Getting Started
Our quests are shared via a viewable Google Drive folder. Within the folder, you'll find a series of resources, numbered in the order they should be arranged, for example, "1 - Twitter: What is Twitter?" precedes "2 - Twitter: The Power of Twitter Search" and so forth. In the event of a branching progression option, quests will be identified with numbers and letters, for example, "2a - Game-based Learning: Rethinking Failure" and "2b - Game-based Learning: What Kind of Gamer Are You?"
Be sure to keep an eye on this space as we'll be sharing more content in the future!
Remember, our quests are offered under a Creative Commons License. Please give the educators who worked hard to design these quests and our school system attribution.
Our quests are shared via a viewable Google Drive folder. Within the folder, you'll find a series of resources, numbered in the order they should be arranged, for example, "1 - Twitter: What is Twitter?" precedes "2 - Twitter: The Power of Twitter Search" and so forth. In the event of a branching progression option, quests will be identified with numbers and letters, for example, "2a - Game-based Learning: Rethinking Failure" and "2b - Game-based Learning: What Kind of Gamer Are You?"
Be sure to keep an eye on this space as we'll be sharing more content in the future!
Remember, our quests are offered under a Creative Commons License. Please give the educators who worked hard to design these quests and our school system attribution.
The Connected Educator Series
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Twitter - Learn the basics of Twitter, how to use Twitter Search to find educational resources, create your account and develop your profile, locate other educators to follow in your discipline, use a Twitter client, and participate in a Twitter community chat. (Standard - Leadership in Digital Learning)
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Blogging - In these quests, you'll start with the basics of blogging. From there, you'll find other educators, just like you, who are sharing their resources and thoughts via blogs and learn how to use powerful news aggregators to make the Internet work for you. Lastly, you'll set up your own blog and start your journey as a reflective and sharing educator.
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Instagram - What do you get when you mix social media and photography? You get Instagram! In these quests, you'll learn how to use Instagram to connect to other educators, expanding your professional learning network and how to use this powerful tool to enhance learning in your classroom!
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Pinterest - Pinterest is so much more than great Instant Pot recipes, crafts, or man cave ideas. There's a network of educators, just like you, sharing great ideas and resources via the tool. Jump in, connect, and learn ore in these quests.
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Skype - Skype is a web conferencing tool by Microsoft that's making the world smaller, connecting classrooms around the world. In these quests, you'll learn how to connect to other classrooms, host a Mystery Skype and more!
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Tools for Digital Learning
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App Smashing - In these quests, you'll explore how to leverage multiple apps at the same time to create all new learning outcomes. Learn how to identify the best apps for app smashing and help your students share their unique creations designed using multiple apps together!
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Augmented Reality - Explore an unseen world around you made possible with technology! In these quests you'll explore the basics of AR and learn how to leverage it in your own teaching!
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Canva - Unleash your students' inner graphic designer! With Canva, you and your students can create stunning digital graphics to showcase their learning, promote events, and much more.
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Classcraft - Take your students' learning to the next level with Classcraft! Classcraft transforms your classroom into a playable game in which students must work together to overcome challenges and master learning.
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Coding - These quests will give you a brief view into the world of coding, helping you connect K-12 curriculum to a skill that's growing in demand. Take the coding challenge and learn a bit of block-based programming and then use coding in your own class!
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Digital Citizenship - The Internet is a huge, social space and it's challenging for adults and kids to navigate sometimes. In these quests, you'll explore the elements of digital citizenship and learn how to help your students be wise Internet users!
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Digital Formative Assessment - Dive into formative assessment as you explore tools that are informative for you and fun for your students. Apply these tools in your own classroom and choose the ones that work best for you!
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EdPuzzle - Video is a powerful medium for instruction. Step it up with these quests designed to make online video interactive! Here, you'll leverage EdPuzzle to build interaction and formative assessment directly into online video.
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Educreations - Looking for an easy way to create and share instructional video with your students? Educreations is just the tool you're looking for!
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FlipGrid - Do you ever wish your students were as excited about a digital tool as they are SnapChat and Instagram? FlipGrid is a powerful, social video tool that can take student interactions to a new level!
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Game-Based Learning - Angry Birds for Physics? World History with Civilization? Math in Minecraft? Games are designed to engage. Why not use them in the classroom? These quests will open your eyes to the possibilities that can be unlocked with Game-Based Learning!
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Google Maps (and Earth) - Get your students in touch with the world like never before! In these quests you'll learn Google Maps and Google Earth and how to leverage them for student learning!
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Google Productivity - There are tons of hidden resources, apps, and tricks in Google that can help you to work smarter, not harder. In these quests, you'll explore them!
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Newsela - Ever wish you had a tool that connected students to current events, yet could scale to individual reading levels? Now you have it! Newsela is here.
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QR Codes - This simple tool is easy to leverage in your classroom and can open up all sorts of engaging possibilities! Learn how to use QR Codes in these quests!
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Research Tools - Now, more than ever, we need to equip students to do sound and thoughtful research. In these quests, you'll about tools that will help them do that!
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Plickers - Looking for a free alternative to expensive classroom response systems? Check out Plickers!
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SAMR - Ready to be a SAMR-i? SAMR is a tool for educators to reflect on how they effectively integrate digital tools into their instruction. In these quests, you'll explore SAMR and TPACK as you supercharge your lessons with digital tools.
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Virtual Field Trips - Here, you'll learn a variety of ways you can connect your students to the world around them through virtual reality, 360 degree video, and more. Discover your options for facilitating virtual field trips. Build custom 360 playlists on YouTube, and explore resources for virtual field trips.
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YouTube - The third most visited site online is more than just funny cat videos (though they're great)! There are fantastic videos out there tied to all curricular areas. In these quests, you'll create your YouTube account, learn how to subscribe to great content providers, build playlists for your students, and upload your own, custom content.
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Innovative Classroom Spaces
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BreakoutEDU - Learn how to BreakoutEDU works, how to find existing challenges and create your own. Discover what equipment is needed and how to deliver the most engaging game experience for your students!
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Genius Hour - Unleash students' curiosity and engagement in these quests as you dig deep into the engineering design process with students as they explore topics they're passionate about!
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EPIC Academy by http://epicacademy.info is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. All quests designed by the teachers leaders of Surry County Schools, NC.
