'Participating in online discussion will open doors for students who wouldn’t normally speak up in class and help them develop written and verbal skills while giving opportunities for reciprocal feedback between students and the teacher.
Activity
Review the Unit 10: Give Students a Voice> Drive Student Discussion Inside and Outside the Classroom
Complete the lesson check at the bottom of the page.
Practice! Create a meet via your Gmail app, Calendar or via Meet and invite another person.
'When students produce for the public - be it peers, family, or the rest of the world - they want it to be good. Accessing an audience outside the classroom can provide authenticity to student’s work and Google tools deliver an easy way to engage any audience.'
Review Unit 10: Give Students a Voice> Help Students Publish Work Online
Complete the lesson check at the bottom of the page.
Practice! Open your blog and write a post on how you might be able to help your students create authentic 'published' works online,
'The next lesson will look at how students can impact the world outside their school. We’ll look at how they can shape their own experience in school, and how Google tools can support them through the process.'
Review Unit 10: Give Students a Voice> Help Students Shape Their Own School Experiences
Complete the lesson check
'In this lesson you will explore some ideas on how students can use Google tools to solve community problems and help improve their world.'
Review Unit 10: Give Students a Voice> Solve Community Problems Using Online Tools
Complete the Lesson Check at the bottom of the page.
Google Forms can be used to create questionnaires and collect feedback from a large number of participants. In this activity you need to gather anonymous input from your community.
Create a form titled 'Community Survey'
Add three questions
Do you think seniors should be able to have a 'flexible schedule?' (multiple choice)
What do you think the benefits are? (open response)
What do you think the drawbacks are? (open response
Make sure anyone can access the form
Only 1 response per person
Edit the confirmation message with this text 'Thank you for your input!'
Send the form via email from the form to 'communityreps@amtechnology.org'