The Chromebook Classroom
Looking for ways to use the Chromebook in your classroom?
Created by Scott Aten, October 9, 2019
Many times I listen to podcasts as I fall asleep at night. Most of them are for personal enjoyment,
but one that I occasionally listen to is by Josh Sowash called "The Chromebook Classroom". In this
podcast he offers ideas on how teachers can use the Chromebook to help students learn. In the first
podcast this month he featured several links to provide ideas for teachers. I wanted to pass along
some of them to you...
1) Halloween Hyperdoc (grades 6-8) - If you are unfamiliar with Hyperdocs, this would be a good intro. Hyperdocs is a digital document—such as a Google Doc—where all components of a learning cycle have been pulled together into one central hub. Within a single document, students are provided with hyperlinks to all of the resources they need to complete that learning cycle. They usually incorporate student as a part of the lesson.
2) Six Chrombook shortcuts to save time (grades 3-12) - Learning a few Chromebook shortcuts can be a real time saver for students and teachers. This blog post offers shortcuts to: Dock the browser windows, switch between browser tabs, recover closed tabs, use the cap lock, and launching apps
that are in the "shelf" or task bar.
3) Google Slides Journal Template (Any grade where writing is important - hint ALL) - Do your students journal? This template done in Slide and is expandable and flexible. If you set this up in conjunction with your Google Classroom it can be used all year long. Great way to get your students writing, simply add a new prompt as an announcemen in your Google classroom and students just add a new slide and continue to journal.
4) Carve-a-pumpkin in Google Slides - (grades K-2) - Skills reinforced here are drag and drop as well as an opportunity to do some writing.
5) SAMR Student Choice Matrix - (grades K-12) - I have given a presentation in many staff meetings about the tech integration model known as SAMR. The purpose of the model is to have teachers evaluate their activities to see how they are integrating technology into their lessons. This Choice Matrix can help provide you with some ideas and tools to evaluate some of your lessons through the SAMR lens.
6) Is your Chromebook broken? - (grades 3-12) - If you are looking to become a little more knowledgeable on how to do some basic trouble shooting for your students, then this site is a great place to start. The site offers a few things teachers can do to help their students before you send them to the library. Help reduce the loss of instructional time by educating yourself on these tips.
7) Four Ideas for any Classroom - (K-12) - Josh is holding a FREE webinar TONIGHT. This webinar will explore 4 simple ways you can use Chromebooks in any classroom. The webinar is Wednesday
October 9th from 8:00-9:30. You can also request a replay of the session if you are unable to view
the live session tonight.
Hopefully one of these links will be of interest to you. I know sometimes the biggest hurdle with having
Chromebooks is finding good ways to use them, so I will continue to look for resources and provide
tips like this post to help you help your students.
[Green Google Training Center]
podcast this month he featured several links to provide ideas for teachers. I wanted to pass along
some of them to you...
1) Halloween Hyperdoc (grades 6-8) - If you are unfamiliar with Hyperdocs, this would be a good intro. Hyperdocs is a digital document—such as a Google Doc—where all components of a learning cycle have been pulled together into one central hub. Within a single document, students are provided with hyperlinks to all of the resources they need to complete that learning cycle. They usually incorporate student as a part of the lesson.
2) Six Chrombook shortcuts to save time (grades 3-12) - Learning a few Chromebook shortcuts can be a real time saver for students and teachers. This blog post offers shortcuts to: Dock the browser windows, switch between browser tabs, recover closed tabs, use the cap lock, and launching apps
that are in the "shelf" or task bar.
3) Google Slides Journal Template (Any grade where writing is important - hint ALL) - Do your students journal? This template done in Slide and is expandable and flexible. If you set this up in conjunction with your Google Classroom it can be used all year long. Great way to get your students writing, simply add a new prompt as an announcemen in your Google classroom and students just add a new slide and continue to journal.
4) Carve-a-pumpkin in Google Slides - (grades K-2) - Skills reinforced here are drag and drop as well as an opportunity to do some writing.
5) SAMR Student Choice Matrix - (grades K-12) - I have given a presentation in many staff meetings about the tech integration model known as SAMR. The purpose of the model is to have teachers evaluate their activities to see how they are integrating technology into their lessons. This Choice Matrix can help provide you with some ideas and tools to evaluate some of your lessons through the SAMR lens.
6) Is your Chromebook broken? - (grades 3-12) - If you are looking to become a little more knowledgeable on how to do some basic trouble shooting for your students, then this site is a great place to start. The site offers a few things teachers can do to help their students before you send them to the library. Help reduce the loss of instructional time by educating yourself on these tips.
7) Four Ideas for any Classroom - (K-12) - Josh is holding a FREE webinar TONIGHT. This webinar will explore 4 simple ways you can use Chromebooks in any classroom. The webinar is Wednesday
October 9th from 8:00-9:30. You can also request a replay of the session if you are unable to view
the live session tonight.
Hopefully one of these links will be of interest to you. I know sometimes the biggest hurdle with having
Chromebooks is finding good ways to use them, so I will continue to look for resources and provide
tips like this post to help you help your students.
[Green Google Training Center]
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