Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Interactive Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) and Google Docs for note taking
Engagement
Use YouTube timer or Slides speaker notes timer during talking points
Engagement
Offer brain breaks where students can reflect on a collaborative Google Drawing
Engagement
Use Revision History to observe participation of students in collaborative tasks
Engagement
Use a Breakout EDU activity to have students moving, collaborating, and problem solving
Engagement
Give students time to reflect on their learning by creating a screencast using Explain Everything (paid) or Educreations (free)
Engagement
Use Padlet or GoFormative for collecting questions, ideas, and comments during a lesson
Engagement
Video a class discussion or find a discussion on YouTube or Teaching Channel and have students watch and critique
Engagement
Use Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook to create open communication with students
Engagement
Use Google Drawings, Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool), or Canva to create powerful images
Engagement
Use Google Sites or SeeSaw to create digital portfolios to show student growth
Engagement
Create student discussion on a Google Doc (or other cloud-based word processor) or in Google Classroom, or in Hangouts
Engagement
Use a template from Google Docs or create a template with Google Slides to email weekly newsletters to parents
Engagement
Use Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook so students can still access the day’s learning and resources
Engagement
Create web-based, collaborative videos with YouTube Editor or WeVideo
Engagement
Use Voice Typing in Google Docs to have a parent or student speak in their native language
Engagement
Shared Google Doc or OneNote Class Notebook with class notes to capture work that has been done
Engagement
Use timers and track work progress in Google Sheets using charts to document progress
Engagement
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.
Engagement
Begin each class with Poll Everywhere or Kahoot to build excitement.
Engagement
Utilize social media (class or individual accounts) to connect the curriculum to the real world (ie: students can: tag an author in a tweet linking the blog p ost the student wrote about the author’s book, email their state representative to share their thinking on certain issues they are studying, write a book review on Goodreads.com, etc.)
Engagement
Use a Learning Management System like Google Classroom to create online dialogue and other avenues of participation
Engagement
Give students their own blog with Blogger and the ability to receive comments from outside the classroom
Engagement
Create a badging system to celebrate student achievements and motivate continued progress
Engagement
Start your day off with A Google a Day or Google Feud to build perseverance and solid search skills.