EfficienTEACH= Teach Better + Home Sooner
EfficienTEACH= Teach Better + Home Sooner
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This term was coined by Matt Miller, author of "Ditch that Textbook" to describe a continued effort to help teachers save time for what matters most and to lighten the ever increasing load on teachers and prevent teacher burnout. Matt is currently crowdsourcing ideas from teachers across the country. He will eventually publish a book of these tips, but I wanted to share some really great ideas with you in today's newsletter.
What is the goal of this work? To help teachers, plain and simple. Matt is focusing on these areas:
What research and brain science tell us that work effectively and efficiently in learning
What teachers say has worked in the classroom
What technology can do to simplify and streamline our work
Grading Google Docs Worksheets: Save Time and Energy!
Grading Google Docs Worksheets: Save Time and Energy!
If you've ever assigned a Google Doc worksheet, I'm sure you feel my pain when I talk about the time consuming process of grading them. It takes forever. Whether you are double clicking every student document to open it, or flipping back and forth in the Google Classroom's grading window, it seems like there should be a better way.
I've converted some documents to Google Forms, but it's not always the best option for the task I had envisioned, so I proceed with the Google Doc worksheet and deal with the pain of grading it. Today, I re-discovered a simple tool for grading all of the Google Docs I had assigned this week. It made my grading and feedback loop SO MUCH EASIER. I knew I had to share it with all of you.
- Step 1: Assign your Google Doc worksheet in Google Classroom.
- Step 3: In your new spreadsheet, click on "Extensions" at the top and wait for "Pull the Paragraph" to show up. It might take a moment. Click on it, and then choose "Authorize." You'll need to allow the extension to run using your Google Account. Click Pull the Paragraph again from the extensions menu, and click "Sidebar."
- Step 4: In the sidebar, you'll see the instructions. I recommend returning all of the work submitted just prior to this step, otherwise you will appear as the owner of your student's work. Click "Choose a folder" and navigate to the Google Classroom folder that contains your documents.
The script will run, and in moments you'll have a one page view of ALL of your student work in that assignment! Check out the example below to see what it looks like in practice.
The script will run, and in moments you'll have a one page view of ALL of your student work in that assignment! Check out the example below to see what it looks like in practice.
Pull the Paragraph for Grading Google Docs.webmThe add on will essentially pull each paragraph from a student's document into it's own cell in the spreadsheet. It even gives you a space to leave feedback on each student's work. You can choose if that feedback is returned to the top of the document, or emailed individually to each student. All of this happens in just a few clicks. It's SO much easier than grading with comments in Google Docs, or even in the grading window in Google Classroom.
The add on will essentially pull each paragraph from a student's document into it's own cell in the spreadsheet. It even gives you a space to leave feedback on each student's work. You can choose if that feedback is returned to the top of the document, or emailed individually to each student. All of this happens in just a few clicks. It's SO much easier than grading with comments in Google Docs, or even in the grading window in Google Classroom.
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