How are you feeling about this whole COVID-19 situation?

COVID-19 Teacher Check-in via Padlet!

Over the last couple of weeks, I've facilitated some webinars with teachers in our district to show them how to use Google Hangouts Meet.  

At the start of the webinars, I did a little SEL activity on a Padlet asking teachers to use an image or GIF to represent how they're feeling about this whole COVID-19 situation.  Their responses were hysterical and SO TRUE!!! 😂😂😂


Check out how they were feeling and feel free to add your feelings too!  I'd love to see how teachers from around the country are feeling right now!


To contribute your sentiments about COVID-19 to this Padlet, follow these steps:


1.  Click HERE or scan this QR code:

2.  Click the pink plus sign at the bottom right corner of the Padlet.

3.  A white response box will appear in the top left under the title.  Click the three horizontal dots to view more posting options. 

4.  Choose GOOGLE to search for an image or GIF... OR... choose SNAP to snap a selfie that represents your feelings.

5.  After you have posted your image/GIF, view what others have posted and "like" some by clicking on the heart underneath the image you like.  ❤️

Hang in there, teachers!!!  We're all FEELING this together!!!

Google Classroom Discussion Board Student Expectations

 

Google Classroom Discussion Board Instructions & Student Expectations

Teachers in my school district are being required to host daily "office hours", but our district has not mandated how teachers should conduct these hours.  

So, our EdTech team put together a Google Slides self-paced virtual training for the teachers in our district suggesting a variety of methods for conducting office hours with students.  

ONE of the methods we suggested was to use Google Classroom to host a live discussion board with students.  

You can do this by following these steps:

1.  Set up a "Discussion Board" topic under the Classwork tab.  Pro tip:  Use emojis to make your topics more visual!

2.  Create and post/schedule questions to ask students. Make sure to check the box that allows students to reply to each other.  And also be sure to communicate a day/time when students should be in their Google Classroom to participate in the live chat. 

3.  Provide clear instructions for your participation instructions & expectations.  You can attach this slide to your post and ask students to read it before submitting an "answer" to your question.  If you want to edit this slide, make your own copy and revise how you see fit OR be creative and make your own!  

Google Hangouts Meet Student Expectations

Google Hangouts Meet Student Expectations

For anyone out there using Google Hangouts Meet to conduct virtual meetings with students, here is a slide that I designed for teachers to display at the start of each meeting to remind students of norms and expectations for meeting online.  Feel free to use as is, or make a copy and edit to suit your needs!

For more support with Google Hangouts Meet, visit the G-Suite Learning Center or check out the tutorial videos by the amazing @ericcurts on his YouTube Channel.