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Instructional Strategies

Instructional Strategies

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Ask students to respond using visuals with Google Drawings, Canva, PicMonkey, or Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool)

Instructional Strategies

Ask students to respond using visuals with Google Drawings, Canva, PicMonkey, or Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool)

Google Drawing
Canva

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PicMonkey
Model and teach quality presentation techniques with little text on slides and large, meaningful images.

Instructional Strategies

Model and teach quality presentation techniques with little text on slides and large, meaningful images.

Quality Presentation Techniques

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Invite an expert from the field into your classroom Find someone in Skype in the Classroom or Nepris

Instructional Strategies

Invite an expert from the field into your classroom Find someone in Skype in the Classroom or Nepris

Skype in the Classroom
Nepris

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Expose your students to some of the finest works of art with Google Cultural Institute

Instructional Strategies

Expose your students to some of the finest works of art with Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute

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Teach students the importance of Creative Commons. Great resources from Google’s Be Internet Awesome

Instructional Strategies

Teach students the importance of Creative Commons. Great resources from Google’s Be Internet Awesome

Creative Commons
Be Internet Awesome

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Have students respond orally in the foreign language to a prompt using Flipgrid

Instructional Strategies

Have students respond orally in the foreign language to a prompt using Flipgrid

Flipgrid

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Use Google Forms with short videos and questions to learn at student pace

Instructional Strategies

Use Google Forms with short videos and questions to learn at student pace

Google Forms

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Start your day off with A Google a Day or Google Feud to build perseverance and solid search skills

Instructional Strategies

Start your day off with A Google a Day or Google Feud to build perseverance and solid search skills

A Google a Day
Google Feud

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Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) to have students create step by step directions for games and sports

Instructional Strategies

Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) to have students create step by step directions for games and sports

Google Slides

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Use Cast for Education to project directions for whole group while teaching small group

Instructional Strategies

Use Cast for Education to project directions for whole group while teaching small group

Cast for Education

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Use QR codes on student work in the hallway to see more information about their project

Instructional Strategies

Use QR codes on student work in the hallway to see more information about their project

QR Codes

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Use Google Forms to track data before and after an activity

Instructional Strategies

Use Google Forms to track data before and after an activity

Google Forms

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Use Google Trends to investigate search trends by region

Instructional Strategies

Use Google Trends to investigate search trends by region

Google Trends

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Empathize with characters by going on a Google Lit Trip! Students can also create their own using Tour Builder

Instructional Strategies

Empathize with characters by going on a Google Lit Trip! Students can also create their own using Tour Builder

Google Lit Trip
Tour Builder

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Have students create their own map with text, images and videos in MyMaps.

Instructional Strategies

Have students create their own map with text, images and videos in MyMaps.

MyMaps

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Ask students to sketchnote their ideas or a lesson to build synthesis of information

Instructional Strategies

Ask students to sketchnote their ideas or a lesson to build synthesis of information

Sketchnote

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Use timers and track work progress in Google Sheets using charts to document progress

Instructional Strategies

Use timers and track work progress in Google Sheets using charts to document progress

Google Sheets

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Give students time to respond in a Learning Management System like Google Classroom, Edmodo, or Schoology or in a Google Form before having a discussion

Instructional Strategies

Give students time to respond in a Learning Management System like Google Classroom, Edmodo, or Schoology or in a Google Form before having a discussion

Google Classroom
Edmodo

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Schoology
Teach students the C.A.R.P. design principles.

Instructional Strategies

Teach students the C.A.R.P. design principles.

C.A.R.P. Design Principles

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Create web-based, collaborative videos with YouTube Editor or WeVideo

Instructional Strategies

Create web-based, collaborative videos with YouTube Editor or WeVideo

YouTube Editor
WeVideo

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Make student thinking visible by creating a screencast with Explain Everything ( paid) or Educreations (free)

Instructional Strategies

Make student thinking visible by creating a screencast with Explain Everything ( paid) or Educreations (free)

Explain Everything
Educreations

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Use Powtoon to create a video with directions for students using one of the templates

Instructional Strategies

Use Powtoon to create a video with directions for students using one of the templates

Powtoon

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Use geteach.com to build side by side maps with multiple layers

Instructional Strategies

Use geteach.com to build side by side maps with multiple layers

geteach.com

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Create Slack channels for curated student discussion

Instructional Strategies

Create Slack channels for curated student discussion

Slack

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Give students their own blog with Blogger and the ability to receive comments from outside the classroom

Instructional Strategies

Give students their own blog with Blogger and the ability to receive comments from outside the classroom

Blogger

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Use Google Sites or SeeSaw to create digital portfolios to show student growth

Instructional Strategies

Use Google Sites or SeeSaw to create digital portfolios to show student growth

Google Sites
SeeSaw

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Flip the learning! Digitize your lessons by creating short video screencasts with Explain Everything (paid), Educreations, or Screencastify and have students watch in small groups or at home to save time during class

Instructional Strategies

Flip the learning! Digitize your lessons by creating short video screencasts with Explain Everything (paid), Educreations, or Screencastify and have students watch in small groups or at home to save time during class

Explain Everything
Educreations

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Screencastify
Newsela creates articles that can be presented at multiple lexile levels for differentiation

Instructional Strategies

Newsela creates articles that can be presented at multiple lexile levels for differentiation

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