May 2020
Google Updates
Google Updates
Asynchronous Learning
Asynchronous Learning
What is Screen recording and why should I use one? Screen recording tools are great for asynchronous learning. Using these tools makes it easy to show and explain information visually. For example, you can open a Google Slide presentation and record yourself explaining the information and share this through a variety of GSuite applications, including Google Classroom. Google Slides also has a closed captioning feature for video and audio support.
What Short Video Clips should be used for?
- A morning meet announcement
- Demonstration of how to solve a difficult problem
- Reading a book or a read aloud
- Your expectations for the week
- Your expectations for a project
- Direct instruction or a short lecture (long lectures are likely useless; do a series of short ones)
- Providing tips and reminders of material that has already been presented
- Giving assistance with how to use new digital platforms
What shouldn’t Short Video Clips be used for?
- Items that require real-time interaction with students.
Synchronous Learning
Synchronous Learning
What could Google Meet with students be used for?
- Academic guidance counseling
- Meetings between class advisors and class officers
- Technology support/troubleshooting problems
- Homeroom / X-Block advising in small groups to support students need to navigate remote learning skills
- Scheduling teacher office hours for students to get help with assignments and/or check in with their teacher (perhaps with a shared spreadsheet)
- Individual virtual meeting with students with educators and staff to check on students’ well-being or to review feedback on student work
- Educator supervised interest-based peer groups, such as a book club, drawing workshop, or sing-along group
- Counselor-facilitated peer support groups organized around a common need
- Group Work / Check ins
- Ensuring supports and scaffolds for students with special accommodations (e.g. English learners, IEPS, 504)
- Student presentations from project-based learning