ALT Four multi-colored people icons, each holding a purple card. Two cards have a purple artist icon on them, and two have a purple science sphere icon on them. Text reads, “Themed sets of cards can be used for many grouping needs. The possibilities are endless!” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #2: Grouping Cards. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A purple magnifying glass with two purple people icons in the center. Text reads, “Peer Hunt is a community-building cooperative learning or grouping that engages learners to hunt for a peer who matches a description.” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #1: Peer Hunt. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Four multi-colored people icons, each holding a block with the same color. Each block has a letter on it, and together, the blocks spell “READ.” Text reads, “Have learners make words with letters. You could use blocks, game tiles, or printed letters!” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #4: Making Words. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A line of 8 purple people icons standing one behind the other. Text reads, “Line-Ups or Value Lines are a very high-impact, low-lift strategy that can do so many things!” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #3: Line-Ups / Value Lines. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A spread of four aces, one of each suit. Text reads, “Everyone has a deck of cards! Use this creative strategy to group learners in many different ways using playing cards.” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #7: Playing Cards. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Two side-by-side purple popsicle icons. Text reads, “Popsicle sticks are available in most dollar stores! Use this strategy to group learners up using them in many different ways.” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #6: Popsicle Sticks. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A gray laptop with three multi-colored blocks with question marks on each side displayed on the screen. Text reads, “Sometimes, you may need to generate quick, random groups! Free technology tools can make this process fast, fun, and engaging for students!” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #5: Random Group Generator. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Multi-colored people icons around a purple hand holding strings, each with the same colored hand grabbing one side of the four string ends. Text reads, “This is a fun and random way to pair up participants for an activity using string.” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #10: Grab the String. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Four multi-colored people icons, each with the same colored hand holding two different lengths of ribbon. Text reads, “This tactile grouping strategy involves different lengths of ribbon to group learners randomly.” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #9: Lengths of Ribbon. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Six multi-colored people icons that are each sitting, standing, or squatting. Text reads, “Use this active learning strategy to randomly group up learners based on their choice of movement: sit, stand, or squat.” Title: Top 10 Grouping Strategies - #8: Sit, Stand, Squat. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Multi-colored people icons around a red puzzle, each with the same colored callout and quotes they are saying to encourage teamwork. Text reads, “Encourage teamwork and collaboration, and experience reflection through team challenges!” Title: Celebrate Successes: Team Challenges. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A green playlist icon denoting three songs in a queue and three callouts with song titles pointing to each item in the playlist. Text reads, ‘Create a collaborative playlist by letting learners share songs representing their experiences and learning.’ Title: Celebrate Successes: Collaborative Playlist. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A blue card coming out of an envelope with three callouts of examples of words of encouragement to send to yourself. Text reads, ‘Encourage end-of-year reflection with a “Letter to Future You."’ Title: Celebrate Successes: Letter to Future You. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A purple calendar with one week’s worth of theme icons and three callouts of examples of what these theme days could be. Text reads, ‘Celebrate learning through creative, shared experiences with theme days!’ Title: Celebrate Successes: Theme Days. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A green laptop with a green yearbook icon on it with three callouts of examples of yearbook messages. Text reads, ‘Capture the year with a digital yearbook or video! Celebrate memories, growth, and learning together.’ Title: Celebrate Successes: Digital Yearbooks. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT A red card coming out of an envelope with three callouts of examples of appreciation messages. Text reads, ‘Spread positivity with appreciation cards that learners can take home.’ Title: Celebrate Successes: Appreciation Cards. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT List graphic displaying strategies for celebrating successes with photo props and icons. A gray party popper is transparent in the background. Text reads, ‘End the school year on a high note! Celebrate the successes of the learners and classroom.’ Title: Celebrate Successes. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Displays four different examples of Staff Superlatives. Text reads, ‘Celebrate each learner’s strengths and growth with a meaningful, unique superlative.’ Title: Celebrate Successes: Superlatives. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Green graphic showing a delivery truck with an open book and stars above it driving the truck. The bed of the truck is filled with icons for video, audio, images, and books. Text reads, ‘The tool doesn’t make the story. The story drives the tool.’ Title: Digital Storytelling: Choosing the Right Tool. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Blue graphic of an open book with sparkles and icons for music, video, images, and audio above it. Text reads, ‘Images and sound tell the story too. Visuals and media communicate meaning.’ Title: Digital Storytelling: Visual and Media Literacy. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Blue graphic with silhouettes facing each other and speech bubbles containing a book with sparkles and a light bulb. Text reads, ‘Sharing digital stories and reflecting on the process deepens learning.’ Title: Digital Storytelling: Learning Through Digital Stories. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Purple graphic of connected calendar boxes and arrows above an open book with light stars above it, representing sequencing and organization. Text reads, ‘Planning is a critical digital storytelling skill. It provides structure.’ Title: Digital Storytelling: Planning and Structure. Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Red graphic of a laptop screen displaying an open book with sparkles above it. Text reads, ‘A good digital story starts with strong storytelling!’ Title: Digital Storytelling: What Makes a Good Story? Includes eMINTS logo and branding.

