Teacher Voice: The Official Kiddom Blog
Educator resources, school stories, and Kiddom updatesTeacher Voice: The Official Kiddom Blog
Educator resources, school stories, and Kiddom updates
FEATURED CONTENT
Helpful Resources For Educators and Families Impacted by COVID-19
RESOURCES
Professional Development & Tips
Back to School Checklist: Are You Ready?
Some teachers may be waving a white flag in October, while others decorate it with Sharpie! Find out which one you’ll be with this back to school quiz.
5 Ways to Start Strong this School Year
From checking standards to onboarding students early, learn five ways to start the new school year strong with Kiddom’s leader of Learning and Development.
10 Summer Reading Recommendations for Educators
Team members from Kiddom share the books that caught their eye this summer. These reading recommendations will satisfy every educator’s busy and curious mind.
A La Carte, Enriched Virtual, and Flipped Classrooms
Do your students have access to technology at home and/or school? Find out how to implement one of 3 blended learning models that can transform classrooms.
3 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Trip to ISTE Philly
Going to ISTE Philly this year? Use these 3 tips to ensure you get the most out of your trip! Also included: Philly recs from the Kiddom team who will be attending.
Schools Could Save Money by Connecting Three Workflows on One Platform
Streamlining workflows within schools can increase collaboration to the betterment of not just your budget, but your entire learning community.
STORIES
Educator Spotlights & School Stories
Welcome Back to School: A Letter From Our CAO
This week all Kiddom employees (many of whom are former educators) received the following letter from our CAO. We were so inspired, we had to share!
Rock the Bells: Personalize Learning with Playlists
A back-to-school story about the importance of embracing bells & whistles like personalized learning to keep students engaged — and how playlists can help.
Curriculum is Culture
Responding to a recent shift from curriculum analysis to culture change, author Geoffrey Schmidt argues that the two cannot be separated.
Teaching the Gray Areas of Conflict: an Opportunity for Critical Thinking
I try to teach and learn. Middle school teacher in Los Angeles.We like tidy narratives. Heroes and villains. Beginnings, middles, and ends. You need only look at the latest Marvel Blockbusters to see the formula writ large. There is an inherent danger to this...
An Attempt to Teach Students How to Begin to Recognize Emotions
I’ve witnessed students on the autism spectrum struggle to recognize emotions and acknowledge non-verbal cues from others. These social emotional skills…
Teaching ASD Success Stories
At least three times a week I hear one of my students say “I can’t do this, I’m autistic.” This is really frustrating, not only because I know they can…
PRODUCT
Features, New Releases, & Kiddom Tips
Academy’s New Curriculum Development Tool is a Game Changer — Part 1 of 3
After creating a team to test the new feature, our School Success Lead shares notes with both excitement and regret that she didn’t have this tool when she was a teacher!
Three Ways to Increase Collaboration in your Classroom or School
Here are three advanced collaboration techniques to help you super-charge collaboration in your classroom (feel free to mix and match!)
Kiddom and Newsela: Better Together
Build a library of resources for a diverse levels of readers using Newsela and Kiddom together. If you’re a Newsela user, you know it’s an amazing resource for your students. Having the ability to…
Kiddom Reports + Microsoft O365: Better Together, Pt 2
Need a gradebook for Office 365? Check out how combining Kiddom and Office 365 can help to facilitate grading and reporting in your classroom.
Kiddom and Microsoft Office 365: Better Together
In this 2-part series, we discuss how you can use Microsoft Office 365 and Kiddom together to maximize collaboration in the classroom.
Introducing Guardian Access—Bringing Families Closer to Their Child’s Education
Learn how new feature “Guardian Access” is connecting all of the stakeholders in a child’s education — even parents and guardians.
