Effective online teaching is similar to in classroom teaching in more ways than you might think. Below are a series of resources and examples of best teaching practices for the entirely online classroom. Use what works best for you and remember almost anything you do in a classroom can be modified for online with similar, if not better, results.

Access Google Classroom from your Google Apps and easily create assignments and resources for students. Below are several videos to help you create and get started with your Google Class.

IMPORTANT NOTE: One of the best things you can do is create a dummy student account so you can play with it from both the student and teacher side.

Ideally, students would sign in to their computer with their school Google Account separate from personal accounts.

They can also get a lot of emails from GC, depending on the settings; these settings can be changed.

Creating a Weekly Checklist:

Use Google Classroom and Google Slides to help your students plan out their weekly schedules. This is perfect for weekly homeroom meetings!

Extended Writing Assignments:

Use Google Classroom to break down an essay or other writing project for students. Includes how to screen for plagiarism.

Google Classroom Sample Live Lessons & Activities

Use the information below to login to our sample Google Classroom and view lesson setup from the student view. Contact your department chair to gain teacher view access.

Class Link: https://classroom.google.com/c/Njk4MDE1MzA1NjRa

Class Code: iwesbjz

Middle School Language Arts Sample Live Session: Selecting an Argument Topic

Reading Log

Selecting an Argument Topic (embedded in course material)

Gathering Argument Information

Middle School Science 7 Lesson: Food Chains and Food Webs

Middle School Science 8 Lesson: Light and Sound Waves

Middle School Social Studies 7 Sample Live Session: Famous Figures of the Renaissance

Middle School Social Studies 8 Sample Live Session: Abolitionists

Screen Cast recorders, such as Screencastify and Screencast-O-Matic, allow you to easily and quickly create screen casts to walk students through assignment directions, provide feedback on errors, and support different learning modalities. Screen casts are great for asynchronous communication, especially when students email about assignments.

Asynchronous Math Lessons Using Screen Casts

Pre-recorded math lessons using screen casts and digital white boards to provide lesson instruction for flipped/ asynchronous learning.

Using the iPEVO Document Camera for Tutoring

Demonstrates how to use a Document Camera (iPEVO) to walk students through sample lessons and quiz questions for tutoring. Can be done synchronously with students in your room or asynchronously and either posted in Google Classroom as a resource or emailed out.

Sample Lesson/Tutoring Videos:

Elementary Parent Resources

Provides an overview of how parents can support elementary students at home with online learning.

How to set up a work space at home

How to create a daily routine and schedule:

Sample Schedule

Sample Weekly Schedule

New Family Steps for Success

Apps for Teachers

• Bubbl.us-a free brainstorming tool that can be exported as an image or share it via a link.

• www.teachertube.com-free safe educational video community for teachers, students and parents arranged by subject or searchable by topic.

• Quizstar-Quizlet makes studying seem more like fun, and not like boring school work.

• http://www.teachersnotebook.com/-search by grade level, school subject, resource type, or by price for activities, assessments, bulletin board things, clip art, games, lesson plans, novel study, printable, unit plans, word walls and worksheets. Free to $10 and up

• http://www.teachers-tools.com- bulletin board ideas, games and toys, children's literature, student recognition, organization tools, and other supplies

• Wordle -give students a subject and have them create a wordle for free by putting down all the words they know that are associated with that subject

• http://classjump.com/-Free websites for teachers.

• http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/- free classroom resources for teachers like lesson plans, games, and puzzles.

Apps for Students

• Stories.audible.com-hundreds of titles completely free, offer a screen-free option, ages 0-18

• Virtual Fieldtrips- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/preview?fbclid=IwAR3xF9zyRUemfEyVeHildF1A6o-oP7CQTb4AwGkVk4-ym4T8OradXg29A2I

• Kahoot- game-based online teaching tools

• Learn Zillion-free curriculum resources targeted to the common core standards

• Khan Academy- free, video-based online teaching tool that categorizes videos based on learning objectives

• Jeopardy Labs-digital game-based online teaching tools

• Study Jams-a collection of over 200 interactive math and science videos

• Flocabulary-hip hop songs/videos to teach students various skills and strategies

• BrainPop-engaging, high-quality videos for K-12 students

• Just Paste.It-online sharing app

• Quizlet-online teaching tool that lends itself to making vocabulary cards and reviewing information

• Hoopla-virtual library full of digital content-audio books, music, ebooks, movies-a student needs a library card to gain access

• Jamboard - collaborative whiteboard

Other Helpful Tools

We asked our teachers for some of their most useful tips, tricks, and programs, and this is what they responded:

Jing

• • • Download Link: https://www.techsmith.com/jing-tool.html

    • This is an awesome tool that allows you to easy take screenshots, add text, and record short clips. It is a huge time saver when sending snapshots of progress to students and parents. It has become a daily tool for many teachers!

Fireshot

• • • Download from the Chrome App Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/take-webpage-screenshots/mcbpblocgmgfnpjjppndjkmgjaogfceg?hl=en

    • Screen capture tool. Quickly capture whole pages and snippets from your browser window.

Read Aloud

• • • Download from the Chrome App Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spee/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp?hl=en

    • This tool reads aloud any web page or PDF open in a browser window for students. All students need to do is add the app to their browser and then hit the microphone to read the text on the screen. Encourage students to use it with reading PDFs in their courses.

Screencastify

• • • Download Link: https://www.screencastify.com/

    • This tool allows you to record video clips, and it is added as a Chrome extension. In fact, we used it several time in this training! If many of your students are struggling with something, like entering activities in their logs, you can do a quick video to send to them. It saves the video in your google drive, and you just have to make it public and share with your students. Very easy!

4K Video Downloader

• • • Download Link: https://www.4kdownload.com/

    • Ever want to easily download videos from YouTube? This is the perfect tool for you! Just copy the link, paste it in the app, and it will download the clip in whatever format you select.

Bitmoji

• • • Download Link: https://www.bitmoji.com/

    • We don't know why, but students love seeing these in our emails! It brings a little more of a personal touch. Feel free to create your own character, add the bitmoji to your Google Chrome bar, and use it in your emails to families. It also is a fun way to add a "sticker" to student work.