TwosDay - Amanda - ClassHook

I love to use movie and television clips in my classroom especially for “hooks” at the  beginning of units or lessons. However, the search for those clips at times has led to hours of searching on YouTube and often ends in frustration. The website https://www.classhook.com/  is a great solution. You can search this website for edited and vetted clips relating to most subjects and topics. There are even discussion questions already added for many of the clips. From The Simpsons, Big Bang Theory and My Cousin Vinny, there are so many to chose from. Happy searching!

TwosDay - Sean - Quick Feedback in Google Docs

Providing useful & constructive feedback to students can be time consuming. But, it can be time consuming and overwhelming. There’s a new Google Chrome extension that streamlines this feedback process whether we want to give it to students, or we want students to use it for giving each other feedback on their work. It’s a Chrome extension called CheckMark by EdTechTeam and works very nicely and smoothly. You just need to go into the Chrome store and search “CheckMark” and then add that bad boy in; it’s ready to use.

TwosDay - Bob - G Classroom to Organize Students

Use the description and attachment tools in Google Classroom assignments to organize students to interact with content in stages prior to taking an assessment. Marzano DQ2E7, DQ2E9

TwosDay - Steve - Email Scores in MM

Are you still printing and distributing paper copies of students’ results in Mastery Manager?  Now that each student has his or her own device,  it’s time to “go green” by utilizing the Status feature to send each student an individualized score report via email.  Marzano DQ1E2

TwosDay - Sean - Problem Solving Framework Template

Problem solving and the general skill of being able to interact with, deepen our understanding of, and hypothesize about new knowledge can be taxing on our students’ brains. They are so use to being spoon fed information that they haven’t fully developed a “go to” process for problem solving. Recently, I stumbled across some of Robert Kaplinsky’s awesome work on this topic where he shares his framework for successful problem solving. I took Robert’s framework and created a template, in a very flexible way using google drawing, so you and students can make copies of for repeated use.

*My Marzano Connection: DQ2E6 / DQ3E19 / DQ4E23

TwosDay - Cory - PearDeck and Google Slides

For those of you that may not be intense users of Pear Deck, or you just haven’t been crazy about housing your presentations somewhere other than Google Drive- this may be for you!  Pear Deck has created an add-on that allows you to insert Pear Deck slides into your Google Slides.  It still has to be presented on the Pear Deck platform, but it does allow for an ease and organization that will open the door for a few users to dabble in this engaging approach for the students.

TwosDay - Shona - PowerSchool App Work Around

Those of you who have used the PowerSchool App in the past may have noticed that it is either not working or difficult to navigate.  In this video, I show you a quick workaround for this problem.  The upside to having PowerSchool on your device or iPad, is that you can be mobile while taking attendance, looking at the bell schedules, reading the announcements, or ready for a fire drill if you don’t have your clipboard.  The downside to the app not working, is you have to log in every time with this workaround.  But, until the app becomes more intuitive, this is the best way to use PowerSchool on the move.

TwosDay - Amanda - Video Camera Aver

Connecting your students with experts in the “real world” sounds nice but logistically can be difficult. The Aver CC30 Camera is an easy solution for connecting your classroom beyond the classroom walls. This camera easily plugs into any computer or device, offers a wide angle lens to capture the entire classroom and a wireless microphone to field questions from all your students. The platform I suggest for connecting with your expert is Google Meet. Check out this previous TwosDay video on Google Meet for tips and feel free to stop by the HOTSpot at any time to reserve the camera and to answer any questions.

TwosDay - Steve - Google Appointment Slots

Can't remember which student is coming in for help and when? Looking for a way to formalize the scheduling of your meetings with students? Google Appointment Slots might be the answer for what you’ve been looking!  I’ve found this tool to be an essential part of my classroom procedures (Marzano DQ 2) for the past several years.  I love that I receive an email with my daily agenda every morning; it helps me plan out my day.  While I didn’t have time in the video to describe the behind-the-scenes legwork you need to complete to get started, here is a link to my EdX presentation from last Spring. It walks you through the process one step at a time.

TwosDay - Sean - Google Slides Upgrade

Google slides has always been a pretty sweet tool in the google apps lineup. But recently, it’s gotten even better with some new updates. One allows super smooth integration with google keep (a great collaborative note keeping tool that you should check out if you haven’t already), and the other gives us a new “view” that will make re-ordering a breeze. Both of these bring great new power to student project collaboration, organization, interaction, and productivity. Check it out...
*My Marzano Connection: DQ4 “What will I do to help students generate & test hypotheses about new knowledge?” Element 21 “Organizing students for cognitively complex tasks”