19/09/2020
Hello Everyone,
I think the most powerful aspect of GFE apps are they empower teachers to solve in class issues using technology. Let me take for example the rather tedious process of item analysis. This is where a teacher takes a formative, diagnostic or summative assessments and then analyses it based on what the assessment covers. For example a teacher could give a formative math quiz on patterns, within the quiz they could be looking at growing or reducing patters and even more than could be look at shape, colour or position.
Once the students have finished this quiz is it incredibly important the teacher understand which aspect the student is strong and which they need help in. Here is where Google for education Apps can truly empower you. If you create the quiz in google forms, you can download the results to a .csv file, then copy / paste it into a google sheet to complete the analysis. This is now the Googlefication of Item Analysis. Please see the video below for a more detailed explanation.
The Googlefication of Item Analysis
This is a short video that shows the true power of Google, which is the fact it empowers teachers to create improved ways of completing difficult educational...
13/08/2020
Hello Everyone,
I am pleased to announce that I have been accepted as a google certified trainer! This means I will be putting out some additional resources in the future. If you are interested in asking Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 questions, please request to join the private group on my page (after liking the main one).
Being a google certified trainer gives you access to a wealth of knowledge and a group of passionate individuals, so I am very grateful to be apart of this new community and will be sharing the knowledge with this page. Here is the link to my Google For Education profile page: https://edudirectory.withgoogle.com/profiles/5426345770221568
27/07/2020
Hello Everyone,
Here is some of the feedback I received from the PD session on July 14th. Almost 20 people attended including the Principal (of my school) and the CEO of the parent company that owns my school. Looking forward to seeing more of my Facebook followers at the next training session.
Feedback from July 14 Session
Below is the feedback from the PD session on July 14th, 2020 covering Gmail and Google Calendar. As recommended by Google all feedback was kept anonymous to ensure honesty. “The presenter was great!” “Everything was explained in detail.” “The presentation was very competent and educative.....
21/07/2020
Given Covid has removed most of our students from the classroom for an extended period of time, they may need some "help" remembering the basics of ELA before coming back in September. I have created a short series of videos to help students remember those concepts they all know, but likely need to be reminded of. Take a look:
Get Ready!
All the Get Ready lessons for students to use prior to the new school year!
16/07/2020
There were some great questions asked in the Q and A portion of the previous Gmail/Google Calendar professional development session. I have created a google doc so others can also benefit from the discussion, please see below.
July 14 PD Q&A
July 14 PD Q&A Do you have to label each email manually as they come in? Yes, initially you do have to right click-->attach a label as the email comes in. You can also set up filters that will automatically label emails that fit certain criteria. It should be noted that subsequent emails to t...
16/07/2020
Hello Everyone,
I just want to thank everyone who participated in my first training event. I had nearly 20 people and was extremely happy with the turnout and questions people came with. If you would like to view a shorter version of the training session I have created a YouTube video. You can view it below: https://youtu.be/ikwXAjUT0hQ. I look forward to seeing everyone in upcoming sessions, please stay tuned!
Gmail / Google Calendar PD Session July 14
Hello Everyone, Here is the video I created from the PD on July 14th. If you didn't fill in the feedback survey you can still do it here: https://forms.gle/e...
05/07/2020
Here is the full agenda of the PD session on July 14th. I will be posting a reminder the day before, then posting the Zoom link on this page an hour before it begins.
July 14 PD Session Agenda
Professional Development Session Agenda Date: July 14, 2020 Time: 5:30pm (GMT +3) Location: Online (Zoom) Pre-Session User Survey Link: https://forms.gle/hX1SXq3NNT2WdTfFA Agenda Topic 1: Organizing your Gmail Inbox (10 minutes) Enabling your priority inbox and customizing it Introduct...
05/07/2020
Here is a video I created a while back on how to sustainably blend and flip your lessons. Give it a watch if you are struggling with either of these very important concepts in education.
How to create sustainable Blended and Flipped Lessons
Part 1, I will add an actual example of the process at a later date. This is a brief explanation of how you can implement blended/flipped lessons using mostl...
03/07/2020
Hello Everyone,
To ensure everyone learns something at the free Gmail/Calendar training session on July 14th (go to the events page to sign up). I have created a very short anonymous survey to get more information about your needs. You can find it here:
https://forms.gle/rwQTkRXfuU39rsAdA
Thank you for showing interest, and I hope to see you on July 14th!
Gmail/Calendar Pre Session Survey
Thank you for showing interest in the free GMail / Google Calendar for educators professional development session. So I can better cater the session to your needs please fill in the following anonymous survey (Please feel free to give your first name, I am not collecting email addresses with this fo...