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Learn basic and advanced skills across Google tools with free online training courses designed for educators of all levels.
Learn basic and advanced skills across Google tools with free online training courses designed for educators of all levels.
The Teacher Center will allow you to:
The Teacher Center will allow you to:
- Take both basic and advanced courses on different elements of the Google Suite for Education for FREE(Classroom, Forms, Sites, etc).
- Become officially certified as a Google Level 1 or 2 educator, or become G-Suite certified at a cost to you between $10 and $37 dollars, depending on certification.
- Become a certified Google Trainer.
Google Classroom Resources
Google Classroom Resources
Instructors should consider using "Week of" topic designations instead of "section titles" as topic designations when assigning work on Google Classroom. For example, if a students were to learn about Linear Inequalities and Systems of Linear Equations in the same week, it might be better to just label all work concerning both under "Week of 12/1/2020 Assignments" as sometimes it gets confusing where to find things on Google Classroom for students.
Stephen Sarsano -CHS
"I feel that teachers should all be using Google Classroom as their home-base and they each need to develop a clear routine for how they introduce topics and outline assignments to their students on a weekly basis. "
"When grading assignments on google classroom, teachers are able to create a 'comment bank' - which saved me a tremendous amount of time, especially when I was providing similar feedback to several students. I think a lot of teachers would find this small tip extremely helpful! "
Megan Graziano -CHS
We would be overwhelming our students (and ourselves!) if we tried to do EVERYTHING we would in the classroom each day with our students. While content needs to be covered, we must get creative in doing so. Leapfrogging educational outcomes and chunking similar topics is a great way of doing so. Here is an article that speaks to it well: How Can We “Leapfrog” Educational Outcomes?
Stephen Sarsano -CHS
"Edit the Google Classroom stream preferences to remove posts about new assignments (so that it only shows your announcements). Many of my students were missing important announcements because their streams were crowded with assignment postings. Showing only the announcements made it much easier to review daily announcements. "
"Use the Multiple Choice Question feature in Google Classroom to post the weekly schedule/hyperdoc. Have students select an answer option to confirm that they reviewed the week’s assignments and understand it, or that they are confused/have questions/need help. I encouraged students to leave a private or public comment to ask their questions, but if they didn’t I knew that I had to reach out to that student to clarify the assignments or provide assistance. I found this easier than a Google Form since it allowed for more of a dialogue between the students and me, and it kept the conversation in one place. "
Michelle Telofski - CHS
Using Google Sites to Create Units and Lessons
Using Google Sites to Create Units and Lessons
Untitled: Aug 21, 2020 9:14 AM.webmGoogle Forms for Assessment
Google Forms for Assessment
TIPS:
First Question must always be: LAST NAME, FIRST NAME as Forms will only pick up the students email which is their ID number.
After all your students have taken the assessment, turn off the setting that allows students to take the assessment one time. This will allow for easy retakes.
Google Chrome Extensions
Google Chrome Extensions
Extensions are a great tool but one thing that we need to understand is that they cannot always be relied upon. We saw this last spring with the Grid-View extension. The Google Suite is constantly updating and sometimes extensions have to be redesigned by the developers and then re-downloaded by the users. This can cause headaches for teachers and students.
Extensions are a great tool but one thing that we need to understand is that they cannot always be relied upon. We saw this last spring with the Grid-View extension. The Google Suite is constantly updating and sometimes extensions have to be redesigned by the developers and then re-downloaded by the users. This can cause headaches for teachers and students.
When it comes to Google Chrome Extensions, do your research. There are tutorials all over the internet and YouTube on how to use them effectively. Also, doing a simple search of useful Chrome Extensions for teachers will yield impressive results. These extensions are some of the most popular but are also just a small snapshot of what is out there.
When it comes to Google Chrome Extensions, do your research. There are tutorials all over the internet and YouTube on how to use them effectively. Also, doing a simple search of useful Chrome Extensions for teachers will yield impressive results. These extensions are some of the most popular but are also just a small snapshot of what is out there.
