Google Classroom: Post assignments, announcements, links, and more for kids. Students can get in the habit each morning (make their lunch choice, turn in homework, and check Google Classroom). Post announcements each day with your agenda, any needed links/resources, and even have the kids answer a question. Students can turn in assignments, post comments (if you allow), and monitor their complete/incomplete work. Grading can be done in app, individual feedback can be given, and grades can be downloaded for easy entry into TAC. Post instructions, provide help, and stay in contact with your students when you’re off campus at PD or other reasons.

Resident Tech Expert: This bulletin board template can be used to encourage students taking over the troubleshooting and teaching of different resources. Can send out a Google Form to kids, or keep ongoing notes of which kids do well with which apps/websites. Place an index card under each app/website where you can write student names to indicate the tech expert for each resource. When a student in the classroom runs into trouble or has a question about that app/website they can use the bulletin board to find the expert and go directly to that expert for help. **Also helpful if other teachers are interested in those resources or will be using them in their class and want student helpers.

Lunch Choice: Students bookmark the link to the Google Form so that it is easily accessible in the mornings. Teacher will clear responses each day in order to accurately count lunch choices for each following day. Each week, teacher will replace image with the new lunch menu for the week. *If you need to know what each kid ordered, add a required question at the beginning that includes student name, and choose to create a spreadsheet with responses in the response settings.

Parent Questionnaire: Create quick and easy surveys/questionnaires for parents and students. Back to school night is a great opportunity to get information on your students before you get to know them. You can use the forms for conference sign ups, pre/post-conference feedback, volunteer opportunities, class parties, RSVPs for after school events, etc.

Class Goal Monitoring/Social Contract Rating: Monitor and set class goals or social contract ratings. Every Monday, kids can choose a couple of things from the social contract that they think they could work on. Put a couple of the suggestions into a Google Form and allow students to vote on the goal for the week. Check in with them throughout the week to monitor progress (can use another Google Form for feedback). If they achieve their goal by Friday they earn 20 minutes of free Tech Time, or any chosen reward.

Substitute Reflections: Students can complete a substitute reflection when you return from an absence (makes for good morning work). The form can be shared in Google Classroom each time you return. You can have students come up with the questions they think you should ask them upon your return. The form can be anonymous or not based on the types of questions you ask . You can reflect on some of the questions as a group, and address behavior issues that were mentioned in the reflection.

Digital Independent Work: Create forms to substitute for worksheets, responses, independent work. You can embed videos, pictures, and links within the form in order to create a more interactive experience. Send the form out in Google Classroom as an announcement or assignment. You can use forms as a checkpoint in a project/assignment, requiring students to complete a form before starting the next part of a project/assignment. This is also a great way to incorporate a midpoint check-in with students to monitor progress on an assignment that may take several days. Using a form allows for easier, faster grading.

**Tips:

-First question in the form should be student name, and should be a required question.

-Respond to the form with the correct answers for a quick answer key.

-Allow students to submit only 1 response.

-Give them the right to edit their response. This allows students to finish incomplete work at a later time within the same form or correct their work after grading. (Don’t require every question, so that they may submit the form with incomplete answers)

Google Drawing: Create and use templates for students, including venn diagrams, flowcharts, and other graphic organizers. Students can link websites, videos, or import pictures into graphic organizers. Students can also use Google Drawing to create/copy anchor charts, take notes, label maps, brainstorm, and more.

Science Notebook: Students can keep a digital science notebook in Google Slides. Teacher creates a master copy and gives students viewing only rights. Teacher adds each assignment to new slides using text, tables, links, etc. Students can go into the Teacher’s notebook and copy the slides for the assignment and paste them into their own notebook. (Holding down shift allows you to select multiple slides to copy) Students can then edit those slides in their own notebook to complete assignment. Students are able to insert videos, pictures, labels, links, etc. Students can create hyperlinks in their Table of Contents to take the viewer to the specific slide for each assignment.

→ Type date and title of assignment on Table of Contents→ Highlight the date and title of that assignment→ Control K→ Slides in this Presentation→ Select slide needed→ Apply.