Summer Learning Ideas in a Lounge or Loo near you!

If kids are going to be on tech this summer - make it as ACTIVE as possible! Check out our latest editions of Learning in the Loo and Learning in the Lounge for ideas on how to engage students this summer - with or without tech.

 

Digital Well-Being week is coming up May 18th - 22nd, 2026!

Launch students into summer with a fresh reminder of digital balance. FREE lessons to use all week in the link in our bio!

Link to Common Sense Lessons

 

Google Vids Extension - The latest way to easily record your screen!

Screen recording has never been so easy with the Google Vids extension! Simply install the extension, start a recording, and it saves right into your Google Drive as a Google Vid...which means you can easily edit in the Google Vids platform. 

Try it as a replacement to Screencastify or Loom today!

Link to install extension here

 

Share an email in Google Chat

Now you can easily reference an email via Google Chat! Provide the necessary context so you can get right to your questions. Available in your Gmail today!

 

Did you sign up for a Brisk training yet?

 

If you haven't tried out Brisk Teaching, a generative AI tool to support your teaching practice, there is no time like the present! Attend one of our 1 hour trainings, sign up for 2 hour asynchronous course, or join us for a 3 hour training in June to learn how to leverage this tool for you AND your students. 

Sign up linked here

Thank you to our AMAZING Principals!

 

Students. Staff. Community. The building Principal is the glue who holds these groups together. We are so thankful for all they do each day to keep our schools strong, aligned, and a wonderful place for students and staff to be. Thank you ECSD Principals!

We appreciate teachers this week and every week!

 

You make a difference every. single. day. The accumulation of your efforts changes the course of lives. 

We appreciate you this week and every day!

Free Press Day is May 3rd

From quick Do Nows to full lesson plans - Checkology from The News Literacy Project has EVERYTHING you need to dive into the complex and vital world of News and Media Literacy. Take some time to honor Freedom of the Press day with their new lesson collection - 

linked here.