Google Tips
Closed Captioning for Google Slides
1. Add a video of your choice to the Google slide.
2. When presenting the slides, choose close captioning at the bottom of the screen.
Google Slide Sticky Notes by Matt Miller
Sticky note brainstorming can be used for a lot:
- Lesson planning, unit planning, curriculum planning
- Organizing events for clubs, sports, drama, etc.
- Pre-writing for research reports
- Planning out student projects
- Writing speeches
- Debriefing after a science lab or physics experiment
Sample Outline
Copy of Template
Paper Digital Hybrid
Post-it® Plus App v1.1
Creating a Class Template in Google Classroom by Kasey Bell
STEP 1: Design Your Ideal Class Template
- Title
- Section
- Description
- Course subject
- Topics
- Classwork posts (assignments, questions, etc. which are copied as drafts with no scheduled date)
Items that will NOT copy
- Teacher announcements
- Deleted classwork items
- Students and co-teachers
- Student posts
- Attachments that you don’t have permission to copy
STEP 2: Make a Copy of Your Class Template
When you are ready to start a new class with your template, go to your Google Classroom homepage (http://classroom.google.com).
- Click on the 3 dots of your Class Template card
- Select “Copy”
- Click “Copy” at the bottom right of the window
Classroom might take a while to copy your class. In the meantime, you can leave the page during the copying process to work on other things. When copying is complete, you’ll get a notification email.
STEP 3: Revise Your Template to Fit Your Needs
Teach Like the Tonight Show by Kasey Bell
Word Sneak
Word Sneak works like this: Students work in partners. (It really needs to be students working in pairs, no bigger.) Each partner is given a list of words that they must work into a natural conversation. Each partner takes turns, going in the order of the list and trying to work the words into a casual conversation as seamlessly as possible.
https://youtu.be/pwEkgjHXkSY
Suggestions for Word Sneak Implementation:
- Try to mix it up: If you just use the regular vocabulary that is part of your unit of study, this game could fall flat. Add some fun pop culture references, or celebrities to help students make their conversation funny and engaging.
- Share the word list paperlessly: I used to print out slips of paper with the word lists for each partner so each person could only see THEIR list. That’s fine and does add a little mystery to the conversation, but I discovered that it wasn’t too revealing just to post the words on a slide or web page would everyone could see at the same time. I don’t like using paper, so this has been the best option for me.
- Keep the list short and sweet: If the list is too long, it will become too time-consuming and laborious to keep the conversation going.
GAFE Example
Directions: With your partner, start a conversation and try to “sneak” these words in casually, use them correctly, AND in order! Take turns working your words into the conversation.
Partner A:
- GAFE
- Incognito Window
- Google Groups
- Chrome Profile
- Sombrero
- Control-T
- Chrome Extension
Partner B:
- Hot Dogs
- GEG
- Bookmarks Bar
- Chrome App
- Peyton Manning
- Pinned Tabs
- Omnibox