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April 9, 2024

1. Sign in and stow your phones out of sight. Log into a Chromebook and complete the WYAW activities.
   
   
2. Google Classroom: Reminder.
   Used by millions of students and classrooms across the world:
   • In 2021, the number of users was 150 million, mostly students but some businesses are using Classroom as well
   • In 2020, Google Classroom became available in 10 additional languages
   • It's estimated that Classroom users doubled in 2019-2020 during the pandemic
   • In January 2022, Google Classroom recorded its largest-ever number of monthly downloads, at over 600,000 downloads in just one month
     (SOURCE: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/)
     
     
   • Here are some other information sources about Google Classroom:
   • What is Google Classroom? An overview
     https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/teachers-essential-guide-to-google-classroom
   • How Google Conquered the Classroom: The Googlification of Schools Worldwide
     https://research.com/education/how-google-conquered-the-classroom
   • 16 Interesting Google Classroom Stats
     https://thrivemyway.com/google-classroom-stats/
     
     
3. Let's see some ways to use Google Classroom for student work and communication, including global learning
   Go to Google Classroom >> Click the plus sign to add a class >> Use this code: gxflxlz
   
   
• We're going to do a few activities to get familiar with what it can do and how you might want to use it.
  • Respond to a class annoucement
  • Two global education activities (I'll show you how to add an activity to your class stream)
    
    
4. More with Google Classroom - Creating your class as a teacher
• Go to Google Classroom and using the + icon, create a class as a teacher agreeing not to use it with students as we're just exploring
• Once you create your class, copy and paste the code to join on this Miroboard with your name:
  https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVKWrPmqs=/?share_link_id=485428625409 (PW: classroom)
• Now, customize it in the following ways:
  • Change the banner image with a built-in image or upload your own from Pixabay or another source.
  • Add an announcement to your homestream that is related to your current placement using the option at the top of the stream (e.g., telling your students something or having them answer a question).
    
    
5. Curating Resources with Digital Tools: Wakelet https://wakelet.com/
   • What is curating?
     

     From Beth Kanter:  “…process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, and publishing information. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant..”   “Content curators provide a customized, vetted selection of the best and most relevant  resources on a very specific topic or theme.”

     
     

     How do you choose what to add to your fav tool for curating resources?

   • One tool that teachers use....Wakelet: https://alpha-accounts.wakelet.com/sign-up
     What does this remind you of? Another tool?
     
     
6. STUDIO TIME: Work on your Wakelet going back through the course web agenda finding all those tools, resources, videos, and links you want to keep. Create a Collection, Change the cover and background image, use the columns design and add at least three columns to organize the resources in your collection.