Planning, Preparation & Management
Planning, Preparation & Management
Planning, Preparation & Management
Track student behavior using Class Dojo or Google Sheets to see trends over time
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Planning, Preparation & Management
Explore the world with Google Earth (esp Voyager)!
Planning, Preparation & Management
Keep notes on students using Google Keep or Evernote
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Forms to create quizzes automatically (try Flubaroo for grading short answer questions)
Planning, Preparation & Management
Visit world-class museums and works of art with the Google Cultural Institute.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Give students a 5 minute tech break during longer lectures.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Engage students with a SWAT team (Students Willing to Assist in Technology) to engage more students in learning and to get help with management
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Flubaroo to grade assignments and email students their scores or use Google Form Quiz features.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Set goals collaboratively and use Goobric for peer review and teacher grading
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Use Powtoon to create a video with directions for students using one of the templates
Planning, Preparation & Management
Flip the learning! Digitize your lessons by creating short video screencasts with Explain Everything (paid), Educreations, or Screencastify and have students watch in small groups or at home to save time during class
Planning, Preparation & Management
Rethink what assignments need grades and which just need feedback. Can that feedback come from their peers? Have students share docs with each other and give meaningful feedback (dedicate a lesson or two to this!)
Planning, Preparation & Management
Post objectives in Google Classroom or other Learning Management System for students to refer to before or after class
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Classroom or other Learning Management System to easily track assignments and grades.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Create student behavior trackers using Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) and give viewing permission with parents and student
Planning, Preparation & Management
Add feedback and send grades all from one place with Google Classroom
Planning, Preparation & Management
Offer brain breaks where students can reflect on a collaborative Google Drawing
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Take a trip with Google Expeditions or Virtual Field Trips in Google’s Connected Classrooms or Skype in the Classroom
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use YouTube 360 and Streetview for user-generated VR content
Planning, Preparation & Management
Have objectives posted via Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) or CraftyText
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) as visuals to organize your lesson and embed a YouTube video of a timer in each slide to help you keep pace
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Use Newsela to find scaffolded articles for student learning
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Use Google Classroom or other Learning Management System to assign differentiated tasks to each group
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Use Google Docs (or any other cloud-based word processing tool) to create shared lesson plans with colleagues
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Use online SAMR Lesson Plan databases for idea of teaching “Above the Line”.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook to create open communication with students
Planning, Preparation & Management
Google Calendar Find a Time to determine the next available meeting time
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If the people you’re meeting with don’t use their Google Calendar, share a Doodle with them to figure out a time to meet
Planning, Preparation & Management
Teach students the importance of Creative Commons. Great resources from CommonSense Media and Google’s Be Internet Awesome
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Create a shared class calendar to allow students to input dates of sports games and other extra curricular activities that classmates and teacher might attend
Planning, Preparation & Management
Create a Google Forms check in/check out system to get immediate insight into how a student is doing
Planning, Preparation & Management
Explicitly teach students how to power search to find the information they need so they don’t need to plagiarize