The Office of Digital Literacy wants to spark curiosity, innovation, and risk-taking. This is a great opportunity for you to try all three of the dispositions. Not to mention, this experience may create equitable and accessible environments and increase empowerment and engagement for your students!

Staff members participating in this experience, will be eligible for different prizes (books, Chromebook, registration to ITEC, or gift cards). There will be a prizes for the first three BINGOs, the top three points gained by people, and the top earning building. You can also gain badges based on levels of activities completed. Click here (https://tinyurl.com/svyvu4h) for the leaderboard.

PLAY STARTS ON JANUARY 15^TH AND RUNS UNTIL FEBRUARY 29^TH

There are THREE ways to play! The digital version (https://tinyurl.com/twnnayo) shows “how-to’s”.

1. Try for a “BINGO” by completing five tasks in a row on the ‘bingo’ board.
1. First three bingo cards turned in will receive a copy of Bold School.
2. Anyone finishing a ‘bingo’ will be entered to win one of five gift cards.
2. Try for the most points by completing different tasks with different points.
• Most Points by 2-29-20 = Registration and hotel to Iowa Technology & Education Connection fall conference.
• Second place by 2-29-20 = Chromebook for classroom use.
• Third place by 2-29-20 = copy of Bold School.
3. Play as a building!
• Building with most points by 2-29-20 will receive a donut breakfast provided by the Office of Digital Literacy.

After completing a task, send “evidence” to Ryan Rydstrom (a picture, document, screen shot, etc) and if you’re so inclined, tweet it out with the hashtag #weareCRCSD

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Your building will get 1 extra point for every level 1 certified teacher or for a teacher that took the CRCSD course, 2 extra points for level 2 certified teacher, and 3 extra points for every Google Trainer. Fill out this form here.

As you play, you will notice different colors. Here is the breakdown of the points and level of skill acquisition:

In the event of a tie in any of the three ways to win, the tie breaker will be turned-in date.

Create a HyperDoc to chunk content for your students.

Use GimKit as a way to formatively assess your student’s understanding.

Use Desmos as a way for your students to have structured practice.

Use Read&Write to have your students highlight critical information.

Create a Google Form as a way to formatively assess your students.

Use Google Expeditions to use physical movement while processing content.

Use Socrative to provide student immediate feedback on a current concept.

Have students use WeVideo to engage in a cognitively complex task.

Research a standards-aligned unit within DefinedSTEM to increase rigor of a unit.

Research a standards-aligned topic in GlobalOness Project to have students process content.

Search the AirTable for a tech tool aligned to your NASOT element and IPDP.

Read 9 Essential #EdTech Ideas and tweet your summary to #WeAreCRCSD.

Listen to 6 EdTech Tools to Try in 2019 from Cult of Pedagogy and tweet about the tool you’re trying

Use Equatio to have structured practice and think in a cognitively complex.

Try Learning Stations to get students up and moving.

Use a familiar technology in a new way.

Use Flipgrid to have students talk about their learning and learn about them.

Use ScreenCastify to flip a lesson to create structured practice or chunk content.

Try EdPuzzle to change up how students interact with classroom videos during structured practice

Follow GWAEA Digital Learning’s Blog and on Twitter

Watch Google’s EDU in 90 for new ideas with our current technology.

Read a blog post from Alice Keeler and tweet or share your summary.

Read a blog post from Ditch that Textbooks and tweet or share your summary.

Reach out to one of our DLTs, Google Certified Trainers or Ryan for a 1:1 session.