"I found myself copying-and-pasting a lot of text throughout distance learning, and found the Clipboard History Pro extension to be very helpful. It saves the most recent 150 pieces of text that you copied in a drop down icon in your at the top of your browser. This made commenting on students’ work much faster and easier. "
Michelle Telofski - CHS
"I also found Screencastify Screen Video Recorder to be a helpful way to introduce my students to the topic/assignments for each week. I would begin by showing them how to get to the reading and providing an overview of that week's topic and then I would walk them through their online lab/project for the week. Students found this helpful, especially when I would point out specific tips or tricks to help them during the assignments. I would post these videos in my weekly assignment posting each Monday morning and they would be instructed to watch that video first. "
Megan Graziano -CHS
The above attendance extension allows you to record which students attended, when they arrived and how long they stayed with all of the information displayed in a tidy HTML report.
On Pear Deck- "There is both a free and premium(paid) version available. While the premium is better, the free version is good."Matthew Stuart -CHS
Useful Websites
Useful Websites
"www.ck12.org is a fantastic free online textbook where teachers & students can easily create accounts. Teachers can create classes and it works great with google classroom. It covers just about all subject areas and grade levels. Teachers are able to assign specific topics to students, which each include readings (modified at various levels), videos, interactive activities, etc. There are also assessments embedded within each lesson to ensure student understanding - students can retake these assessments multiple times (if you allow them to), scores are automatically calculated, history of assessment scores and # of attempts is all stored and easily accessed by teachers. I found it to be very teacher friendly and I received a ton of great feedback from my students regarding this resource."
Megan Graziano -CHS
Venngage is a free tool that allows students to create professional looking, informative, eye-catching infographics.
"Defined Learning, which our district has a subscription for, is an online resource that has TONS of PBL projects for students centered around real-life careers/situations. The projects are very easy to search through, modify, assign, and grade. There are projects focused on Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts. This is a fantastic tool for upping our high-level thinking/instruction game during distance-learning. These projects can be assigned to individual students OR groups of students (a great way to incorporate collaborative learning during a time where that will be more difficult)."
Megan Graziano -CHS
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Google's Applied Digital Skills: has lessons and videos from organizing your Google Drive to creating brochures and resumes. Teachers can assign the lessons through Google Classroom as they are, or could browse the lessons to get inspiration!
Regina Borriello -CHS
The Archive: Past Tech Tips
The Archive: Past Tech Tips
Tech Tip of the Week : Oct 26
Tech Tip of the Week : Oct 26
Kami Merge Tools
Kami Merge Tools
Kami Merge Tool.mp4Security w/ Google Forms
Security w/ Google Forms
Google Forms Security.mp4Create a Jeopardy Game on Flippity
Create a Jeopardy Game on Flippity
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Google Forms for Quarterlies & Google Forms Limiter
Google Forms Security.mp4Form Limiter.mp4Google Meet Parent Conferences
Google Meet Parent Conferences
Google Meet- Parent Conferences.mp4Google Updates February
Google Updates February
February GC Updates.mp4Elevate your Google Search Skills
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7x7 Tile ViewPolls and Quizzes
Polls and Quizzes
Polls and Quizzes w/ Google MeetGoogle Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth Primer.webmPortfolios
Portfolios
Portfolio.webmGoogle Meet Update
Google Camera Updates.webmCleaning up your Google Classroom
Cleaning up your Google Classroom
Google Classroom Clean Up.mp4Canned Response in Gmail
Canned ResponsesGoogle Meet Updates
Google Meet Update PreviewGoogle Meet Attendance
Google Meet Attendance
Attendance w/ Google MeetJamboard in Google Meets
Jamboard in Google Meets
Jamboard w/ Google Meet IntegrationDigitize Written Materials
Digitize Written Materials
Digitize Handwritten NotesFree Microsoft Office.mp4Closed Captions
Closed Captions
Closed Captions.mp4Google Updates
Google Updates
March Meet Updates.mp4Page updated
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