Ever wonder what your students see in Google Classroom? This session will allow you to connect the dots by providing a side-by-side look at the teacher and student views! Google Classroom features to be explored include: joining a classroom, classwork posts and student work submissions, rubrics, & whole class and public comments.

April 20, 2020 (Levi)

In this session we will cover private and public comments, creating and using a comment bank for assignments, using suggestion mode, returning work to students, and posting individually.

April 30, 2020 (Chris)

How to enter Google Drive, upload, organize, and search files, auto convert to Google format and check formatting, the different file type icons and what they allow the user to do, and how to change a Microsoft file to Google

Recorded April 24, 2020 (Peri)

Sharing and permissions (types,what each type means, permissions sunset), shared drives, shared with me/recent/starred menu options, details/document activity, thumbnail/list view, and remove quick access

April 1, 2020 (Chris)

Adding new slide, layouts, inserting elements (pictures, tables, videos, etc.), resizing elements, moving elements, using alignment lines, themes, presenting, sharing slideshow, and inserting audio

March 31, 2020 (Peri)

Explore function, adding slide #’s, transitions & animations, diagrams/charts, publish on the web, change background to not be editable, presenter mode notes & upcoming slides, show how to link directly to a specific slide, white out/black out screen, adding additional fonts, Google Slides app, and printing handouts

March 31, 2020 (Peri)

Virtual classroom considerations: choosing a location in your house, setting norms, mandated reporting

Creating your Meet room: getting to Hangouts Meet, creating a nickname for your meeting, sharing your meeting URL (google classroom, email, google calendar event), inviting people during a meeting

Host settings: muting a participant, removing a participant, recording a meeting, finding videos of your previously recorded meetings

Participant settings (including host): muting audio, turning on/off camera, turning on captions, pinning a participant, chat, screen layouts, switching cameras (if available), using a phone for audio

Presenting: protecting student data, sharing a window, sharing the entire screen, stopping presentation

April 6, 2020 (Levi)

Google Meet doesn't have all of the features of Zoom, but some of them can be re-created! This session will model how to simulate Zoom Breakout rooms for synchronous small group activities like stations, jigsaws, or differentiated/leveled instruction.

May 18, 2020 (Levi)

Keeping your Zoom meeting room safe sometimes requires the management of participants, and managing your participants will help keep your Zoom meeting safe. In this video, we will walk through basic safety and participant management settings and abilities in Zoom, such as enabling the waiting room, removing participants, locking meetings, muting/unmuting participants, renaming participants,
enabling host/co-host controls, and more.

Ensemble Link (Kristin Edwards)
Google Drive Link (Kristin Edwards)

In this video, we will walk through the steps to set up different kinds of Zoom meetings: recurring meetings (such as MWF classes, Weekly/Monthly Staff Meetings, etc.), “one and done” meetings (such as a Parent Conferences), and open-ended meetings (such as Office Hours, etc.).

Ensemble Link (Kristin Edwards)
Google Drive Link (Kristen Edwards)

Do you need some free tools to use to convert and split PDFs, create MP3 sound files, and create MP4 screencasts. The sites we will use do not require logins; however, you should not use any PII in files when you use these sites.

Recorded May 14, 2020 (Peri)

Book Creator has been an mobile app for many years, but it is now available using Google Chrome! Learn how to create your own ebooks using Book Creator and how to curate student items into a shared library.

Coming Soon!

Explore how you can support learning for all students through differentiation of your content. Learn about ways to seek out, create, and share content that can support multiple learning styles.

April 28, 2020 (Adam)

Explore how you can support learning for all students through differentiation of your product and process. Learn about ways to build choice, help students navigate the new digital learning process, and support increased empowerment of student work

April 29, 2020 (Adam)

In this session, you will learn how to model and support appropriate digital behavior in the online world. Explore ways to keep students safe, help them build a solid digital footprint, and how to foster good "netiquette".

April 13th (Adam)

This session will cover the basics of utilizing EdPuzzle for online instruction. EdPuzzle integrates assessment questions within videos. If you have previously paused videos while teaching to ask your students a question, this would be an effective way to substitute or augment your instruction digitally. EdPuzzle will provide impactful instruction using YouTube or other videos you create, giving you the ability to garner instant feedback and the ability to send students “back” to find the answer and digitally “reteach”.

March 31, 2020 (Adam)

Edulastic is a digital assessment tool that is similar in style to the NYS assessments and contains 30+ question types that you can create as well as over 250k pre-made questions.

In this session we will cover creating a class, logging students in, creating assessments from scratch, creating answerable PDF assessments, previewing assessments, assigning assessments to students, viewing results.

April 15, 2020 (Chris)

How to access GoGuardian, creating a class, adding students and other adults, starting and scheduling sessions, using Scenes to block websites, class controls, and viewing reports

April 3, 2020 (Chris)

Use this interactive Iorad tutorial to see the features of the admin landing in GoGuardian.

April 8, 2020 (Chris)

Don't start from scratch! Learn where to find awesome resources that you can use as templates in Google Drawings. This includes diagrams, outlines, interactive, and much more.

Recorded May 29, 2020 (Peri)

Kami is a PDF & document annotation app that can be used on laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets. We will explore how to integrate this with Google Drive & Google Classroom to use with your students. (Use of this program in your district will require your school to have EdLaw 2-D paperwork in place for compliance.)

May 6, 2020 (Peri)

Creating and finding courses, adding others to your course, creating and removing posts, creating folders, student completion, finding deleted items, reviewing student submissions, linking courses together, saving to resources

March 27, 2020 (Chris)

Explore ways for you to digitally organize your email, Google Drive, and other digital resources. Master the art of the search, and learn how you can reduce digital clutter. Don’t be a digital hoarder, be a digital organizer!

May 7, 2020 (Adam)

Discover various ways that you can incorporate digital media in the classroom. How can you use graphics, visuals, screenshots, screencasts, and more to promote impactful learning? Don't reinvent your instruction, give it some new digital rims! This workshop will focus on the integration of digital media, rather than the utilization of digital media as a project for student assessment.

April 6, 2020 (Adam)

WeVideo is a wonderful editor for video recordings. We will demonstrate how to edit videos, add background music and narrations, add transitions, and how to export your video. (Use of this program in your district will require your school to have EdLaw 2-D paperwork in place for compliance. Also, the demonstration will be shown using a paid account.)

May 6, 2020 (Peri)

Now that we've done basic video editing in WeVideo,
let's look at some of the bells and whistles that appear in
some of the menus. We will look at Using callouts, Pan and Zoom Animations, Tinkering with default colours, Colour keying, Video speed, (Chromakey)/Green Screen, Changing Sound Levels, Special Effects, and Themes.

May 19, 2020 (Peri)