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March Madness - EdTech & the 4Cs

After a long winter's nap, the TechSpot is back just in time for March Madness! 

SMAHS & SMAMS Teachers are invited to join in on the voting to see which application comes out on top. Click HERE to get started

Make more room to interact with Google Slides

We teachers still love ActivInspire for manipulating slides and making them interactive.  However, now that we are 1:1, more and more SMASD teachers taking advantage of Google Slides. 

• Automatically save in Google Drive 
• Access from anywhere
• Send copies to students
• Have students work together 

Despite its perks, the surrounding filmstrip and speaker notes made for less than ideal workable space around the slide. 

To combat this, some of us #GoDutch Teachers were using the FullScreen Interactive Google Slides Chrome Extension.  It did the job, yet was cumbersome and not immediately available for students.

Now Google has added the ability to hide the filmstrip, which has made more space for everyone! 

Under VIEW > Uncheck "Show FilmStrip" 

to give you and your students more room to work!

                    

Need even more room?  

Under the same VIEW menu > uncheck > Show Speaker Notes & go Full Screen. 

For those who have never used Google Slides for Manipulatives, here are some ideas:

Market Template by Slides Mania for Counting Money

Counting Practice by Teaching Mama

Magnetic Poetry from Control Alt Achieve

Sending Birthday Wishes Class Discussion by Sra. T

Need more examples or a video explanation?  

Check out this video by fellow Google Trainer Eric Curts. 

Test Read-Alouds for ANY Student!

It's test day!  

            You have made your copies. 

            You have separated your desks. 

            You have fast-finisher activities ready to go.

But then.....

You forgot to schedule support staff to read your test to your population of students who need that scaffold! 

Never fear! Our 1:1 environment can help!

Technology can not only serve as a substitute but can also improve the read-aloud experience for students. Students can hear the directions and questions they need, as many times as they need them, all in your voice. 

Mrs. Deflippi recently had success using Classkick to assist with her Math 8 exam read alouds. With a Chromebook and a set of earbuds, any student was able to take advantage of the scaffold!

Not familiar with Classkick?  - Don't worry! There are many other options available.

Check out THIS VIDEO or the presentation below to see how you can have an audio recording ready to go for any of your upcoming tests or quizzes.

What options have you tried? Comment below to share out with your colleagues! 

Need help your first time around?  jtamburlin.youcanbook.me 

Middle School Teachers:  See get help with Tech Assisted Read Alouds during this year's Tech or Treat! See your "stall" news for details.

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!

Make the Most Out of Wordwall.

See the video below or click HERE for just the slides to see how you can leverage Wordwall. 

Do you have any favorite Wordwall activities that you have created or discovered? 

Add the link in the comments below to provide examples in different content areas for your #GoDutch colleagues!