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Training & Remote Learning Resources

Training available through SSoM:
  • Remote Learning with G-Suite - how to use Google Forms, Sheets, Docs/Hyperdocs, Slides, YouTube, Hangouts, and more to engage with and assess distance learners
  • Remote Learning Resources - a quick intro to 20+ tools, apps, and extensions to make remote learning more effective and encourage engagement in the traditional classroom environment. 
  • Intro to Google Classroom - for first-time users new to GC
  • Google Classroom Refresh and Update - for those using GC who want to use it more productively with information on what’s new and improved 
Each training is approximately 1 hour long and conducted online or in person by Sabrina Holland, Google Certified Educator Levels I and II.

Other Remote Learning Resources

  • Google Classroom - Education platform that enhances both remote and traditional classroom approaches. Uses a central dashboard and feed; intuitive and easy-to-use for teachers, students, and parents. 
  • Zoom - free conferencing. Great for presenting material. 
  • Google Hangouts - great for meeting with smaller groups
  • Socrative - quick digital discussions/quizzes with immediate feedback. 
  • Padlet - digital projects. Students compile images, info, sounds, etc. and submit digitally. 
  • Google Forms - for quizzes and assessment. 
  • Hyperdocs - Create a doc to guide students through a lesson; include images, links, discussion prompts, etc. 
  • WeVideo - students can collaborate on video projects and submit responses/projects. 
  • Explain Everything - not free, but collaborative digital whiteboard. 
  • Flipgrid - students can submit short, video responses. 
  • Screencastify - teachers can record their screen with audio. 
  • EdPuzzle - turns any video into a lesson; you can add questions, discussion prompts, etc. and see if and when students are engaging. 
  • Quizlet - use pre-made quizzes or your own material for formative assessments students enjoy.
  • Kahoot - real-time quiz/game for multiple choice and true/false questions. Quick and easy to set up and use. (now offering free access to Kahoot Premium - see here)

Google ​Chrome Extensions to Assist Teachers with Online Learning:
  • Share to Classroom - Share any website to your Google Classroom with the ability to push sites immediately. Get your whole class *literally* on the same page.  
  • Flubaroo - all-in-one quiz grading system that analyzes student performance after it grades a quiz in Google Forms. Give immediate feedback; can share results via email or Google Drive.
  • SuperQuiz - grades quizzes and provides individualized feedback to each student, including recommendations. 
  • Doctopus - built by a teacher to help manage, organize, and assess student projects in Google Drive, including a tab for Goobric.
  • Goobric - a window for your rubric as you assess student work; pastes rubric scores and feedback into the student’s Doc. Includes an MP3 file feature to include audio comments.
  • DocAppender - makes peer editing and commenting a breeze. Students complete feedback via a Google form, and those comments automatically appear on the other student’s Doc. 
  • Doc to Form - creates a sidebar on your Doc so that you can easily convert each question to a Google Form item.
  • Pear Deck - lets you add questions to Google slides. Students respond from their own devices and answers are saved,
  • E-Comments - keep your most-used comments to use in Google Docs.
Video from Manhattan School Nurse Maggie Secrest - a great example to reassure parents that there is a trained medical professional looking out for your kids!