The Microsoft Teams Playbook: Your Guide to Creating an Empowered Classroom

Great Teaching + Good Relationships + Relevant Technology Integration = an Empowered Classroom

What do classrooms look like when students are empowered with learning opportunities that stretch them to be their personal best?

Purpose—Lessons are intentionally designed to make learning accessible and relevant.
Opportunity—Students have opportunities for agency and ownership of learning.
Willing—Teachers are willing to evaluate what isn’t working and make changes as needed.
Engage—Educators use tools, like Microsoft Teams, to engage all learners.
Relationships—Putting students first builds relationships that enable them to thrive.

In The Microsoft Teams Playbook, edtech experts and coauthors Jeni Long and Salleé Clark (hosts of The #Jenallee Show) provide a coach’s manual for creating empowered classrooms. Using Microsoft Teams as a multifaceted hub and integrating other powerful edtech tools, the authors guide teachers to foster learning opportunities that are accessible and equitable for all students.

With video conferencing, coauthoring capabilities, accessibility tools, file sharing, partner apps, and more, Microsoft Teams equips educators to create an environment rich in communication, collaboration, and learning opportunities. As the authors share their passion and wealth of experience as Microsoft Innovative Educators (MIEs), you will . . .

• Learn how to leverage the power of technology to create an equal playing field for students.
• Explore best practices for utilizing Microsoft Teams in a blended learning environment.
• Discover ideas for integrating Microsoft Teams partner applications in your lesson design.

With 70+ lesson ideas using apps you know and your students love, The Microsoft Teams Playbook equips you to create an empowered classroom today!

“The Microsoft Teams Playbook is just that: a book that empowers teachers to be their own classroom coaches while also giving them practical Microsoft tools to empower the learning of their students.” —Carl Hooker, educational consultant and strategist

“If you are committed to making your classroom accessible for all students, The Microsoft Teams Playbook provides practical, actionable advice to make an impact throughout the school year.” —Monica Burns, EdD, author of EdTech Essentials