TwosDay - Brandon - FlipGrid

Student voice is a powerful tool that, when leveraged correctly, helps content come alive.  Flipgrid is a free premium video response platform that allows you to hear each student’s voice and assess his or her knowledge beyond a document.  Take a look at this video to see what Flipgrid is like from the student and teacher perspective.  Setup is so quick, you could start Flipgridding today.  Come see the Hotspot if you need help.

My Marzano Connection: DQ2E10

TwosDay - Sean - Embedding and Customizing Videos in Google Sliides

Whether you’re moving through slides with your students or having them progress at their own pace, embedding youtube videos into your slides can create smooth engaging lessons for students to follow. But sometimes, you want to customize that experience so they don’t zone out or skip through the process. You can do that!

My Marzano Connection: DQ5E28

TwosDay - Cory - GDrawing Rubric

If you know what it is like to see your rubric tossed into recycling bin with nothing more than a glance at the grade, then you might want to take a peek at this.  It is hard to press against the argument that grading/ circling  points on a sheet of paper is the easiest approach, but we are inching ever closer with options that keep the ease and attempt to up the access for students and teachers.

My Marzano Connection: DQ1 E1

TwosDay - Bob - Hapara Focused Browsing

Just like the Share to Classroom extension, Hapara allows teachers to push websites directly to student devices.  However, Hapara takes this functionality a step further with its “Focused Browsing” feature. Focused Browsing allows teachers to close any tabs students already have open and direct them to up to 10 websites. Teachers can also restrict students from browsing to other sites for a specified length of time. When that time expires, any tabs students previously had open will be restored. Access Hapara by logging into hapara.com with your d128.org Google account.

TwosDay - Mandie - Closed Captions in Google Slides

Google recently launched the capability to add closed captioning when presenting a Google Slides Presentation. Developed by two Google Workers with hearing impairments, this option allows students who struggle to hear what you are presenting to read the text in real-time. Helpful not only for students with hearing impairments, but also helpful for clarifying information that students miss when you are giving directions and presenting information.. Read more about this feature and what they are planning to add at this Blog Post.

TwosDay - Sean - Google Sheets Checkboxes

“Checking the box” can be a very helpful tool with workflow for both students and teachers. Google sheets now has a nice and easy feature available for putting check boxes into a spreadsheet. We can use this to set students up with a project “to-do” list, or even put our rubrics into a google sheet and then just use the check boxes for quick grading, or a multitude of other hacks for instructional purposes.
My Marzano Connection: DQ1E1 / DQ1E2

TwosDay - Brandon - Advanced Searching

We spend time every day trying to find that right image for an activity or that perfect video to introduce a lesson.  No more blindly clicking on items to see if they will work, it is time for you  to get an advanced degree in Google Search.  Use the tool button to refine your searches and find the resources you are looking for quickly and accurately.

TwosDay - Cory - Simple Formative Assessment

Having a few formative assessment ideas in your back pocket is always a good idea, and this is one of those all-purpose options that requires little set up and minimal time after.  Getting students to be in on the creation of their own practice for tests and quizzes is a quick and useful method to adapt for your objectives.

My Marzano Connection: DQ3 E14,15

TwosDay - Sean - Fake Ticket Generator

Getting creative in class is fun. There’s a cool tool that I stumbled across that allows you to make fake tickets to whatever you want. You can make them yourself to hand out to students or you can have students use this tool to make tickets for a project or activity. It’s a pretty straightforward tool on a website called www.faketicketgenerator.com.

My Marzano Connection: DQ5E25

TwosDay - Bob - Google Alerts

Google Alerts allows you to have web search results sent to your inbox on a regular basis.  If there is a guru in your field that you want to follow or a topic you are teaching that you would like to have some sources about, just enter the search criteria and set some parameters at alerts.google.com and you will receive updates. Students can use it, too!