ALT Three‑column graphic labeled What, So What, and Now What, with prompts and icons for reflection. Title: ‘Cooperative Learning for Reflection: What, So What, Now What?’ Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic of one red outlined figure facing a reflection in a mirror with phrases about looking back and seeing thinking clearly. Title: ‘Cooperative Learning for Reflection: Reflection Wall.’ Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic of a fortune cookie with a reflection message slip beside it. Title: ‘Cooperative Learning for Reflection: Fortune Cookie Reflection.’ Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic showing twenty red cent‑symbols equaling two dollar‑symbols, with text explaining that each word is worth ten cents in the $2 Summary strategy. Title: ‘Cooperative Learning for Reflection: $2 Summary.’ Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic of four different-colored people surrounding multi-colored puzzle pieces with icons for tools, a heart, sparkles, and a magnifying glass. Text reads: “PLNs help educators design higher‑quality lessons through collaboration.” Title: “PLNs: High‑Quality Collaboration.” Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic of a red person surrounded by icons for mobile messages, a laptop meeting, and a thumbs‑up. Text reads: “Technology enables educators to form PLNs to collaborate and network from anywhere, anytime.” Title: “PLNs: Collaborate and Network.” Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic of a green person surrounded by icons for mobile messages, a laptop meeting, and a thumbs‑up. Text reads: “Technology empowers PLNs through global online communities.” Title: “PLNs: Powered by Technology.” Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic showing two people, left one purple with a light bulb on its head and right one blue with a question mark on its head, with speech bubbles: the purple one with a growing plant and the blue one with roots. Text reads: “Authentic connections thrive through meaningful mentor and mentee relationships.” Title: “PLNs: Authentic Connections.” Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Graphic of a red person connected to icons for a notebook, heart, suitcase, video play button, and video call. Text reads: “A PLN is a community you intentionally collaborate with to support growth.” Title: “PLNs: Collaboration for Growth.” Includes eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT A red AI face graphic sending ideas toward a human head with connected nodes. Text reads ‘Humans in the loop provide the critical thinking.’ Title bar: ‘Information Literacy in the Age of AI: Human‑in‑the‑Loop.’ With eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT A purple hand holding a justice scale and a lock icon with a smiling AI face within it. Text reads ‘Ethical AI use matters, especially for learners.’ Title bar: ‘Information Literacy in the Age of AI: Ethical Use.’ With eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT A blue magnifying glass examining an AI‑generated image with sparkles. Text reads ‘Misinformation spreads fast—teach learners to spot it.’ Title bar: ‘Information Literacy in the Age of AI: Spotting Misinformation.’ With eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Green person icon imagining a lightbulb, image icon, and sparkles, with a smiling AI face nearby. Text reads ‘AI can be a powerful thought partner.’ Title bar: ‘Information Literacy in the Age of AI: AI as a Thought Partner.’ With eMINTS Professional Learning logo and branding.

ALT Blue bar titled ‘Gamification: Rewards and Reflection’ with blue icons of three figures standing on a podium labeled 1st, 2nd, and 3rd looking into a blue mirror. Text reads: ‘Rewards motivate, and reflection deepens learning. Combine both!’ eMINTS Professional Learning logo at the top.

ALT Red bar titled ‘Gamification: Storytelling and Narrative’ with red icons of a map marked with a dotted path and an X, and a stick figure holding a sword. Text reads: ‘Storytelling + gamification = engagement! Turn lessons into missions.’ eMINTS Professional Learning logo at the top.

ALT Purple bar titled ‘Gamification: Mechanics That Work’ with purple icons of a trophy card, ribbon badge, three people celebrating on a podium, and circular icons for checkmark, star, and crown. Text reads: ‘Game mechanics matter! Levels, badges, leaderboards boost motivation.’ eMINTS Professional Learning logo at the top.

