Ready or not, you are FINALLY going to meet your students in-person! And you can provide some of the engaging in-person learning that you did before! Or can you?
Social distance requirements will make small groups difficult, but here are three digital tools to easily enable small group work, be it in-person, in WebEx, or in Canvas.
THIS SIX-MINUTE VIDEO IS A BRIEF ‘HOW-TO’ FOR INCREASING DIGITAL STUDENT ACCESS TO YOUR COURSE CONTENT. Individual students, small groups, and whole classes will engage EASILY and VIBRANTLY, using these tools that are just as quick to learn as they are for students to use.
WHAT TO LEARN MORE? Here are some resources that might be useful:
JAMBOARD: 1. A flashy slide deck, meant to educate and ignite: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1taKkd0XM98UDJvd5H3Eb2VdB2zN629fc2omYXwtZuQg/preview?slide=id.ga0a586f102_0_501
2. Scroll down a bit for an Jamboard-orienting list of possible uses and activities: https://ditchthattextbook.com/jamboard/
3. If you like templates, here are a variety of games templates for a wide range of learning ages. Each link leads to a whole Jamboard deck of possibilities: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19YSKykpIamtW_Wj8RUgdyqzcRJ0Oic8cPeFnzPRR90s/edit
PADLET: For more information about any of the Padlet posting possibilities (audio, video, images, URL, drawing, articles), brief video tutorials abound on the internet!
1. Here is my favorite: this is an AMAZING collection, especially for us in the non-elementary set. You will find curated ideas for most every subject area group (including PE!) with an example of each board: https://medium.com/padlet-ink/55-padlet-examples-to-use-in-your-classroom-community-a306cc1da499
GOOGLE DOCS:
1. Here is a variety of information and suggestions – some will be familiar to you, but I will be surprised if you don’t find something you don’t know or have not thought of: https://pdst.ie/sites/default/files/36_Interesting_Ways_to_use_Google_Docs_in_the_classroom.pdf
2. For those of you that like tips, here are some options embedded in the standard Google Docs menu that you or your students may find helpful: https://www.weareteachers.com/awesome-and-surprising-ways-you-can-use-google-docs/
