Google Break-With-Tech Session

Google Break-With-Tech Session is held every once a month in the school that I'm serving to introduce or support teachers with technology integration tools or strategies in their lessons.

Online Formative Assessment : Tools of the Trade

I've shared this slide presentation before and I'm sharing it again as I've recently updated its content.

Take a look at my top 4 favourite formative assessment tools for online learning. These tools are what I call the 'life-savers' or the 'MVPs' of remote or distance learning. 

If Robots Can Do It- Series 1: Creates Interactive and Automatically Graded Exercise Using BookWidget

This is the first series of If Robots Can Do It, featuring Bookwidget, a platform that lets you create your own interactive exercises and automatically graded tests in minutes! Did I catch your attention yet? Keep on reading as I show you how you can use it in your own teaching and learning.

Creating an Mp4 Video Using Screencastify and Wevideo

Have you ever wondered how to put together multi-format documents such as Google slide, audio and video files into an mp4 video?

Well, wonder no more. In this post, I will show you just how to do so. It came from the hassle of having to open multiple files at once; a slide presentation and a video or audio file on the other. 

There are two main steps to do this; first is to screen record the Google slides on presentation mode and then the next step is to put the multi-format documents together using Wevideo to create a desired mp4 video file. 

Report Comment the Less Daunting Way

Classroom teachers have a lot on their plate which, among others includes preparation of daily lesson plans, assessing, marking as well as recording and not to mention the most time consuming and mind wrecking; report writing!

Imagine having to create a progress report for 20 or more kids in your class, four times a year? That's a lot of hours! Would it be great if you have a tool that can make report commenting less daunting and takes only a fraction of your usual time preparing it? 

Enter the School Report Writer. It's an app or program that helps teachers create reports quicker and easier. It minimises typing, prevents mistakes and works on PC, Ipas or Mac. Other functions include Teachers Report Assistant; automatically replacing student names, his/her, she/he etc, plus new tools such as a 1-click thesaurus, spellcheck, name/pronoun toggle, Oooops! Detective and a powerful list feature. Oh, and did I mention that it's free! (at the time of publishing).

Fun, Interactive Learning Experience Using Nearpod and Pear Deck

Do you want to create an interactive and engaging learning experience in the classroom? Ensure students' participation or collaboration via various fun activities instead of just being a passive listener? Get immediate students feedback and having your assignment graded for you? Students get creative and have agency towards their own learning? 

All of the above can be achieved using two powerful learning platforms, namely Nearpod and Pear Deck. These tools are like Powerpoint or Google Slides presentation but so much better with interactivity features that get 100% students' participation with fun, interactive activities delivered synchronously on all devices.

Create a Device Booking System Using GSuite Products

This post will show you how to create a device booking system using Google Form, an add-on called Choice Eliminator, Google Sheet and add-on known as Event-O-Matic.

The idea is to book a device through Google form and using the Google form Choice Eliminator add-on to ensure that the checked-out device won't be available in the device choices for the next booking, hence preventing double booking.

Booking responses will be automatically recorded in the Google Sheet. An add-on called Event-O-Matic will help trigger and send a calendar invitation to the respondent and you.

Check out my video tutorial on how to create a device booking system using GSuite products.