This is a great resource to find case studies for problem-based learning or for alternative assessments. I like giving students selected cases from this site as a teaching tool for my students.
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/
Hemophilia: “The Royal Disease” is a great one to discuss sex-linked traits during the Genetics unit. My students are often intrigued by about hemophilia has affected the royal family.
BrainPOP is fun way to “hook” your students into a new concepts. I usually use it as an introduction to the topic. There is a subscription fee, but luckily, our school has covered the cost.
The Annenberg Learner offers many resources for both teachers and students.
Google Slides is my go-to tool for creating presentations. It’s also a wonderful tool for my students to collaborate on a presentation. However, there is no way to record a presentation directly on Google Slides. Thus, I have my students export their Google Slides as a PDF, then upload the PDF to VoiceThread to record their presentations. It works well with face-to-face classes, but even better for online classes for the annotation and voice comment abilities.
Evernote is my go-to note taking app. The company’s motto is “Remember everything”. I can create notes with text, pictures, PDF, etc. I can access these notes from anywhere with internet connection. I love the ability to tag each note with keywords for ease of search. I can also organize notes into folder. And I can share notes and folders with others for collaboration.
Are you looking for a tool to record a screencast? Screencastify is an easy to use tool for recording direction in your Chrome browser. The recorded video can be saved onto your Google Drive, downloaded to your computer, or uploaded directly to YouTube.
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