Planning, Preparation & Management
Planning, Preparation & Management
Planning, Preparation & Management
Track student behavior using Class Dojo or Google Sheets to see trends over time
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Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook to create open communication with students
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Create a Google Forms check in/check out system to get immediate insight into how a student is doing
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Padlet to allow students to leave comments and feedback
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Create a shared class calendar to allow students to input dates of sports games and other extra curricular activities that classmates and teacher might attend
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use GeoGuessr or other games to incorporate fun competition.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Docs (or any other cloud-based word processing tool) to create shared lesson plans with colleagues
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use online SAMR Lesson Plan databases for idea of teaching “Above the Line”.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Enable offline access in Google Drive so students can work without internet connection.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook so absent students can still access the day’s learning and resources
Planning, Preparation & Management
Record lessons with Screencastify, YouTube Live, or Facebook Live (using a professional, not personal, account) and post links in Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook for review
Planning, Preparation & Management
Have students create shared class notes with Google Docs (or other cloud-based word processing tools)
Planning, Preparation & Management
Google Classroom allows students to see work that they have missed.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Begin each class with Poll Everywhere or Kahoot to build excitement
Planning, Preparation & Management
Monitor behavior and give positive incentives with Class Dojo
Planning, Preparation & Management
Create a badging system to celebrate student achievements and motivate continued progress
Planning, Preparation & Management
Teach students the importance of Creative Commons. Great resources from CommonSense Media and Google’s Be Internet Awesome
Planning, Preparation & Management
Explicitly teach students how to power search to find the information they need so they don’t need to plagiarize
Planning, Preparation & Management
Google Calendar Find a Time to determine the next available meeting time
Planning, Preparation & Management
If the people you’re meeting with don’t use their Google Calendar, share a Doodle with them to figure out a time to meet
Planning, Preparation & Management
Appointment Slots to create times for people to sign up to meet
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) as visuals to organize your lesson and embed a YouTube video of a timer in each slide to help you keep pace
Planning, Preparation & Management
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
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Forms to create quizzes automatically (try Flubaroo for grading short answer questions)
Planning, Preparation & Management
Add feedback and send grades all from one place with Google Classroom
Planning, Preparation & Management
Rethink what assignments need grades and which just need feedback. Can that feedback come from their peers? Have students share docs with each other and give meaningful feedback (dedicate a lesson or two to this!)
Planning, Preparation & Management
Set goals collaboratively and use Goobric for peer review and teacher grading
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Offer brain breaks where students can reflect on a collaborative Google Drawing
Planning, Preparation & Management
Give students a 5 minute tech break during longer lectures.
Planning, Preparation & Management
Use Google Classroom or other Learning Management System to easily track assignments and grades.
