SLS unit help

FOR SINGAPORE TEACHERS ONLY -Please join in the SGLDC FB group (It's a closed group and permission will be granted via icon email) and assess the following links for  the Q and A pooled by the community on SLS!

Click on the links on the image to goto the FB page (links click able image created using image mapper)

·         Unit 1 SLS Matters - go.gov.sg/slsmatters  

·         Unit 2 Live Streaming practices for students on #LOA - go.gov.sg/livestreaming

·         Unit 3 Curating techy tools & resources for #HBL - go.gov.sg/techtools

·         Unit 4 Lessons from #Designer - go.gov.sg/designerlessons

·         Unit 5 ETD Science Lesson Designs for ready-made SLS lessons - go.gov.sg/sciencelessons

·         SLS Community Gallery lessons e-catalogue - go.gov.sg/slscglessons

·         Guide for designing Acquisition LE - go.gov.sg/acquisitionle

New feature: annotating on text and image in SLS
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sglearningdesigners/permalink/823831101438069/

Fairy Tales and history with Google Earth

Take your students on a literary journey around the world.

Read folktales, fairy tales, myths, and legends from across the globe and discover where the stories originated and evolved with links through Google Earth. Each story takes students on a historical and geographic adventure with links to places where the story began and where the version explored is set, allowing students to see what those places look like today. In addition, links to videos and related resources provide students with a deeper context in which to understand these ancient tales and build their background knowledge.

Fairy Tales Around the World
https://earth.google.com/web/@12.50766402,7.56630349,-981a,15914477d,35y,360h,0t,0r/data=CjASLhIgNzYwYTc0Y2MzZDk5MTFlODlkZjU4MTBmODJlMzhmMTUiCnZveV9zcGxhc2g

 

Test your knowledge of the battles and events that took place during WWI and WWII using Google Earth. Visit the Places using the placemarks.

 

World War 1 Quiz https://earth.app.goo.gl/DK8fJK

World War II Quiz https://earth.app.goo.gl/Xv4VoP

Classroomscreen

Almost forgotten about this amazing tool for classroom. Can use it together with Google meet or zoom in which the screen would serve as a virtual whiteboard. No need to install so it can be used on the browser on SSOE devices.

https://classroomscreen.com/

You can add clock, timer, text, drawing, create instant QRcode for them to scan. 

Exit poll

Jinger shared in SGLDC in 2019

Many teachers have tried it and gave very positive feedback. This solves the problem of having not much whiteboard space in the classroom when we use the projector. This is done on laptop and then to be projected to the screen.

Loom

I find Loom, a screen recorder, easy to use. I am using the chrome extension version which can be installed on my chrome browser (no need admin permission on ssoe device)

With Loom, you can record your screen, voice, and face to create an instantly shareable vide.

RECORD ANYTHING ON YOUR SCREEN Once you add Loom to Chrome, you can easily record anything on your screen, even if it's outside of Chrome. Great for creating tutorials or video for HBL.

You can download the videos you recorded. 

One of videos I recorded using the loom chrome extention.

I have also used it to record the online lessons I had with my students in which I toggled between different windows. I managed to capture the slides presentation, the mind map, the meeting itself, access to Google classroom, giving pointers on my word document which was the work assigned to the students.

Love the ease of recording my online lessons and sharing with my students by just sending them the links.

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You can create folders in which you can organise the recorded lessons for your different classes 

You can choose to download from loom.com/myvideos and then upload the video as a media in SLS.

Classhook

Interesting sharing by Joel Tan - https://www.classhook.com/
Indeed I have been using video clips to sparkle curiosity on a topic I have taught.

   

Quiver AR app

Interesting AR app. Thanks to Tsering Wangyal for sharing this in SGLDC! After I colored the free granary weevil which I screenshot, I used the Quiver app on another phone and I could see the weevil among the grains in AR. I caught the weevil and get to learn more about it. Play and learn at the same time. I must say I get excited too seeing the bug I colored coming out alive in AR!

1. Download Quiver from your ap store.

2. Click on Packs to download the coloring sheets. You can print and color them or screenshot and paint them. 

Not all the colouring sheets are free but do try the free ones!

3. You can then click on the butterfly icon at the bottom of the app and activate the camera to capture what you have painted. Watch your colored creatures come to live!

4. You can also click on Q to start a quiz!

I like the one on volcano erupting in the free educational package.

