Teacher Resources
Transitioning to eLearning Days requires training to effectively use digital tools and applications. Sustainable professional learning models, geared specifically to support teachers for eLearning will positively impact the teaching and learning experiences.
Professional Learning for Teaching Online
Below are free resources for educators and administrators to better understand how to teach online. The
- Online Learning Key Terms and Definitions, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance
- Teachers Guide to Online Learning, Michigan Virtual
- Guide to transitioning from face-to-face to online learning while maintaining an engaging experience, D2L
- Creating an online course: A step-by-step guide, D2L
- Collection of Webinars to Implement Online Learning,edWeb
- Planning for Expectations and Attendance, FiveStar
- Quality Virtual Learning Lesson Design, FiveStar
- Feedback & Grading, FiveStar
- NH Learns Alliance Webinar Schedule, The NH Learns Alliance is offering daily webinars for teachers and administrators on how to implement eLearning days.
- Virginia Virtual: series of 3 webinars over the next few weeks for all Virginia public educators at no cost.
- The Effective Online Teaching Course from Georgia Virtual is focused on the basic skills necessary to be an effective online instructor.
- Idaho Virtual eDays for Teachers, webinar helping prepare teachers to utilize online resources to facilitate learning for their students.
- ESRI Webinar: Learn How to Teach with GIS When School is Disrupted
- Maryland Department of Education Teacher Resources
- Resources to meet the needs of students with disabilities, Educating All Learners
Online Learning Teaching Tools
Guides for various tools to keep online learning interactive
- Top Ten Tips for Creating Quality Videos, AEM Center
- Online Learning Tools Tutorial, An online presentation for teachers to better understand various online learning tools for student engagement with online learning.
- Tutorials: eLearning Classroom Resources, FlipGrid and More
- edTech Tools Overview, Overview of 16 tools for online learning, Evanston Township High School, IL
Articles and Blog Posts
- Teacher Preparation for Remote Teaching
- Edublogger’s Resources for Teaching Online Due to School Closures includes how to plan an online lesson and tips for virtual teaching.
Interactive Tools
Variety of interactive tools with website and app suggestions
Mindmapping: Graphic organizers can be created using these apps.
- Mural – web-based and iOS app
- Notability – iOS app
- Padlet – web-based and iOS app
- Popplet – web-based and iOS app
Presenting: Create presentations using these apps.
- Google Slides – web-based and iOS app
- Keynote – iOS app
- Seesaw – web-based and iOS app
Publishing: Publish web pages and interactive books with these tools.
- Adobe Spark Page – web-based and iOS app (get a free Adobe account from the tech office)
- Book Creator – web-based and iOS app
- Pages – web-based and iOS app
- Seesaw – web-based and iOS app
Reflecting: These apps encourage reflection and commenting.
Scanning: Digitize documents from your iOS device using these apps. Notes and Files are built into your iPad!
- Adobe Scan – iOS app
- Notes – iOS app
- Files – iOS app (use it to scan and to open zipped files)
- Scannable – iOS app
Video/Whiteboards/Screencasting: Create videos and demonstrate concepts using these apps.
- Apple Clips – iOS app
- Edpuzzle – web-based and iOS app
- Educreations – iOS app
- Explain Everything – web-based and iOS app
- Jamboard– web-based and iOS app
- Recording screen via Control Center – built into the iOS
- Screencast O Matic – web-based and iOS app
- Show Me – web-based and iOS app
- Stop Motion Studio – iOS app
- Touchcast Studio – iOS app
Writing/Drawing/Annotating: Make drawings, annotate images, and more with these apps.
- Notes – iOS app
- Cardflow – IOS app
- Google Keep – web-based and iOS app
- Google Science Journal – iOS app
- LiquidText – iOS app
- Markup
- Notability – iOS App
- Penultimate – iOS app
- Post-It – iOS app
- Sketches School – iOS app
This list of resources provides examples of various digital tools that teachers may choose to leverage when teaching online. Resources provided by Lucy Grays’ Online Teaching Resources