ALT Green bar titled ‘Gamification: What is it?’ showing green and black icons of badges, stars, a graduation cap, a game controller, and a leaderboard. Text reads: ‘Gamification = game elements in learning! Boost engagement with points & badges.’ eMINTS Professional Learning logo at the top.

ALT Blue graphic showing DTI stage “Elaborate”: apply, extend, and reflect on learning.

ALT Gray graphic showing DTI stage “Evaluate”: assess progress and consider constraints and criteria.

ALT Green graphic showing DTI stage “Explain”: present solutions, defend designs, describe learning.

ALT Blue graphic showing DTI stage “Engineer”: design and build, gather data, refine design.

ALT Red graphic showing DTI stage “Explore”: ask questions, seek answers, narrow focus, brainstorm solutions.

ALT Purple graphic showing DTI stage “Engage”: identify a problem, make connections, learn more.

ALT Four figures on a sailboat with a speech bubble saying “Where next?”. Text: “Design Through Inquiry: Apply, Extend, and Expand.”

ALT Three figures with speech bubbles in front of a bar chart. Text: “Design Through Inquiry: Data Storytelling.”

ALT CER diagram with layers labeled Claim, Evidence, Reasoning. Text: “Design Through Inquiry: Perspective Fuels Inquiry.”

ALT Four figures around a sailboat with speech bubbles saying “I Notice…” and “I Wonder…”. Text: “Design Through Inquiry: Experience Drives Inquiry.”

ALT Tip card featuring green abstract figures around a globe with speech bubbles. Highlights how technology can support teamwork and peer feedback.

ALT Tip card showing purple checklists for both group project outcomes (“summative assessment,” “group presentation,” and “final project”) and collaboration behaviors (“supporting peers,” “listening,” “contributing). Encourages evaluating how students work together, not just what they produce.

ALT Tip card featuring six blue figures and four speech bubbles asking Who, What, How, and Why. Encourages reflection to improve classroom collaboration.

ALT Tip card featuring a red and pink umbrella with sections labeled Pause, Paraphrase, and Pose Question. Encourages shared understanding and interdependence in classrooms.

ALT Tip card from eMINTS encouraging educators to share their own OER. Features icons for creation, open licensing, and global sharing, with the title “Share Your Own!”

ALT Tip card from eMINTS explaining Creative Commons licenses for OER. Includes a table comparing CC BY and CC BY-SA, showing permissions to adapt, credit, and sell resources.

ALT Tip card from eMINTS encouraging educators to remix OER by adapting language, adding local examples, and attributing original authors. Includes icons for remixing, editing, and attribution.

ALT Tip card from eMINTS promoting fast OER searches using OASIS and MOM. Features green buttons labeled “Digital Citizenship,” “Grade 6 Science,” and “Shakespeare unit.”

ALT Tip card from eMINTS defining Open Educational Resources (OER) as free, adaptable teaching tools. Features a bookshelf with icons for books, videos, and worksheets, plus "Find," "Remix," and "Attribute" icons.

ALT Four quadrants show digital strategies for differentiation: "Literacy Across Content," "Opportunities to Respond," "Providing Feedback," and "Using AI," each with related icons. A message above encourages using digital tools to support diverse learners. A green banner reads: "Student-Inspired Instruction." Includes eMINTS logo and 2025 copyright.

ALT A student icon wearing a graduation cap is surrounded by icons for interests like sports, music, science, and gaming. The student is labeled "What?", the interests "Why?", and the full diagram "How?". Text above highlights student interest as key to engagement. A blue banner reads: "Student-Inspired Instruction." Includes eMINTS logo and 2025 copyright.

ALT Illustration of three potted flowers labeled "Readiness” for the pot, "Interest" for the stem, and "Learning Profile" for the flower. A sun shines above, and a watering can waters "Interest." Text above emphasizes that each student learns differently. A maroon banner reads: "Student-Inspired Instruction." Includes eMINTS logo and 2025 copyright.

ALT A stylized tree with purple leaves labeled "How?", a trunk labeled "What?", and roots labeled "Why?". Above it, text reads: "Each learner is different..." promoting differentiated and personalized learning. A purple banner at the bottom says: "Student-Inspired Instruction." eMINTS logo and copyright info are also included.