Follow along with this year's Twelve Days of Teacher Tech.
A new bulb (tech tip) will appear on the tree every day until it is all lit up!
Start by clicking on bulb #1. Try out the tip. Then email Jen T screenshot evidence!
Particpants will receive Techmas Goodies and be entered in for a prize!!!
Hey There ActivPanel Teachers!
Want to go wireless with your device?
Want to have students project from their Chromebooks to share with the class their findings, and discoveries?
With a recent update the panels have a new screenshare app that works with the Promethean Screen Share Chrome Extension.
Anyone with a Chromebook can mirror their screen wirelessly to the ActivPanel.
Pinning is super-popular in our tech world. Pinterest, pinning tabs on our browser, and pinning posts on our Twitter feeds help to keep what is important in reach.
Seesaw in September rolled out their version of a pinning feature which will keep a post at the top of the Journal or the Activiies tab.
Some popular ideas for elementary pinning are:
Today we aren't talking about these one-liners...
I changed my password to "incorrect". So whenever I forget what it is the computer will say "Your password is incorrect".
My email password has been hacked. That's the third time I've had to rename the cat.
My mom said that if I don't get off my computer and do my homework she'll slam my head on the keyboard, but I think she's jokinfjreoiwjrtwe4to8rkljreun8f4ny84c8y4t58lym4wawt4mylt4amlathn...
CAPS LOCK – Preventing Login Since 1980.
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Instead, we are going to put a twist on a post from earlier this year, "I love Google Classroom Rubrics" .
As teachers we are fans of using rubrics for efficient grading and feedback. However, we can sometimes cringe at the thought of developing them.
What if I told you that not every rubric had to be 5 columns by 5 rows?
Google Classroom Rubrics can be one-liners! Quickly assess the "little" things while staying consistent with point values. By adapting this one-liner rubric, you will save time "counting errors" and quickly communicate to the student if he/she is on the right track. You will also have more time for the real-specific, personalized feedback that they need.
Check out this rubric I made for some quick "I can" checks in Google Classroom!
It is 5 option multiple choice that quickly lets me assign the grade of "0" "60" "B" "A" or "100%"
Make a copy of the one-liner rubric HERE. Make your changes in Google Sheets, then add the rubric to a new or existsing Google Classroom Assignment. + Rubric > Import from Sheets
The three dots are magical!
Anytime you see 3 dots you know that awesome options are just a click away!
The 3 dots on Google Classroom posts lead you to a menu with the option to
It is now one and a half years after our first "I have a worksheet... now what?" post.
Back in May of 2019 we spoke of formatting Google Docs with textboxes for responses, using Google Forms as well as leveraging Add-Ons Such as Alice Keeler's Pull Table for digital worksheet completion.
Earlier that year we also looked into ClassKick which provided a way for students to draw on top of PDFs and access a toolbar with text, scribble and audio recording features.
Wizer.me made its debut to the TechSpot in 2017 creating a more interactive experience for the student, but with perhaps more upfront work for the teacher.
Remote learning heightened our awareness and increased the need for taking our paper tasks and enabling their access digitally. Previous mentioned methods became more popular, and Google Slides allowed us to create backgrounds with our activities and have students respond on top.
Here in today's TechTuesday, instead of just introducing TeacherMade, I decided to take a paper worksheet that I had given my students this week as a pre-reading activity and put it to the test of 4 top digital worksheet tools.
You can view the Google Slides presentation alone to see some screenshots of my results and/or follow along with me as I test each one in the Loom recording:
