Using Google To Tech Like A Pirate - GTP117
05/11/20 • 42 min
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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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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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Engaging Students and Families During Remote Learning - GTP116
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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Next Episode
Ending the Year Remotely with Google - GTP118
Google News and Updates
- Keep tabs on your tabs in Google Chrome
- Google Meet is here to host your video meetings, for free
- New ways Google Duo helps make time together more special
Featured Content
Google Classroom and Drive cleanup for the EOY
- https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/google-classroom-cleanup-tips-for-the-end-of-the-year/
- https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/13-tips-to-organize-your-google-drive/
From the previous episode 88:
- Return all work, grade it if you need to
- Archive Classes
- Clean-up Folders in Drive
- Create new folders for the things you want to keep and move things over
- Create a folder for exemplary work
- Do NOT Delete the Classroom Folder
- Do NOT Delete from Shared with Me
- Delete Old Class Calendars
- Reflect on your Google Classroom practices, collaborate with others for ideas
A check-out form that admins could sign digitally / students and parents / returning equipment
Doing last Google Meet calls with students
- Fun things to do during Google Meet calls (Kahoot/Gimkit, scavenger hunts, virtual field trips with Google Earth, etc.)
How to Create a Google Classroom Template (for next year)
Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
Debbie Thymianos (Henderson, NV)
Philip Trott (Bermuda)
- Keyword Blog RSS feed
- Keyword Blog education RSS feed
- RSS reader: Feedly
- RSS feed to email via IFTTT
- Email subscription to G Suite Updates
- Google Edu Newsletter
On The Blogs
- Matt:
- Tech Like a PIRATE is OUT! Get the paperback/Kindle here.
- FREE Tech Like a PIRATE resources page
- Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources Page
- Kasey:
- Remote Learning Resources
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