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Newsela Explorer

Jump start getting started with using Newsela in your classroom.

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About this course

⏰Suggested Time

30-45 min.

 Recommended Audience
  • Educators who are interested in Newsela but don't know how to begin
  • Educators who know some basics of Newsela and need a refresher
  • Educators who want to get started with Newsela as quickly as possible
☝🏽 Purpose

 

Within a single prep period, you can figure out how to find content for your class on Newsela and share it with your students-- making you ready to launch a regular Newsela routine.

πŸ’― Users will be able to:
  • create or import their classes into Newsela
  • discover content that is most relevant to their classrooms
  • assign an article on Newsela

Agenda

  • The Reason You're Here: Finding Newsela Content (~10 minutes)
  • Finding Newsela Content
  • Why? Use Cases for Finding Content
  • Try It! Save an Article
  • Classroom Spotlight
  • Review and Respond
  • Connecting to Students: Adding Classes (~10 minutes)
  • Creating a Newsela Class
  • Why? Setting Up Rosters
  • Standard Newsela Method
  • Google Classroom
  • Clever
  • Canvas
  • Try It! Add Your Classes
  • Classroom Spotlight
  • Review and Respond
  • Sharing Academic Content: Assigning a Newsela Article (~15 minutes)
  • Creating Assignments
  • Why? Presenting Content to Your Class
  • Try It! Assign an Article
  • Review and Respond
  • Classroom Spotlight
  • Congrats!
  • So glad you could join us
  • Certificate and Badges

About this course

⏰Suggested Time

30-45 min.

 Recommended Audience
  • Educators who are interested in Newsela but don't know how to begin
  • Educators who know some basics of Newsela and need a refresher
  • Educators who want to get started with Newsela as quickly as possible
☝🏽 Purpose

 

Within a single prep period, you can figure out how to find content for your class on Newsela and share it with your students-- making you ready to launch a regular Newsela routine.

πŸ’― Users will be able to:
  • create or import their classes into Newsela
  • discover content that is most relevant to their classrooms
  • assign an article on Newsela

Agenda

  • The Reason You're Here: Finding Newsela Content (~10 minutes)
  • Finding Newsela Content
  • Why? Use Cases for Finding Content
  • Try It! Save an Article
  • Classroom Spotlight
  • Review and Respond
  • Connecting to Students: Adding Classes (~10 minutes)
  • Creating a Newsela Class
  • Why? Setting Up Rosters
  • Standard Newsela Method
  • Google Classroom
  • Clever
  • Canvas
  • Try It! Add Your Classes
  • Classroom Spotlight
  • Review and Respond
  • Sharing Academic Content: Assigning a Newsela Article (~15 minutes)
  • Creating Assignments
  • Why? Presenting Content to Your Class
  • Try It! Assign an Article
  • Review and Respond
  • Classroom Spotlight
  • Congrats!
  • So glad you could join us
  • Certificate and Badges