Are you taking photos and videos of your students in action and looking for an efficient way to organize all those traces quickly? Google Photos is one solution to consider. This workshop will show you how to use it to save all your photos and videos in one place, create shared albums, add comments, invite collaborators… and all this, freeing up valuable storage space on your mobile devices!
Why limit yourself to creating simple slideshows with Google Presentations? Come and discover many other possibilities of this user-friendly and versatile tool. Digital books, comic books, video editing, digital portfolios… the possibilities are endless!
Do you already know how to create a Google Forms and are looking for new ideas for possible uses in your classroom? Come and explore how Autocrat, an add-on to Google Forms and other tools, will allow you to automate your processes, increase your productivity and simplify data collection and analysis.
Are you looking to become more effective when providing feedback to your students? Are you looking to assess differently? Find out how Google tools can help you on your journey. During the workshop, numerous examples of activities will be introduced. You will learn about innovative pedagogical practices as well as tips for keeping track of learning traces with Google Classroom, Forms and other automation and merging add-ons.
Doc Appender is an add-on for Google Forms that allows responses received via a form to be sent to a specific document. This workshop allows you to discover the possibilities of the tool and to learn how to automate several processes related to the collection of learning traces and evaluation.
Does having direct access to your students’ learning appeal to you? Sketchnoting is a creative and highly visual note-taking technique for expressing thoughts through illustrations, symbols, structures, and words. This training session allows you to begin with sketchnoting and discover the necessary tools to be able to accompany your students. Don’t forget your tablet and a stylus, or even paper and coloured pencils!
Digital tools can support the acquisition of literacy skills in many ways in the classroom! This training session will explore how to use technology to help students find books, share their impressions of their reading, build a community of readers, learn more about their book preferences, benefit from diversity in their reading choices, keep track of their reading, benefit from accessibility tools to improve their reading strategies and… to encourage reading in general.
We will also discuss different ways to implement these activities in the classroom using digital tools such as e-books, online reading platforms, reading apps and social networks dedicated to literacy.
Supporting all of our students in their learning is both challenging and rewarding. We can utilize technology to help our students communicate their ideas in a manner that is efficient, effective and authentic. Apple designs its products with accessibility in mind. Learn how we can leverage the built-in accessibility tools and native Apple apps to help our students learn and share their ideas.
Visual-based coding is a great way to introduce our students to the world of programming. Storytelling using this tool is an effective way to introduce coding and learn problem-solving skills. Scratch is a visual programming language platform allowing us to compose our own story using visuals, motion, text, and audio. Learn how you can integrate coding with language, math, and art to engage and empower students.
Google for Education tools are designed with accessibility in mind to engage students, help them learn, and allow them to reach their full potential. This workshop will explore the various tools built into the Chromebook that help address unique challenges and diverse learner profiles, so every student can learn at their own pace!
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