Trainings and PGP Possiblities

 

Need PGP's or want to become proficient with Chromebooks for your students?  Check out this training on Mastering Chromebooks and the others below.

https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/path/61211-chromebook-training

Want to get more training on Google?  Check out the courses available from Google Education at https://edu.google.com/.  Also check out the YouTube Channel EDU in 90.

Google for Education Teacher Center

https://edu.google.com/teacher-center/  Sign in and click on Training Courses

Quick Videos for Google Workpace Basics (2 hours)

Fundamentals Training for Level 1 Certification (15.1 hours)

Advanced Training for Level 2 Certification (15.1 hours)

Leverage Google Tools for Distance Learning (2 .6 hours)

Engage and Deepen Learning through Creative Distance (3 hours, 40 minutes)

Learn, Implement, and Go with Training  for Chromebooks in the Classroom ( 1 hour, 53 minutes)

Digital Citizenship and Safety Course (2.2 hours)

Accessibility Tools Training /Tools for Diverse Learners (35 minutes)

Support English Language Learners (2.4 hours)

Learn by Tool

• Docs
• Forms
• Slides
• Expedition
• Jamboard
• YouTube
• Sites
• Blogger; Video Tutorial for 2021 updates

Other LCSC Tools with Training

• Screencastify
• Screencastify for Students
• CommonSense Educator
• Nearpod
• Flipgrid
• Seesaw
• Ditch the Summit Events

Canvas Training

Free Self-Paced Course

Canvas for Littles

Canvas Live LMS

New Features Screencast

How do I - In the Community of Canvas

Panda Tutorials

Roadmap

Earth Day Fun with Google!

 Take Time to Celebrate EARTH DAY With Your Students

Using Google: Your Plan, Your Planet

Google has an interactive website to bring attention to the unnecessary waste that takes place daily without even realizing it. Students and staff can answer questions and follow the prompts to learn shocking statistics and new suggestions for saving energy, water, and the planet!

Here is a quick preview of just one way to use the Your Plan, Your Planet website:

Try it out for yourself: 

https://yourplanyourplanet.sustainability.google/

Still Bothered by "Reply All"?

We are still hearing buzz about people that are getting inundated with "Reply All"  emails and then came across the image below on social media.  Because of this, we decided to revisit the subject of the bothersome "Reply All" emails.  

Some staff members may not have an option for just reply.  See the directions below for that information.  If you are still finding the "Reply All" feature to be bothersome, there is something you can do.  You can politely have a conversation with your colleague that may not understand the etiquette of it, or you can mute the conversation by following the steps below.

How to Mute Gmail Conversations

1. In Gmail, select the conversation you want to mute.
2. Click More. and select Mute.
3. After you mute a conversation, it's removed from your inbox and archived. You can still see the conversation in All Mail with a Muted label applied.

Click here for Google Workspace Learning Center Article.

How to Turn off "Reply All" default

Sometimes our email is set to "Reply All" as a default, and we don't even realize it. To turn off the "Reply All" as the default, click here for instructions.

Watch out for the canned (supplied) responses!

You may have noticed that Google provides a few auto generated responses at the bottom of emails you receive from other staff members. If you click on one of those responses, it will automatically send that response to the entire list of emails that were on the original email sent out. Basically it will default to "reply all" without you even knowing it.

This is a good reason to use BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) when sending emails to large groups of people. That way, should someone use an auto response, it will only go to the original sender. Here are some examples of auto responses generated by Google:

Click here for original blog post on Email Etiquette.

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Staying Engaged towards the End of the School Year

We have been working with a few teachers on  various new ideas to spark enthusiasm into the classroom!  In this post, we are proud to showcase some of our awesome teachers in this week's blog!

Among Us: Digital Version

One teacher has incorporated a friendly version of the popular game, "Among Us" into her math review after reviewing this post online.  

Here is the online post from the YouTube Channel, The Purrfect Pencil.

Here is a copy of the original slide template she used for her 4th/5th grade review of division.

Click here for a copy Area and Perimeter Among us activity.

Scoot: Digital Version

Teachers are using the in person game of Scoot as an online tool using Google Slides.  Here is a copy of a Digital Version of Scoot in Google Slides for Area.

Student Check-in

Check in template copy 

Practice student screen share and brain break with Google Quick Draw.

Google Templates to Share with Your Students

https://ditchthattextbook.com/resources/templates/

Spring Breakout EDU's

Click here for Information Slides

Games for Review

Teachers are using Games like Kahoot!, Quizizz, and Blooket to practice math facts and math problem solving skills.