#symchat Archive
#symchat conversations focus on classroom integration of SymbalooEDU, the educational version of Symbaloo developed for students, educators and schools.
Wednesday August 10, 2016
6:00 PM EDT
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Greetings one and all /ers
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Hello all! I'm Emily from Texas. I'll be leading your today! Who's with me?!
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Hello ! How are you? How was your summer?!
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Barbara here from Florida and St Lucia. PreK-Adult Tech Integ/n Specialist, Comp Edu, Curriculum Developer and Coordinator of 24yrs
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So we'll hope for some lurkers and get started w/ ! First question coming up...
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Brenda Fry excited to talk about GAFE!
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first year it will be available to me
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A1) Ways I use Google docs: sharing lesson plans, meeting notes. Meeting notes were invaluable as an interventionist.
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Welcome ! What are some ways you use Google docs in your classroom?
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A1: Use them for almost every project
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for students and teachers or just students?
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Hey Keith! What are some ways that you use Google docs in your classroom or position?
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I know ! I was telling kids the other day that when I was younger we had 2 save things on an object.
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I’m State DOE, we have all PD turned in w/Gdocs. Lesson plans, etc
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Nice resource ! Thanks for sharing!
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A2) Ways I have or would use Google forms: give quizzes and used new embedded tool to grade, volunteer surveys
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A2: We use them for every end of session survey as well as registration! I use them for peer review in the college course I teach
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A2cont) More G-forms ideas: collect info from staff (staff faves, vote 4 something), collect Twitter response from sts 2 post later
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Great ideas tonight!
Question 3 coming up...
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Q3) What about Google calendars? How can they help us in education?
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What age group do you think is suitable for? 5th grade and up?
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They are so great for any kind of registration purpose.
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Google can be used from as young as K and up
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Depends how they are used/accessed. I used Google forms with K-2,embeddd on a website. They didn't need an email.
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My new school sts are using in preK!
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A3 definitely for back channelling, planner, home assignment, polls
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A3) Google calendar ideas: parent conference sign up, homework calendar, resource calendar (reserve computer carts, projector etc.)
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A3: Calendars are vital for parent communication but also great for keeping students on track
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Hey . We're talking in today. Feel free to join us!
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A3) I like Google calendar for teaching sts organizational skills. It's like teaching study habits, but in the 21st century.
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I agree ! There are no excuses for not knowing dates, etc. anymore.
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Notifications...yes! Sometimes I set 3-4 different notifications for one calendar event. I need reminders! https://t.co/k9zS9QCnL8
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Just sayin'... I'm going to read in depth every resource has shared here in a while. This is why I love chats!
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Google chat/hangout ideas: video hangout with an expert, chat with parents instead of face to face conference
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I love the great ideas. thanks. sorry I have no experience to share on this topic.
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A4: student discussion could be more interesting as more students participate and you can have a record of them.
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Wormholes...I like that description.
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That's okay ! If you're starting Google apps this year you will now have a great place to start!
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yes, I used google docs on symbaloo mix I made! I forgot.
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Glad you brought that up. I like that chats keep a record just like emails.
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A4. 1.1 Charts make timeliness come alive
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This year one of my first grades did a google hangout with their teacher who absent for a month. They were so adorable.
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See ! You do have something to add! Linking to an tile is a great feature of Google docs!
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Yes, I love how visual everything in Google is.
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That's so sweet! Little ones really do miss their teacher when they're out!
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Google drawings ideas: word or picture sorts, annotate pictures (response to reading), illustrate writing, add speech bubbles
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I think Google drawings are especially nice for the young ones.
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they really are. And it's great to track their progression with such awesome tools
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As we're winding down... here's Q6) What add ons &/or Chrome
extensions do you see as helpful for teachers? https://t.co/HzNQuimCue
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Google docs add ons I like: gliffy, openwebclipart, wordcloudgenerator, EasyBib
For spreadsheets: save as doc
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Before we're out of time, name one thing you want to try after learning about it in today’s . https://t.co/W3V0HEPtk4
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