Gradebook, SeeSaw, Quizizz

Print Individual Progress Reports
in Gradebook

Printing an individualized progress report in TxEIS Gradebook takes just a few steps. Click HERE for instructions.

SeeSaw: A Versatile Communication & Documentation Tool

SeeSaw is a student portfolio tool that works across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Teachers can sign up for a free account that will manage up to ten active classes. Paid premium accounts offer additional features. Click here for a quick overview of the site.

SeeSaw offers students a great opportunity to show skill mastery and reflect on their learning.Students can document their learning by using the app to add and annotate photos, video, drawings, notes, and links. Teachers can moderate postings and comments to ensure that good digital citizenship has been used. Parents can access their student's page to see "what did you do at school today." Teachers can use the tool for formative assessment, to teach 21st century skills, and to communicate with parents.  SeeSaw has received a Top Pick for Learning rating from Common Sense Media. Scroll to near the bottom of the link below to watch how four teachers are using SeeSaw in their classrooms.

Thanks, Erin Chambers at BMS, for recommending this tool. Mrs. Chambers is using this tool to collect student work to show their individual mastery of concepts. What a great resource to provide documentation during a parent conference or ARD!

SEESAW - STUDENT DRIVEN DIGITAL PORTOFLIOS

Seesaw - Student driven digital portfolios and simple parent communication. For iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, Chromebooks and Computers with Chrome or Firefox. Free for teachers!

http://web.seesaw.me

Quizizz: More than just a quiz game

If you've been using Kahoot for interactive games in your classroom, you may want to take a look at Quizizz.  Unlike Kahoot, Quizizz allows students to play the games as homework and questions can be imported from a spreadsheet saved in .csv format. Questions can be added from other quizzes, and quizzes can be shared directly to Google Classroom.

This document with screenshots gives a great overview of the tool.  The site offers a guided tutorial to get you started, has a great FAQ page, and offers several how-to videos on its resource page.  Richard Byrne of Free Technology For Teachers has put together a spreadsheet comparing six online review game tools, so if you're a Kahoot user, you can compare its features to Quizizz.

Thanks, Dee Heiner at BHS, for sharing this tool. Coach Heiner is linking her quizzes in her Google Classroom for students to complete as homework. Quizizz provides a total breakdown of data that can be accessed from the reports page including how many times a student has taken the quiz and which questions the student answered correctly. Data about each quiz, each question, or each student can be downloaded into a spreadsheet. Quizizz looks like a great tool to add to your teacher toolbox!

QUIZIZZ WALKTHROUGH

Quizizz is a free multiplayer quiz game for the classroom, check it out at http://quizizz.com

https://watchkin.com

Gradebook, GoogleSlides, MagneticPoetry

TxEIS Gradebook: Monitor Groups

Right before Thanksgiving, Pam Frierson sent instructions to BMS for setting up monitor groups in our TxEIS Gradebook. If you are mentoring a student or monitoring grades for a group of students who may not be in the same class, setting up a monitor group in Gradebook can be a timesaver. A visual summary of Pam's instructions are HERE.

Use Google Slides to Publish an 
Electronic Magazine

A couple of weeks ago I attended the TCEA Campus Technology Specialist Academy where I met tech specialists from Hudson ISD. Misty Mitchell shared how she is using Google Slides to publish an ezine with her middle school students. Wow! Who knew Google Slides could look so good? Check out the student publications HERE. If you need to make a class portfolio, compile student projects for a community showcase, or compile stories your students have written to share with parents, Google Slides may be the way to go. Just reformat the page size under File > Page Setup and when you're done creating, go to File > Publish to the web to get the link or embed code as well as other publication options.  

Winter Magnetic Poetry

Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning is an amazing resource for all things Google. She is especially creative with integrating G-Suite tools into instruction. In the activity below, she provides a Google Slides template for your students to create refrigerator-magnet-style winter poetry. For full instructions, click HERE. Scroll about three quarters of the way down her blog post to access the link to get your free copy of her winter magnetic poetry template. If you are interested in upping your Google skills, Kasey's blog is definitely one to follow.