Student Engagement Tips
Often, students are nervous to share ideas in the forum of chat or verbal contributions. A good way to combat this is to pose a question, set a time limit, and then give a countdown to hit ‘Enter’. The competitive element kicks in, and students are much more confident to put their answer out if they think that the whole class is involved!
Another quick tip is to use the ‘Raise hand’ function for impromptu polls. As above, ask a question but this time with a Yes/No (or other limited responses) and take a note of how many of the class give each response.
Google Mote
Voice note feedback that takes seconds!
- Download ‘Mote’: https://tinyurl.com/yyo7u2co
- When you wish to give students feedback, navigate to a piece of work. Mote is available in Slides or Docs, but you may need to enable in your browser.
Press the icon and your device microphone can record up to 90 seconds of feedback.
Second Device Use
Simple oversight of the chat and your screen.
- Follow the steps to create your live lesson in Google Classroom as usual (click link, enter as host, secure settings etc).
- Using your mobile phone or another device, enter the Meet code on the Google Meet app.
You will now be able to see a ‘student’ view on your second device, and maintain responses to the chat without interrupting your screen.
Google Grades
Quick and easy marks to speed up reporting.
- When setting assignments, ensure that you set them to be marked /3.
- Create a ‘Material’ on your classroom with a key to marking.
E.g. 3= excellent work
2 = good work
1= acceptable work
0 = incomplete or poor effort
BLANK = not submitted / no attachments.
Use ‘Grades’ to inform your reports, at a glance!
