Educational Technology at IU13

All IU13 schools and staff now have access to new STEELS standards-aligned videos for every grade level.

ClickView is home to curated, standards-aligned videos for every subject and grade level. The platform makes it easy for teachers to find the perfect video for any lesson in seconds.

ClickView produces original content and licenses videos from the world’s best producers, so teachers and students can access classroom-ready videos in one place. The videos come with high-quality interactive quizzes and learning resources to help teachers create engaging lessons.

IU13 Ed Tech Team Updates

The IU13 Ed Tech Team is excited to share that we have a newly updated website AND new social media handles to share with you. In the past couple of years, our team has been expanding in order to provide the best Educational Technology services we can for our region and beyond. Please feel free to take a moment to review our newly updated resources and subscribe to our social media handles:

Best Sora Updates of 2023

• Sora has published what they believe to be their six most impactful updates of 2023. They are: 
  1. Premium Reviews in Marketplace
  2. New Languages in Sora
  3. Student Dashboard Updates
  4. Shelf Talkers
  5. Metered Access Manager
  6. Sora Notifications
• Check out their recent blog post - Cheers to the 6 best product updates of 2023! - to learn more about these updates.

The monthly BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Every month, their bulletin will have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - How can your Teacher Reports drive more targeted instruction?

Inform reteaching with data -

The teacher dashboard is the secret ingredient to your students’ success. Watch this month’s tip to learn how to use your data to pinpoint opportunities for more targeted, just-in-time instruction in one simple scan.

Try it today!

After assigning a Quiz, check the results in your Teacher Reports. You’ll be able to find trouble spots for students. Once you know those, finding which moments to reteach and return to in the Movie are a lot clearer. 

Also in this month's Bulletin...

Watch "Behind the BrainPOP Scenes" to meet the voice of Annie, and be sure to download free BrainPOP swag to have a big, orange robot to brighten up your classroom.

Here are some "Timely & Relevant" resources from Discovery Education for the month of December 2023. Use Discovery Education as your daily hub of resources for your classroom with digital media and ready-to-use learning activities. Be sure to log into your instance of Discovery Education before clicking on the links in this post.

Timely and Relevant Resources

• Check out the December 2023 DE Newsletter for a list of resources that supports student learning throughout the summer.  Click on the link above or the image to open and download this month's newsletter.

Explore the Ready-to-Use-Activities

• Explore DE's ready-to-use activities These time-saving activities can be used as-is or modified to meet the needs of their classroom! From Background Builders to Sentence Fix-Its to Choice Boards and more – teachers can find quick grab and go resources to use anytime in the Instructional Activities Channel.

• There you’ll find past month's Activity Calendars and this December's Activity Calendars for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5 (coming soon, hopefully). Use them as they are or make your own copy to edit and share.

Monthly & Timely Celebrations

• Winter Holiday Celebrations - Celebrations include a Celebrations of Light Around the World Studio Board (Grades 3-8), Sentence Fix-It: December Holidays (Grades K-2) – capitalization rules for the beginning of sentences & proper nouns, and Grades K-12 DE Channels of resources for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. 

• Holiday Breaks - If you're looking for resources for your students to do at home over the holiday breaks. Share these activities with your families to keep learning alive over break.
• Pearl Harbor (12/7) - Explore the events surrounding the Battle of Pearl Harbor and the loss of more than 2,000 lives on December 7, 1941 and focuses on a select group of United States military personnel and civilians that countered the Japanese attack, such as Doris Miller, Donald Ross, and Julio De Castro.
• First Day of Winter (12/21) - Discover a collection of videos, images, songs, and writing prompts that explore the science behind the seasons and their environmental effects.

Celebrate December With Some of DE's Favorite Virtual Field Trips!

• Need easy-to-use learning resources to keep December busy and fun? Use these Virtual Field Trips to let students play with polar bears, visit a genomics lab, explore cutting-edge technology, and more—all without leaving the classroom! Virtual Field Trips are available on-demand and come with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities that are ready to use!

Information compiled in this update was provided by our partners at Discovery Education