The American Association of School Librarians (AASL)  has announced their top choices for “electronic resources that provide enhanced learning and curriculum development for school librarians and their educator collaborators.” These resources were formerly separated into the Best Apps and Best Websites for Teaching and Learning and are now combined into the Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning.

You can check out our archive of past recommended apps here.

“Zoom is an easy-to-use tool that provides video and/or voice meetings, conference rooms, webinars, and chats with file sharing abilities using desktops, mobile devices, and phones.”

Shared foundations: Collaborate

We’ve been using Zoom so much this year so there are tons of articles out there about how to make the app more useful for your students or for teaching! The University of Nevada Reno has this article about best practices when teaching with Zoom, and Hooked on Innovation shares this article full of ideas for engaging your students while teaching via Zoom. We Are Teachers shares the basics Zoom 101 to help you get started and Santa Rosa City Schools provides Zoom etiquette for students which is always a smart idea.

This ten minute video shows how Zoom can be used successfully for online learning: