NOW is the time to take a look at Workbench. It's STEM based lessons can easily be assigned right from Google Classroom. Build, find, customize, and share standards-aligned lessons for your classroom- all for free (forever!). THisone lends itself really well to remote learning! Checkout our how-to document to get started.
Why are we requiring parents to print things off at home for their kids assignments? A few thoughts and ideas...
I was asked this question today (Monday). It was hard for me to answer. Realize many people no longer have printers at home. If they do have a printer, sometimes it's harder to print from a Chromebook. I just want to give teachers a heads-up, because you may be getting that same pushback. You may want to look for online sites/activities that do not require printing. Maybe interactive activities pushed out via Google Classroom and collected back via Google Classroom??? (You may get some ideas from our K-2 Templates section in Google Drive.) Also, if you push out PDF worksheets in Classroom... students can mark them up and return them via classroom as long as they are using the IOS or Android Classroom app.
Google changed the name of "Add to my Drive" to shortcuts. More info here: Create pointers to any file or folder in Google Drive with shortcuts, (Thanks to Nate for catching this one.)
QUICK TIP - Remember you can use appointment slots from Google Calendar to meet with small groups.
The new version of Chrome (Ver. 81) is adding Tab Groups. One headline read... Google Just Gave Millions Of Users A Reason To Keep Chrome. Not sure it's that big, but it is a great new feature.
- You must be running the current version of Chrome. (Ver. 81) (How to update Chrome.)
- The more tabs you have open, the slower your device will run and more it taxes your Internet so this might be a great feature for you.
How about starting a lesson with a mystery picture? Another great tip from Tony V.
Hot off the Press - Google Meet is now in Classroom!
Thanks to Gault for catching this one rightway!
Loom would be one of our top 10 tools for teachers to use for remote learning. And now it's FREE!
"If you are looking for a meaningful assignment that you can give students while we are all stuck at home, consider doing a 'living through history' assignment." Checkout more info/ideas here.
A few remote resource tips with Google Classroom, Meet and Chrome.
ROYALTY FREE MUSIC by BENSOUND - is a great resource is you are looking for music to add to projects and videos.
At OnlineLearningIdeas.com, we gather the best ideas being shared around the web by educators. We link to them all in one place so you don't have to search. It's run by Matt Miller from Ditch That Textbook and Holly Clark from The Infused Classroom.
Loom is one of the best for recording screens, doing talking head demos, and more. They are giving away the pro features to teachers forever! (Yes, no crack dealer here to get you hooked... No 90 day trial...they are giving it away to teachers for free forever!)
- Click here for the verification process details. This is a permanent change moving forward. <--All staff and students should do this!
- Take advantage of the opportunity to get a powerful application!
We do have this one in our Staff Covid Resources doc, but wanted to make sure all teachers have seen this and grab this deal. (Ask Matt Rosenau about this deal - this tool rocks!)
More Internet options for families.
The Holland Church reached out to us as an option for students/families. It sounds like they have several students utilizing their Internet and facilities during this time. I have added their contact information into our Parent’s Guide and Tech Help for Covid-19 situation document. (As always, feel free to share this with families/students.
Padlet is one of the top tools for remote learning and especially the K-5 teachers.
Padlet has been around for years and is an awesome free tool. It allows boards to be viewed and edited easily. One comment from a Lynne at ESU 6 was that elementary students love using it and teachers have loved using it with remote learning.
They will be clearing out your bank accounts, watching you on your webcam, listening to you on your computer, watching your security cameras... and more! Kind of scary.
I know this sounds like fearmongering, but if you keep clicking on Phishing emails these are things that could happen to you. Phishing attacks are worse now and the bad guys are using the Covid-19 to get you to click on things!
Our last month's Phishing campaign still had 4% of you clicking on links! We can do better! Be careful and do not click on phishing emails!
Miscellaneous tech tips and tools:
E-Learning Digital Resources by Content Area
These are NDE's vetted instructional materials for e-learning, so it is intended to serve as a compendium of quality instructional materials for classroom teachers to use for remote instruction. (Thanks to Brenda Tracy for sharing this resource!)
Checkout this Glide App - A ton of E-Learning resources put together by educators. (You also get to see how you could create your own Glide App for resources.) (Thanks to Lynne Herr at ESU6 for sharing this great resource.)
FlipGrid is one of our favorite tools and it rocks for remote learning! Checkout the Remote Learning with Flipgrid Guide to get started.
And one more Zoom update - surprise, surprise. But, it's a nice feature.
Zoom has added a button to quickly lock the meeting, enable waiting rooms, block screen share, block chat, and block renaming users. (you can easily turn these off and on as needed within the meeting. (Like screen sharing, etc...)
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