Intentional Innovation Conference

With increasing change, uncertainty, and stress, it’s never been more important to help students develop the skills they need to thrive in and out of the classroom.  EVERFI's free digital resources focus on these essential topics, including interpersonal skills, mental health,  financial literacy, college and career readiness, and more. The easy-to-use, low-prep lessons are student-directed, with assessments built in, making them easy to drop into lesson plans for the whole class or assign to students for individualized learning. Best of all - they are absolutely free!

I'm a former 4th grade teacher, technology integration specialist, and technology coordinator. This is my first year back in the classroom as a 5th grade teacher in 10 years! Since I spent the previous 10 years training teachers to use technology in the classroom to now actually implementing it, Google Classroom has some essentials that are super helpful. 
Here is the link to my slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ena_0OzkQBcIkVop6ctqs_vsRe4azb4vSS9uZGkaKzc/edit?usp=sharing

Did you know that Pear Deck was created for the classroom? How a teacher chooses to use Pear Deck is going to look different from classroom to classroom. It may be as simple as a one-slide exit ticket, or sprinkled throughout an entire Google Slides lesson. What will be consistent are the powerful learning moments created for every student, every day.

Pear Deck 101 will provide you with the basics for getting started. With just a couple clicks, turn your Google Slides into engaging, interactive slides for your students! Every student will have an opportunity to answer your question, allowing you in real-time to quickly gain insight to not just one or two students' understanding, but the entire class. 

I look forward to sharing this amazing tool with you!

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