Shorts Camera for super-enhanced storytelling capability including stitching together video clips which can be embedded in Teams and One Note, and GridPals to search for other users with common interests.

Newseum will be closing in January 2020.  However, their Today's Front Pages of 1,000 newspapers will continue to exist.

This free science series provides lessons, handouts and video clips on space, weather and climate.

February is Black History Month.  This year, the first week in February is being dedicated to Black Lives Matter.  This web link provides lesson plans and resources to help teachers incorporate Black Lives Matter into Black History Month.

A bibliography of resources for exploring the historical context of racial violence in the United States.

Explores the artistic and cultural context of Marvel's Black Panather comics, and the fictional world of Wakanda.