Google Resources
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Communicating privately with a student while on Google Meet
Unfortunately, you can not communicate privately through Meet until the Breakout Room feature is available.
But you could connect via Hangouts (Basically, Hangouts is a way for you to communicate with each other privately, similar to texting, but on a computer and through the school). Always add the classroom teacher to the Hangout.Follow these steps:
-Open your email-On the left side, there is a 'quotation' icon; hover over it with your cursor open Hangouts
-Click on the + next to your name and select "New Group"-type in student email/the teacher's email to make a new group with them and click the green check markThen:-Have student (and the teacher at some point) open their email. There should be an invite from you in the Hangouts section on the left side of the screen. -
Google Meet & Screenscastify Quick Tutorial
Here is a quick video tutorial on how to use Google Meet and Screencastify:
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Archiving Classroom and Creating a 'Sample User' account
1. On the page where you see all of your classes, you can "Archive" your classes from last year.
For your new classes, put the school year “20-21” in the “Section” name. It will help when you want to copy assignments from last year.
2. You can “Invite” students in the “People” tab of a Google Classroom using their school Google account.
All students Pre-K through 8th grade should now have Google Accounts.
3. There is a sample student account for each teacher, which you can invite to the class.
The format for this is yourusername.student@htesd.org (for password see Mr. Tucker/Mrs. Roloson).
For example, Mr. Tucker would be tuckera.student@htesd.org.
You can use this to see what your classroom looks like from the student perspective.4. In the "People" menu of Google Chrome, you can add users to Chrome, such as your sample student account, and then quickly switch back and forth between accounts. -
Google Resources (Classroom, Meet, Slides, Docs, Forms & more)
Ms. Piazza has compiled a lot of information and tutorials on her website >> HTESD Media Center
- How to effectively organize your Classroom
- How to use Google Meet
- How to split screen in Google Meet or prevent participants from rejoining
- Creating digital assignments using Slides
- and much more.
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Logging into a Meet from Classroom on an iPad
They will NOT see the Meet link in the banner (like on a computer)... instead they will need to click on the TINY camera icon in the top right corner.That will take them to the Meet in the Google Meet app on the iPad -
Google Slide template automatically opens as 8.5 X 11
Jen Wendt created a template for Google Slides that will automatically open as an 8.5 x 11 document so it is sized correctly. Here are the steps to access it.Go to Google Drive and click New, and then hover over the arrow next to Google Slides. It will bring up a menu.Click on From a TemplateIt will open a new tab, and most likely take you to the preset templates that Google has. Click on Harmony Township School.Here is the premade template that is now document sized. It will create a new document for you that is already at that size. Your new slide will not be shared with everyone, it is just the template that is shared with everyone. Make sure to rename it as the worksheet you are making or it will be named 8.5x11 template in your drive. -
Article Aug 12, 2020: Google launches The Anywhere School with over 50 new features
Using NIMBUS to record your lessons
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How to Prepare and Send a Video Lesson to your Students at home.
Science Resources
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Generation Genius - A great Science Resource
Generation Genius covers 100% of the science standards and is a K-8 program. It includes videos, activities, lesson plans, and more for each standard. The school has purchased this for a year.
https://www.generationgenius.com/science-videos-for-kids/
- Stacy Dalrymple 09/2020
Miscellaneous
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Getting help with or have suggestions for Education Technology tools, Google Classroom, and Virtual Learning
If you need some help with learning tools or have suggestions:
eMail: techhelp@htesd.org
(this email will be sent to Jessica Piazza, Shannon Troxell, Adam Tucker, & Michelle Roloson) -
eSpark - Create classes and Add students.
Teachers that use eSpark can now create their own classes and add students using their Google accounts.
The student experience is now equivalent between using eSpark on an iPad or a Chromebook/Mac/PC -
Screencastify - unlimited-length screencasts
We now have a school-wide subscription to Screencastify, so you can make unlimited-length screencasts.
Once you install the Chrome app from screencastify.com, and sign in using your school account, it will automatically upgrade to the premium version. -
Scanning documents as Pictures via the copy machine
Here is how to scan documents via the copy machine as a picture so they can easily be transferred into editable slides.
Step 1: Log in, press menuStep 2: Click ScanStep 3: Click "Me" as the destination, which will send to your email.Step 4: Click on the button that says Compact PDF at the bottom.Step 5: Change PDF to JPEG on the menu that comes up.Step 6: Once your screen looks like this, you are all set.Most importantly, once you do a scan, it will RESET back to PDF, so you will have to do this for every scan you make.
Interesting Reads
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Do Masks Impede Child Development?
Please take a moment to skim this article which contains good suggestions to help our students while wearing masks: