ABS Students? Classroom Android App to the Rescue

 I don't know about you, but when I am taking attendance in eSD I often see a splash or two (or 6) of red.

Not even the "Google Queen" has all of her items available for digital distribution.  

#paperhappens

Then, there is nothing worse than spending your entire prep making that one paper worksheet or note outline accessible for the one or two students who were unable to be in class.

1:1 Chromebooks have given us a quick life-saver solution to this problem through the use of the Google Classroom Android App.

On the taskbar of student Chromebooks, you will notice 2 similar icons for Google Classroom. 

SMASD Ts and Ss alike are most familiar with the Chrome web browser version of Classroom. Based on its ease of use, I still strongly recommend this version for daily teaching and learning. 

One benefit of the Android App is the ability to annotate a PDF assignment. This may be perfect for those now-and-again scenarios when you have one or two students absent. 

Annotation tools are also great for showing your work in math and as an accessibility option for students with special needs!

Check out the video (appropriate for teachers and students) to see how a student can use the pen, marker, and highlighter tools in the app to complete their notes or exercises when absent.

Want more information on what the Google Classroom Android App has to offer? Check out this blogpost by fellow Google Trainer Eric Curts. In this post, he covers in detail ways for teachers to use the Android App (on phones or Chromebooks) to: 

• markup student work with a digital pen
• quickly add videos and images from your phone to Classroom posts
• adjust your notification settings

Getting annotated PDF attachments of Docs or Slides when you want the students to edit the file directly?  Students are accidentally using the app instead of the browser. Look at this throwback post to see what I mean. 

Finding other ways to make the most of the Google Classroom Andriod App? Share below!

Take a Tour of SMASD's ADP:

 

#TeacherConfessions:  I rarely log in to ADP.  

Before now, ADP to me was that place where teachers could enter in hours for covering a class on their prep or doing extra duties outside of the school day. No hours to enter = No logging into ADP

But there is so much more...

Last week I had the chance to sit with Carrie Saline and take a tour of ADP!  We had a mutually eye-opening experience, as she had never seen the user side.  Meanwhile, I had no idea what was available to me on my portal.

Take a tour with me in the following screencast to see where to access things like: 

• Paystubs
• Entering and Editing Timecards
• Our Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Federal, State & Local Updates
• Investments
• Beneficiaries
• Salary & Step (Myself > Company Property)
• Hire Date

Need a quick how-to for entering & editing hourly pay? Click HERE

I personally do not get email notifications for my paystubs, company policy acknowledgments, or new announcements. However, I hear that some employees do.  Carrie is working on ensuring that we all are notified of these posts and can have quick access via a link in an email notification. 

What have you found to be useful in ADP?  What else would you like to have access to through the portal? 

Comment Below!