TwosDay - Cory - First Slide AddOn

Making a copy for students is great, but once it is out, you can’t add that slide or put new information into their decks- until now!  With First Slide, you are able to do a variety of tasks if you have already sent out a slide deck for the students to work on.  Adding a blank slide, making a comment, putting in your own slide, or even reading the text they have on the first slide without opening their deck is all within the capabilities of this add-on. 

TwosDays - Cory - Google Slides Essay

Here is a  great throw-back template that can be utilized for students.  It is essentially a Google Slide deck that allows you to break up ideas and paragraphs into slides.  You can have students annotate, add items, or put in pictures or videos, but once you are ready to focus on the text, a simple button will turn the slide deck into a Google Doc that is much more appropriate for a final draft.  It’s a great way to add a few different wrinkles to the writing and learning process.

TwosDay - Brandon - Differentiated Google Forms

Trying to carve out time to differentiate a lesson and give appropriate feedback can be difficult.  Google Forms allows you to do this quickly and effectively.  Take a look at how you can follow up an upcoming assignment with a Google Form that will reach all students and give them and you feedback for where they are with your content.

TwosDays - Sean - Google Form Quizzes

Want to quiz more but don’t have time to grade?  Spending some time creating a Google quiz will allow you to assess students more frequently and without the fear of needing to grade them all by hand.  Take a look at how you can step up assessment in your classroom.

TwosDays - Sean - Reverse Order Forms Data Hack

Sometimes things feel just a little bit backwards, especially when working in the data-filled spreadsheet from a Google Form. The data naturally gets dumped into the sheet as oldest (at the top) to newest (at the bottom). However, most often, we want our newest data to be most easily accessible. There is a hack that I’ve been using to get around this and reverse the order.

TwosDay - Sean - GClassroom MultiStep Project Hack

Having students do multi-step projects or activities can sometimes set them up for getting ahead of themselves and then the issues compound. Pushing things out in Google Classroom as “Make a Copy For Each Student” is not conducive to adding items/steps along the way. However, I’ve been using this little hack that allows me to push files out as “Make a Copy For Each Student” while still able to keep kids focused in a more “step by step” manner.

TwosDay - Amanda - LMCResources

We are so fortunate to have amazing resources provided not only to our students but teachers through the LMC. Overdrive is a digital library that students, as well as staff, can use to download an e-book or audio book. You can download the app and read the books on your phone or iPad or use your school device to access the books and audiobooks. National Geographic is also an amazing database that you and your students can use to access every magazine with full image scans since 1888! Check out these resources from the LMC homepage and feel free to reach out to Monica Tolva or myself for more help.

TwosDays -Amanda - Mastery Manager and PDG Help

We get a lot of questions in the HOTSpot regarding Mastery Manager and PDGs. Check out some tips in this video and stop in for help! The first tip is pretty basic but important: where do you find the reports option for creating and working with your PDGs? The other tips involve how to use the other functions that are available within an individual assessment. As always, stop by if you would like help with Mastery Manager!