Digital Notebooks

I have had requests to share my digital notebooks. First, I want to say I got the original template from SlidesMania and it can be found here. Also, check out all their amazing resources!

I plan to utilize my digital notebooks regardless if I'm teaching Face to Face or remotely. These notebooks are a way for me to share resources with students and parents. They will be able to access these at school and at home. I do plan on students using digital notebooks as well. This way if students attend some days face to face and then are remote, they will have their notebooks and be able to continue their work. Their notebooks will look similar to mine with the tabs but students will add their own content to theirs. I love that they can still decorate and make the notebooks represent them!

 

Feel free to make a copy of mine if you want the tabs and set up by clicking below:

Reader's Notebook

                                                                      Writer's Notebook

                                                                     Grammar Notebook

How do you plan on utilizing digital notebooks?

Digital Resources

I have created a few digital resources I thought I would share in case anyone else was wanting something similar. All of these digital resources will be great for face to face or distance learning!

DIGITAL LIBRARY

My school district offers our students many digital texts, so I created a digital library. I wanted a place to "house" those and other reading related items like our school library, reading graffiti padlet, and what I am currently reading. From the digital library students can click and access digital texts and help sheets as well. If you would to grab a copy click here!

SCHOOLOGY BANNER

My school district is switching to Schoology learning platform this school year. Like everyone else, I wanted to create a cute banner. I also wanted it to look like my classroom and have my buttons linked in. I ended up using Google Drawing over Slides because I liked the look better. Feel free to grab a copy of mine here if you want something to start with.

"APPS"

My school district is also going to 1-1. I wanted to create something students could easily assess with information that might need on a daily basis. I created a Student App using Google Slides and linking my icons to the slides with in and back to the home page. Students can save this "app" on their phone/iPad home screen or on their desktop. They do not have to login into any platform first to access these materials. I see it being a time saver! You can view and make a copy here.

After creating my student app, I decided to make one for my parents too. Again, the idea is that they can save to the homepage of their phones and have important information all in one place right at their fingertips. As of right now this is what mine includes, but I may make some modifications. Take a look and grab a copy here!

If you're not sure how to save these "apps" do your homepage, here is a short tutorial for you.

Hope these resources spark some ideas for you too!

A Book Review: Onward; Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

I just finished reading Onward; Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar. I believe this is a topic that is important and deserves to have many conversations around both for educators and our students. I appreciate Elena's honesty, storytelling, questions, implications for leaders, and desire to help educators (and the whole learning organization) THRIVE.

I love how she set up and divided the book into 12 chapters and related them to a month of the year and correlates the topic with what is going on in the realm of schools and the lives of educators. It may be more manageable to read one chapter a month throughout the school year. I will definitely be revisiting each chapter throughout the year. Elena understands firsthand how many educators feel, our challenges, and gives practical ways that can help make big changes in how we respond to situations and become more RESILENT, the main theme throughout her book.

Even though Elena does not mention spirituality until the very last chapter, but I was able to relate most of her habits to my faith and scripture which help me make connections and helped the information stick with me. Her book is packed full of research, stories, and examples.  I enjoyed learning and thinking more about how to handle my emotions and help others do the same. 

Here are my take aways from each chapter. There is so much more in each chapter that require deep thinking and conversations. 

This is my first time to attempt digital sketch notes. So, I'm taking a risk and sharing them with you. I had a lot of fun making them and was able to express creativity, so I'm well on my way with habit #10 :)!

Intro:

Chapters 1&2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Elena also has a workbook available and her website is full of additional resources on each habit. Make sure to check it out! Let me know if you have read Onward, I'd love to chat with you!