I am on a quest this semester to make feedback as fast and effortless with the least amount of mathing. I hate trying to math by myself. Give me four numbers and unless they’re all 2, I’ll have a different answer each time I add them up. It’s mind blowing how terrible I am. I’ve …
I get asked all the time how to make Google Forms secure for test taking so students don’t cheat. Whaaaat? Students want to cheat? Whaaaaat? This technology…now all the sudden kids what to cheat. They never did that before. Here are some ways you can make your Google Forms tests more secure. Walk Around and …
This past week Kicked. My. Butt. Nevertheless, it was quite a productive little week. Monday Because I don’t know how to stop giving myself more work, my massive effort to visit every teacher in his/her classroom to find out how I can help them integrate technology thoughtfully kicked off and I visited 20 teachers. #tired. …
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Grading has never been ____. Yesterday Google quietly announced a new Forms feature that allows you to grade by question and allows for streamlined short answer grading. Now you can create short answer/fill in the blank questions and grade them in Forms itself. You provide an answer key (currently case sensitive) and if the student …
Student Reflection with Google Sheets Ok- so I actually started this post in February. February! What had happened was: My principal came to me last semester with a copy of John Hattie’s Visible Learning into Action and said that it was a book he wanted all of the instructional coaches to have. I thought it was adorable …
Google Forms is a quick and easy way to give an assessment, but it can be time consuming with all of the clicking necessary to make quizzes. Here is a short video that will walk you through some time saving tips. (Last week I actually wrote out a post with these directions, but decided on …
Write a Review I made a French Yelp template for Google Slides for an assessment last week. It has a place for students to write two reviews. I wanted to design a prompt that would have students using the past tense and wouldn’t you know it-that’s what you do in a Yelp Review! Quelle coïncidence!! (Yelp.fr …
I should just call this semester reflections since I only teach semesters now. The biggest “change” to my teaching this semester is how I graded my French 101 class. First, I ditched the weekly lesson quiz. Did I care? Nope? Did students care? Heck no. Do I think it had any impact on student achievement? …
I was out wandering the Internet a few weeks ago, when I came upon musicuentos.com’s Homework Choices and I said, “OMG, I need that.” I was looking for something in my college class to get them to have some other cultural experiences. I’ve tried different tactics in the past and most were not as successful as I …
I’ve been taking advantage of our “no school because of smoke” days to re-do my college syllabus for French 101. I’ve had a few ideas in my head since the end of last semester that I’m finally processing. I’ve taught this class at least seven semesters and never the same way twice. While I …
