Secondary Catalogue
Teacher Professional Development
Differentiation
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain what to do when students learn at different speeds
Managing Assessment
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain how to manage assessment in four steps; products, process, habits of learning and understanding.
Making The Case For Investment
Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
Encouraging Parental Engagement
Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
Can Any Class be a Computer Science Class?
Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
The Approach
The four-part method of the Kano course explained; Physical Computing, Simple Steps, Storytelling, Play & Exploration.
Collaboration
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain the importance of a paired or group environment
Troubleshooters
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain how to build up students' confidence and how to troubleshoot.
Managing Time
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain some of the challenges when managing time teaching coding.
Formative Assessment in Computer Science
Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
Play & Exploration
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain how to teach coding through Play and Exploration in your classroom.
Why Teach Coding?
Why teach coding? Lots of new jobs are out there, and coding skills are in big demand; and those jobs aren't just in technology companies.
Introduction & Overview
This introduction to teaching coding in the classroom will give you an overview of what to expect over this course. Soon you'll get young people to engage with coding through physical computing, use storytelling to make coding fun, and much more.
Getting Help
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain the importance of playing with the Technology, working with others and posing questions to your students and where to get help.
The Student Driven Classroom
Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain what a student driven classroom approach is, and how to prepare for it.
Teaching Social Studies in Online, Blended and Flipped Classrooms
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Discover evidenced based practical approaches to teaching and learning in social studies classes in online, blended and flipped classrooms.
Creating Videos in Social Studies Classes
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Educators, discover how and why you should incorporate the production of video into social studies classes, and how your students can make a real impact in the world around them by using these skills to become citizen journalists.
Media Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Educators , discover how media literacy can be taught/learned within all social studies classes.
Best Practice use of Media When Teaching Economics
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Educators share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching economics.
Best Practice use of Media When Teaching History
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Renee Shaw hears from educators who share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching history.
Making Social Studies Relevant to Digital Natives
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Educators, learn about how post millennials engage with media and how, by embracing the use of media in social studies classes, can be a useful tool to motivate and engage students in their learning.
Open Educational Resources
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Learn about the different types of open tools and resources that are available to educators and the things to look for when looking for resources - particularly media online.
Enhancing Social Studies Classes Using Podcasts
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Educators, learn how and why you should use podcasts in your social studies classrooms. Learn how to evaluate podcasts for classroom use and how to use them to motivate and engage those you teach.
Inquiry Based Learning with Digital Media
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
Educators, learn how to plan and facilitate inquiry based learning approaches with digital media & technologies in the social studies classroom.
Using Media to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Using Digital Media to Teach Social Studies
In this video educators will learn about how to develop critical thinking skills in their social studies classes using media, such as: compare claims, assess credibility and reflect on one’s own process of reasoning.
