Engaging Students and Families During Remote Learning - GTP116
05/04/20 • 40 min
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Google News and Updates
- New features for Google Sites: Templates, announcement banners, and access for children with Google Accounts
- New sharing dialog for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms
- Maps that bring us closer, even when we're apart
- The science of why remote meetings don't feel the same
- Google Meet premium video meetings—free for everyone
Featured Content
- “Family” gatherings of older student mentors and students
- Family Game night with classes/teachers
- Padlet/Flipgrid where people could put affirmations and celebrations
- Facebook group for teachers
- Informal coffee talks
- Birthday party for a teacher/student in a parking lot with social distancing
- Scavenger hunt - collect items, spell out mascot name with items and post pictures
- Would you rather? - discussion on Google Classroom, in person, or asynchronous
- Learn a TikTok dance
- What are you learning at home?
- Interview a family member
- Virtual guests and virtual field trips
- Pixel art
- Virtual greeting cards on Google Drawings
- Make a creative stop-motion animation
- Virtual Learning Ideas
Resources Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
- Tracey Dranttel (North Carolina) -- Email
- Pat Goolsby (Georgia) -- Voicemail
- Clay Smith (Twitter)
On The Blogs
- Matt:
- Remote Learning 101: FREE online course
- 20 ways to use Pear Deck to engage students
- Webinar: Use student-paced mode in Pear Deck
- Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources Page
- Kasey:
- FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides
- Leading Through Crisis and Beyond for Teachers and Educational Leaders
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Google News and Updates
- New features for Google Sites: Templates, announcement banners, and access for children with Google Accounts
- New sharing dialog for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms
- Maps that bring us closer, even when we're apart
- The science of why remote meetings don't feel the same
- Google Meet premium video meetings—free for everyone
Featured Content
- “Family” gatherings of older student mentors and students
- Family Game night with classes/teachers
- Padlet/Flipgrid where people could put affirmations and celebrations
- Facebook group for teachers
- Informal coffee talks
- Birthday party for a teacher/student in a parking lot with social distancing
- Scavenger hunt - collect items, spell out mascot name with items and post pictures
- Would you rather? - discussion on Google Classroom, in person, or asynchronous
- Learn a TikTok dance
- What are you learning at home?
- Interview a family member
- Virtual guests and virtual field trips
- Pixel art
- Virtual greeting cards on Google Drawings
- Make a creative stop-motion animation
- Virtual Learning Ideas
Resources Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
- Tracey Dranttel (North Carolina) -- Email
- Pat Goolsby (Georgia) -- Voicemail
- Clay Smith (Twitter)
On The Blogs
- Matt:
- Remote Learning 101: FREE online course
- 20 ways to use Pear Deck to engage students
- Webinar: Use student-paced mode in Pear Deck
- Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources Page
- Kasey:
- FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides
- Leading Through Crisis and Beyond for Teachers and Educational Leaders
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Using Google Tools to Connect with Students - GTP115
Google News and Updates
- Present high-quality video and audio in Google Meet
- See up to 16 Google Meet participants at once with a tiled layout
- Start or join a Google Meet video meeting directly from Gmail
- Explore new sites, relive old hikes for National Park Week (Arts & Culture)
Featured Content
Using Google Tools to Connect with Students
- Encourage connectedness
- Good morning videos
- Office Hours/Check-ins: Keep interactions light-hearted when possible. Try having a joke of the day, funny video of the day, or playing a game.
- Trackers - from Lisa Johnson
- Google Forms Attendance and Check-in: How are you doing? How do you feel?
- Online safety/Digital Citizenship - Applied Digital Skills
- Using Google Classroom posts and comments to support conversations and connection
Google Slides: give students a prompt and have them respond with webcam pics
Have them teach something non-school curriculum through pictures
Google Form (or a non-graded Google Classroom assignment): Asking “how are you doing” and following up with them via email or Google Classroom private comments
Connect outside tools to Google Classroom:
- Flipgrid for student check-ins, for fun prompts, to share their pets, etc.
- Pear Deck has SEL slides ... put them in student-paced mode to be accessed any time
Fun Google Meet video call ideas (13-20 in graphic below has some fun stuff)
Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
Melissa Burns (South Carolina)
Anonymous Voicemail
On The Blogs
- Matt:
- Use Explore Explain Apply to plan remote learning lessons
- 10 online whiteboard options for remote learning
- Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources
- 70 elearning activities, templates and tutorials
- Kasey:
- FREE Google Templates
- Google Classroom FAQ
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Next Episode
Using Google To Tech Like A Pirate - GTP117
Google News and Updates
- To every teacher, thank you times infinity
- New Google Lens features to help you be more productive at home
- Kids can learn at home with Read Along by Google
- Make at-home learning more fun with 3D and AR in Search
Featured Content
Want to do Tech Like a Pirate stuff?
Website: TechLikeaPirate.com
What’s the focus of the book? (Using tech to create an experience, make learning memorable) “Don’t just teach a lesson. Create an experience!”
Is there research that supports doing activities that are fun? (Shawn Achor productivity, neuroscience study, National Institute for Play ongoing studies)
What are the ways to Tech Like a Pirate?
- Social media and apps
- Video
- Games
- Collaboration
- Images
- Exploration
- Global communication
Can these be used with Google tools? And remote learning?
- Social media and apps: Instagram/Snapchat/Twitter templates in Slides
- Video: In video calls/pre-recorded video: What’s the lens you see the video through? (news anchor, on the scenes TV reporter, reality game show, horror movie, etc.)
- Global communication: Inviting virtual guests, adding virtual field trips to video calls
- Exploration: giving students flexibility in what they research/find info (and where they find it)
- Collaboration: Shared Google Slides
Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
Renee Johnson (California)
Steve Scaysbrook (United Kingdom)
On The Blogs
- Matt:
- Tech Like a PIRATE: 10 things you’ll find in the book
- Tech Like a PIRATE resources page
- Kasey:
- FREE Access to Fluency Tutor
- Remote Learning Resources
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