If you work in education, there is a very good chance that you have attended your fair share of parent/teacher conferences. Throughout my 12 years in education, I have attended dozens upon dozens of parent/teacher conferences. These meetings are so important for students. The more communication that can occur between all stakeholders, the more likely… Read More Student-Led Parent/Teacher Conferences
A couple of weeks ago, I assisted in a Google Level 1 bootcamp in Los Angeles. At the end of the first day, the attendees were challenged to “breakout” of a Digital BreakoutEDU game created by Mari Venturino. As a part of this breakout, they were required to input words into a Google Sheet. When they… Read More Automated Vocabulary Practice with Google Sheets
In this week’s #OneNewThing, I am excited to share about A Google a Day. I was introduced to this game by Kate Petty while helping with a bootcamp earlier this week. It was one of those times where I thought, “Wait – how have I never heard of this?!” A Google a Day is an online game… Read More #OneNewThing: A Google a Day
Group projects – you either love them or hate them, right? As a student, I absolutely hated group projects. I was one of the nerdy kids that was always striving for an A and felt like I was put into groups with people that did not care as much as I did. Therefore, I ended… Read More Creating Accountability in Group Projects with Google Forms
Google Forms has been one of my favorite assessment tools as a classroom teacher. Primarily, I use Google Forms for lesson practices, mastery quizzes, and skill assessments. These are assessments where students will receive immediate feedback on their progress – which is perfect because many of these questions are very “Level 1”. These types of… Read More Creating Assessments with Google Forms
As a Math teacher, Google Forms has become one of my favorite GSuite tools to use in my classroom. Although I use Google Forms in a variety of ways, one the main ways it is used is to provide skill practice for students. That’s right – my students still practice math skills! As I’ve said… Read More Combine Google Forms with FormRecycler
Without a doubt, EdPuzzle has become one of the most used and important educational tools within my classroom. EdPuzzle is a website where teachers can create or find videos to share with their students. Once you pick a video, you can add questions to check for understanding, trim the video, and add notes/comments. In addition… Read More Instant Flipped Lessons with the EdPuzzle Extension
Are you interested in creating custom certificates that are automatically emailed to your students? Then Certify’Em is the add-on for you! Certify’Em is an “add-on for Google Quizzes that extends the functionality of quizzes by allowing you to send a certificate when someone passes, and keep certification records.” Here are some potential student uses: Classroom… Read More Google Forms + Certify’Em = Custom Certificates for Students!
While Google Slides is my most used GSuite app, Google Forms is a close second. I have used Google Forms in a variety of ways over the years, such as: Creating assignments and assessments for students. Creating a system for peer to peer feedback with immediate results. Creating self-assessments for educators. Creating and delivering surveys… Read More Response Validation with Google Forms
As I’ve mentioned before, I cannot say enough good things about the Mouse Create program in which our Spartan Tech Squad students are participating this year. One of their favorite parts of the program is participating in the monthly Microprojects where they are given a project to complete and submit this project to compete on… Read More Choose Your Own Adventure: A Javascript HyperDoc
