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Setting Up Google Classroom

This video walks you through setting up your first Google Classroom, the main features you'll be using, and some tips and tricks. You will learn how to:

Create a classroom
Share messages
Create assignments
Create class questions
Add materials
Organize content
And more!

If you have any follow questions, please reach out to me by e-mail.

You can also add students and guardians directly to your classes, rather than sending out codes and relying on students to enter them. Jump to 47 seconds in for the tutorial on how.

The Questions tool is a useful option to create quick formative assessments with your class. It can also function as an attendance tool by functioning as a digital "do now" or a direct "Respond to this for your attendance to be recorded." prompt. All answers are time- and date-stamped.

This guide teaches you how to adjust e-mail notifications from your Google Classrooms, including how to stop all notifications or just receive them for specific events or classes.

Getting Started with Google Meet

This series of videos will walk you through creating your first Google Meet session, connecting them to Google Classroom, and creating Calendar events.

General Resources

cK12 provides free online digital textbooks that cover all core classroom content. Specific pages can be linked to for supplementary content.

Khan Academy provides online videos on nearly every academic subject. Use the search bar at the top to find videos to share with your class.

AmazingEducationalResources.com is hosting a list of hundreds of services currently free to support remote learning.

OER offers a large range of free lesson plans and resources. Filter results by grade level, topic, and standards.

Assessment Tools

Flipgrid is a phone-friendly tool where teachers and students post messages in video form. A teacher can create a board where students respond to a prompt or discussion question through video.

Tutorial here.

Quizziz is an at-your-own-pace Kahoot. Students are not racing against each other in the moment but their performance over the length of the assignment. Integrates with Google classroom.

Tutorial here.

Quizlet is an expansive online flash card tool that let's students practice with and create flash card sets that they can use in a variety of ways.

Not free. 30 day trial and $35 annually after that.

Tutorial here.

Google Forms can create quick and easy quizzes or open response prompts that integrate very easily with Google Classroom.

Tutorial here.

Reference Tools

GALE in Context - Middle School provides reference information on over 400 school-related and high interest topics. It is available for free during the C-19 pandemic.

EBSCO is an online database that can connect students with a variety of sources, including newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals and encyclopedias.

Please check your e-mail for login information. It is okay to post these in your Google Classrooms.

FactCite is an online curriculum-oriented database offering articles on a range of school topics.

Please check your e-mail for login information. It is okay to post these in your Google Classrooms.

World Book Online is the digital edition of the World Book encyclopedia series.

Please check your e-mail for login information. It is okay to post these in your Google Classrooms.

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