Wicomico Recovery Plan 2020 -2021

51 Appendix D: Digital Tools A multitude of digital resources are being used to support and enrich instruction to ensure students are actively engaged in instructionally sound and rigorous content. The school system will use Google Classroom and Zoom as the primary platforms for interacting with students and families. These are other resources for digital learning include, but are not limited to: • Google Classroom • Zoom • Clever (All grades) Clever is our student portal for apps and links. In most cases, it will log students into sites, eliminating the need to remember additional usernames and passwords. • Google Translate ( All grades) View translations easily as you browse the web. Highlight or right-click on a section of text and click on Translate icon next to it to translate it to your language. Or, to translate the entire page you're visiting, click the translate icon on the browser toolbar. • Playposit ( All grades) Playposit is an interactive web-based video platform that allows educators to provide formative assessment both inside and outside the classroom. Teachers are able to embed quiz-type questions into videos on Youtube, Vimeo, Khan Academy and other popular video platforms. Data can then be analyzed on an individual or group level, providing powerful insight into educational trends in the classroom. • ReadyRosie (Prek 3) ReadyRosie uses video modeling and mobile technology to build partnerships between families and educators to promote school readiness. • Flipgrid (3 - 12) Flipgrid is simple. Educators spark discussions by posting Topics to a classroom, school, professional learning community, or public Grid. Students record, view, and respond to each other through short videos. Flipgrid is video the way students use video ... social, engaging, and fun! • Google Earth ( 6 - 12) Explore the whole world from above with satellite imagery and 3D terrain of the entire globe and 3D buildings in hundreds of cities around the world. • Read&Write for Google Chrome ( All grades) Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, including: • Text -to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting • With speech -to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying • Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs • Simplify and summarize text on web pages to remove ads and other copy that can be distracting • Share to Classroom ( All grades)