Want to put content on a Jamboard that students cannot move or alter? Check out the Insert image feature. Here is a short video demonstration.
In this blog post from Mandy Froehlich, she provides suggestions on integrating SEL opportunities in daily classroom activities.
When I’ve shared a Google document with someone and then made changes, I don’t often think to notify them of the changes. Alice Keeler has some good suggestions in her blog post here on how using email can smooth the process. (You need to have shared the document first before you can access the email collaborators option). Please see her post here.
I used Google Sites to host the resources- but you could share content in any Google tools (i.e., docs, slides, sheets).
Up until this point, there has not been an easy way to permit a student to go back to a form. Alice Keeler comes to the rescue with her code that automatically builds a spreadsheet and saves the link needed for the student to reopen their form.
Matt Miller published these Escape Rooms (both in Google Sites and Microsoft Sway) late last month- I shared them around Thanksgiving. This is another post to remind you of the Christmas, Hanukkah, and Holidays Around the World rooms. Everything you need (including the clues for the keys) is here.
OK, they are not real dice - but this gameboard Google Slides from Alice Keeler would be perfect for virtual and hybrid learning. From her colorful board (with game pieces) to the Dice and her quick tutorial on using the Slide Master as an editing tool- this is worth your time. Please see the blog post (with directions and video) here.
Many of you may be familiar with the Spotlight on Strategies (SOS) from DE. These are techniques to integrate technology in your classroom.
Shelly Kakouris (from my DEN friends group on Facebook) recently shared this slide deck with 15 SOS with a digital flair. Each one contains both the teacher's directions as well as a slide you could use for your students. The link is here.
Most folks know how to turn a form on or off- but what if you only want certain students to be able to access the form? That’s where form passwords enter the picture.
From this week pro tech tips:
To eliminate pop ups in YouTube ad go full screen:
Catherine Zank shared her YouTube tip (and she says it helps reduce the lag)
If you add: _popup after the word watch in the URL it will remove all the other videos on the side as well as ads and put it in full screen.
To eliminate the videos on the side and go full screen:
Pam Gunter shares this tip to eliminate the ads in YouTube videos:
I saw in School Librarians Workshop on FB the other day a post from Shannon McClintock Miller about this new hack. Simply insert a - (minus sign) between the t and u in the URL of any Yout-ube video and it removes the ads.
Sarah Kiefer recently shared an informative blog post (and a Google slide deck) with suggestions on how you could have paperwork submitted online. It provides a template where students can insert a photo- and she even has a slide that explains that process! In this digital journal, she provides additional slides as well as instructional slides for the students.
Looking for a quick way to provide an SEL option for your students or perhaps an exit ticket at the end of a lesson? And if you are doing this hybrid or all remote, you know how efficient you must be.
Six-word stories (Link for non-Discovery Education accounts -DE users can search after logging in) provides a quick way to obtain feedback from every student in a timely manner. It is a tool that helps students to summarize. Special thanks to Wandalyn Jones (SC) for her suggestion at the Discovery Education Virt-Con.
I have to admit, when I saw this reference to an improv game (that could be adapted for online school), my first thought was “isn't this a song?” Guess that’s what happens when you listen to Glenn Miller, have been in a high school band, or watch old movies! But this String of Pearls is an interactive storytelling exercise. Please click here to see the video. And if you need a little Glenn Miller, click here!
In her blog post, Alice Keeler shares her ideas for using sections in forms. Not only does it allow you to break up questions into pages, but it si also useful when you are changing the flow of a form. While answers can send people to other areas, it can only send them to another Section (and not another question). I try to clearly label my sections to make this process easier! Please see her post here.
Shared from Meredith Pisaeno (3rd Grade- Truman)
When doing a Google search, how often have you opened a link- realized it is not what you want, and then use the back arrow to go back to the original search? Or you could use the Ctrl key to select what you want to view in a new tab.
