Digital tools worth investigating. These select tools are often referenced within Queens North Professional Learning sessions. To ensure that all students receive high-quality blended and remote instruction, we have compiled a variety of videos and tutorials to support your use and integration of these digital tools for teaching and learning.

DIIT EdTech Portal

• Sign up for Ed Tech Professional Learning Offerings / new user friendly format

• Once logged in, learn key tech information about schools

Workspace

The DOE Enterprise Google Workspace

Meet

DOE Meet Resources

Jamboard

• How to Use Jamboard for Teachers & Students- 2020 Guide

• Beginner Jamboard Tutorial for Teachers

Google Forms

• Create a Google form Quiz

Google Slides

• How to Make INTERACTIVE Google Slides (All the Basics & Then Some!)

• How to Create Drag and Drop Activities on Google Slides

Chrome Extensions

• Web Paint Chrome Extension for Teachers

Sync Chrome / Google Accounts

• Chrome Sync Personalities

NYCDOE Zoom Web Portal

• Enter your @schools.nyc.gov email address and password

• NYC Teachers - Getting started with Zoom

Breakout Rooms

Breakout rooms are enabled in NYCDOE Zoom

• How to create ZOOM Breakout Rooms - Teacher Tutorial

• How to Pre-Assign Zoom Breakout Rooms (Tutorial)

Virtual Read Alouds

• Put Yourself and the Book into your Virtual Read Alouds!

• https://padlet.com/features

• Padlet Tutorial and 5 Use Cases in Classroom

• Padlet's basic (free) plan allows users to have three Padlet walls.

• Pear Deck Videos

• Create Interactive Google Slides with Pear Deck

• Nearpod Blog

• Creating Lessons with Nearpod

• Setting Up Flipgrid

• Flipgrid Updates 2020

• How to use Kami for Remote Learning environments

• Kami Tools

• How to Use Kami with Google Classroom

• Screencastify Resources

• Using Screencastify with Google Slides

• Loom Tutorial for Teachers

• Lucid for Education Getting Started

• Lucid for Education - Resources

• Lucidchart Tutorials