Tonight is NYE and I completely teched out for the night. I just couldn't put my iPad down. No matter how many football games, kids screaming or dogs barking around, nothing could break my excitement. I found http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/ Thank you Alice Keeler...you rock!!
Keeler's blog was a one-stop-shop for removing my roadblocks. Most of my Google Classroom questions were answered. Those that weren't answered I learned alternative ways to get it done. For example I have way too much in the students' stream and I needed to clean it up. One thing that was cluttering it up was the daily objectives/do nows where I asked questions to start class discussions. The discussions were not as good as I would have liked and the posts had too much real estate in the stream. Starting after break I am now going to use a Google Sheet equipped with Scripts by Keeler to have class discussions. I will blog about set up and implantation over the next week or two.
I am also now looking for Playsheets. Playsheets is a term I learned tonight. Playsheets are interactive worksheets/activities that grade the work and offer students instant feedback. I once again miss teaching science. There are so many interactive games and Playsheets out there for the Sciences and Math, but I have not really found English Language Arts for Middle School students. However, I only spent a little time on Quia.com. I was able to find a quiz for The Giver. I may try this out with my 30 day free trial next week. I'll let you know how that goes too.
I wrote down my list for everything I wanted to get done during Media Monday, right when we return from break and I am now up to 5 things; start Class Discussions on Spreadsheets, set up writing journals on Google Classroom/Docs, ThinkMarks (continued assignment), PBS Storyboard learning lesson, join Quizlet classrooms (I just upgraded to teacher!). I know I should set the bar high, but I am also dealing with a tooth ache and no dentist until 4:30 on Monday. So, the next 3 days I need to widdle things down and make a schedule I will survive.
Happy New Year!
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