Curriculum isn’t the only thing that can be taught in classrooms. Teachers are provided to students to learn and be well-educated. However, being educated can go far behind what is required to be taught in the classroom. Before students graduate high school, besides understanding things like formulas to find the slope (y = mx…
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What Does Interactive Teaching Look Like?
The nature of teaching is by definition interactive. It’s more than just using tech, it’s the possibility that together, students, teachers and tech can be more than the sum of the parts. Thank you Educators for the classroom perspective on tech! https://youtu.be/eqYWK3PUP6Q We’re learning from educators – thanks to everyone...
More Ideas for a Quick Transition to Online Teaching
If you haven’t reviewed or updated your syllabus, we recommend creating a clear and detailed syllabus. Reading assignments, homework, projects and quizzes should have due dates, descriptions and grading rubrics. More detail on your syllabus is helpful when moving to online teaching. Update your class page (LMS) with the best...
Check in on Student Progress
To ensure students are keeping up with work, we recommend that you access the assessments from your school’s TextbookHub website. We love our schools and our teachers and we know you are supporting students each and every day. Thank you for all you do! Please send us your comments, corrections...
Emerging Strategies
What kind of games could create some fun incentives in the online classroom? How can you recreate the power of Turn and Talks in on online setting? Where can you harness all the benefits of choral or group work online? One idea might be to create groups and ask them...
Assessments
For your online class, you can give low stakes mini-quizzes or unit tests for grades. https://youtu.be/TqvVIzfaQiI Click “Quiz” You have an option of either making the quiz available at all time OR for a limited time. If you would like to make the quiz available for a limited time only,...
Make it Easy On Yourself-Add External Video
Using video from other sources is a great way to introduce more content into your online or flipped class and take the burden of recording off of you every day. https://youtu.be/5mV7jLPJtKU YouTube: Click “Embed” to add a YouTube video. Copy and paste the link of a YouTube video you would...
Transitioning to an Online Classroom
Managing a quick temporary shift to online is possible with a blend of technology, materials and your creativity. We know many of our customers, K-12 private and parochial schools, are quickly shifting to online. The team at TextbookHub has developed some tips and features to help you manage the transition...
Add a Note
You might want to add clarification or perspective on the reading – you can do that with a note embedded in your textbook. You might also consider adding notes for students as encouragement or celebration. Be creative! https://youtu.be/G6xLcdBkXdo Select text where you want to place your note and in the...
Handouts or Examples
If you want to share an example of a paper or if you have a handout, you can directly add a file to your textbook. https://youtu.be/uqkNWA4x7_E Select text where you want to place your attachment and in the tool-tip menu, click “Create overlay”. Select the “Attachment” feature. Click the ⨁...
Record Your Lecture
Use your computer to capture your lecture. https://youtu.be/QLUwFzy4CJ4 You might consider what visual aids would support your lecture. After recording, Select text where you want to place your lecture video and in the tool-tip menu, click “Create overlay”. Select the “Video” feature. Click the ⨁ icon to upload a video...
Don’t Want Video? Try Audio
Don’t want video? Try audio. Recording an audio file can be a great way to include pronunciation for language classes, for music, or to share a reading, prayer or meditation. https://youtu.be/cvHuajx0RnI Select text where you want to place your audio and in the tool-tip menu, click “Create overlay”. Select the...
What Does It Mean to Learn in a Digital Environment?
We interviewed educators at a recent conference – and we learned a lot! We asked, “What does it mean to learn in a digital environment?” We wanted to know what’s different and why does it matter? We interviewed educators at a recent conference – and we learned a lot! We...
