TwosDay - Sean - Whisper Messaging Chrome Extension

When kids are locked in and working through tasks in the classroom, and I have something to tell them, I often worry about disrupting their flow. But at the same time, I need to get them that “one quick thing” that they’ll need eventually. The wonderful people at EdTechTeam just released a chrome extension that allows us to quietly send a message to a class or even a select few students without disrupting everyone’s concentrated work groove. It’s called “Whisper.”

TwosDay - Cory - Hapara Cover Don't Hover

There are definitely times when there are a few students in the class I would like to keep tabs on, but I do not have the time to sit there and watch their browsers for fifty minutes.  Hapara Highlights does not have to be a time thief for you if you can master the Activity Viewer and Focused Browsing.  Discover a few ways that you can have a digital presence for your students in our Chromebook age of (un)accountability. (Marzano Elements #24, #33, #35, #38)

TwosDay - Amanda - HippoVid Screencast Tool For Chrome

A recent assignment in my class required students to screencast, and I stumbled upon a Chrome extension called Hippo Video that allows screencasting, editing, and easy exporting (even with the Free version). The extension is easy to launch from the Chrome browser, allowing students to edit the video and export to Google Classroom, YouTube, and Drive. The extension can also be launched from Google Slides, and students or teachers can easily screencast the slide presentation. There are even annotation options that can be used during recording!

TwosDay - Bob - GClassroom For Student Reflection

The “Create question” tool in Google Classroom allows teachers to give students the opportunity to reflect on the different stages of learning as they interact with new content.  Teachers can use the results of the question they ask to initiate conversations with students who indicate they are not progressing in their studies. By intervening in these situations, teachers can begin to reach the “Applying” benchmark on the Marzano Self-Rating Scale. Click the link to see the video that addresses how to use Google Classroom to organize students to interact with content in stages prior to taking an assessment. Marzano DQ2E7, DQ2E9

TwosDay - Sean - Share Websites With Point

Trying to get someone to look at something you found online is not always the easiest process. While there are definitely links worth sharing via Twitter to a general audience, a fair number of links we share are relevant to a smaller number of people. Emailing is clunky and cumbersome and creates threads that can be easily buried and lost in the coffers of email doom! Enter the chrome extension called “Point!”

My Marzano Connection: DQ2E7/E9, DQ3E15, DQ4E21/E23

TwosDay - Steve - ForMule

Assessing and providing individual feedback to students on their project/presentation/speech can be a cumbersome and time-consuming endeavor.  “formMule” is a Google Sheets add-on that can help streamline this process.  This video will show you one way to leverage its power to provide efficient, timely feedback in the form of a personalized email to each of your students.  Other uses of this powerful tool are only limited by your creativity!  Marzano DQ1E2

TwosDay - Cory - Quick Grading in Goog Classroom

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HOTSpot- Cory - Quick Grading in Google Classroom

Grading in Google Classroom can become taxing and monotonous when you only need to glance or scroll through a document to assess what your students have done.  All of the clicking and reliance on internet speed for how fast you can make it through a class  of papers is unnecessary.  Try using this preview trick and aligning your Google Drive “Classroom” folder with your gradebook for easy grading on simpler assignments.

TwosDay - Shona - Graphic Organizers

Rarely do we say make a copy.  But this time is different.  When it comes to creating graphic organizers for student notes, crowd-sourcing, or jig saw activities, we don’t have to reinvent the wheel.  Use these great resources for creating meaningful Google Drawing notes that are easy to use and share on Classroom.  Control, Alt, Archive, by Eric Curts, and The Tech Lady, by Kim Mattina, will allow you to make a copy of their templates, update, save to your drive, and share.