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by Tracey Brown, Instructional Technology Academic Specialist   Microsoft Whiteboard Microsoft Whiteboard is an app that can be found in your AACPS OneDrive/Office 365 account. When you click on OneDrive from Classlink, you want to select your “waffle” in the upper left corner. If the app doesn’t appear in the pop-out menu, select more apps and scroll down as all apps are listed alphabetically in the full list. Check out the Microsoft Support page for Whiteboard for specifics on how to use this application. Nearpod Collaborate Collaborate is an interactive board, great for class discussions and brainstorming. It can be added as a component of a larger Nearpod lesson, or done as a standalone activity from the Quick Launch menu. It can also be delivered to students in a self-paced lesson, like for homework, or in a live, teacher-paced lesson. Check out Nearpod’s Help Center page on How to Build a Collaborate Board for specifics on how to use this application. Lumio Shout It Out! Sh...

By: Samantha Wilkinson, OIT Elementary Teacher Specialist Lumio by SMART is my recent app obsession. While I enjoy all of our apps, and they each have something special, Lumio has grabbed my attention recently. Why? Well, I love that I can record up to 5 minutes of audio per slide so students can hear the directions over and over without me sounding like a broken record. I love how I can change it from teacher paced to student paced at any point in the lesson. I love the ability to upload a PDF, or existing Google Slide and make it and independent activity, group activity, or even whole class whiteboard. I love that I can share ad-free YouTube videos with students. And obviously, I love the templates, graphic organizers, manipulatives, and dozens of pre-made resources. Pre-made and low prep is just working smarter. But the thing I love the MOST, my favorite thing, is Lumio's ability for teachers to edit ON THE FLY! I recently presented in Lumio at a school and I realized I wanted t...