A Sampling of Past Sessions Continued BREAKOUT SESSION
STRAND FOCUS
Google Drive, Docs and Slides - (Beyond Basics) Come and learn the more advanced features of Google Docs, Google Drive, and Google Slides. Learn about how to use the explore tab, less known features for both apps, add-ons for productivity for teachers and students and walk away with lessons and ideas you can use tomorrow!
GSuite, Intermediate
G Suite: Jamboard Are you wondering how to get your students working together? Using manipulatives? Are you wanting to work 1:1 with students and get them to show their work in Math or Science? If so, Jamboard is the collaborative whiteboard tool for you! Jamboard’s interactive whiteboard directly into Google Classroom and can be used for free. Join us and discover everything that Jamboard can bring to your new virtual classroom.
Jamboard, GSuite
Screencastify In this session, learn all about the Chrome extension, Screencastify. Learn how to record lectures, capture your screen for instructional purposes, collaborate with colleagues, and how to further student learning through the use of this vital extension.
Video, K12
EdPuzzle for Distance Learning EdPuzzle allows you to add interactive questions into videos and track student progress as they work through them. Upload videos from YouTube, or even better, create your own videos and post them on EdPuzzle for effective asynchronous delivery of content. In this session, we’ll walk through a brief overview of setting up EdPuzzle, best practices for online use (including how to record your own videos on Screencastify), and Q & A.
Video, Assessment
Communication and Feedback Clear communication and authentic collaboration have never been more important. We’ll dig into best practices, strategies, and tools to better communicate and collaborate in an online environment. We’ll overview a curated shortlist of ideas to address challenges and get hands-on with a couple of strategies/tools you can use for feedback as well. Focus tools will include Google Forms, Google Classroom, and other digital assessment tools.
GSuite, Communication
Top Tips and Tools to Deliver Engaging Lessons Virtually There are a lot of tech tools, tips, and resources out there that you can use to deliver lessons virtually. It’s great to have options, but it’s also very overwhelming. So, we’ve pulled together our top 5 tools to use to deliver engaging virtual lessons and we’re walking you through how to use all of them.
Universal Lesson Design, Engagement