Simply love the quiver app in showing the volcanic eruption in AR. See the volcano you have colored come alive! The eruption of the volcano shows how the lava moves up the pipes and eruption is accompanied by ashes and pyroclastic materials as well as the lava flow. Helping you to see volcanicity in AR.  

Of course as a Geog teacher I tried the one on the map.

The ones on plant and animal cells are interesting but don't quite understand how to use it.

The one on pi will be useful for Maths.

Create one for our Singapore Flag as well!

Useful tech guide and resources for HBL

In the midst of HBL due to CoVID, teachers all over the world have been so generous in sharing their resources and guide.
A global village with kampong spirit!

Compiled list of useful ICT tools
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/19Y_cmTV2EQU-2b0a_ZLwhHiY1i3ctxPGZqy4jcM_ts0/mobilebasic

Free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject from BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach

Wonderful ICT guide by Nur Huda Ismail
https://sites.google.com/moe.edu.sg/ictguide/

Group activities idea online
https://www.playmeo.com/

Virtual trips
https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/virtual-field-trips-for-kids/
https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours

Educational resources free for HBL COVID
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUKLZN7hGSu1Hzm70kfzBKs-lsSELaEMggS60Bi2O2I/htmlview

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Audible stories
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

Brainpop
https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-planning/bp-topic/

For SGLDC members, a whole list of video guides on SLS fr Harley
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sglearningdesigners/permalink/822305174923995/

Must open this pdf list of useful apps:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sz9M-XL7t9veuWksYP-U89c7TaCxSRti/view?usp=sharing

Some of what you will see in the above pdf with the links
Videoing/Recording You, Your Screen and Your Students
Because they need to see/hear us and we need to see/hear them.

Zoom would allow you to teach like you normally taught and see your kids before you like you’re used to. The ​Grid View​ allows you to see your kids in their homes. You can use more “​traditional​” instruction and allow for​ large group discussions​. I envision this being particularly useful to teach a math concept, a read-aloud or to continue doing ​Workshop mode​l. This is also a super way to keep your​ class community​ alive and healthy!

LOOM 💗  You read right. There’s a LOOM and a ZOOM! Loom is similar where it provides you with access to free screen and video recording. I like that it is a mix between ​Zoom​ and ​ScreenCastify​ which is why I give it a 💗 and a big thumbs up.  Loom is also a ​Chrome Extension​ - so can easily be downloaded onto any device but they also offer a Desktop version with better Video + Sound quality.

 Seesaw 💗 Their website provides ​free resources​ and assistance to help you with online instruction. An ​activity library​ provides you with options of activities to use if you’re lost. User-friendly platform allows students to​ record​ themselves showing you what they’re working on. Can be used for ​all subjects, all ages​.

Screencast-O-Matic -Similar to ​ScreenCastify​, this program will allow you to RECORD videos of your screen. Different from ScreenCastify is that it will also allow you to ​edit those videos​ by adding ​text, images and captions​, but allows you to save them onto a Cloud type server. You can record your ​screen ​or via your​ webcam ​OR BOTH at once.


Flipgrid 💗 Many students are familiar with this program and enjoy it. It allows for you to first start with a video asking a ​question or giving instruction​ and then the students watch your video you’ve created and then ​record their response​ to your question. This works particularly well with a Math concept (You show an example then ask students to demonstrate their learning - they could hold up a paper with their answer on it as their video response). Could also work well to prove they were ​present​ for that day’s instruction! Very modifiable - in that you can allow students to interact with one another’s videos (or not allow it for more privacy).

LiveBoard is a ​WhiteBoard App​ for teachers where you can ​record, save and organize​ any of the instructions you do. This is useful if you do not have access to SmartBoard software on your laptop or if you have a substitute laptop that lacks resources. This is the closest thing I have found to the Smart Software that comes on our laptops.

Awwapp is a ​WhiteBoard App​ for teachers where you can ​record, save and organize​ any of the instructions you do. This is useful if  you do not have access to SmartBoard software on your laptop or if you have a substitute laptop that lacks resources. Super similar to ​LiveBoard​ ^ Listed directly above. I found there to be more user-friendly options like ​arrows and images with this option, as well
as “pen” styles, ​if that matters to you. You can save and organize your “boards” at an additional cost.

Vocaroo  💗 Online voice recording​ only. No login required. Simply click a button and GO! The student is then provided with a URL they can copy/paste wherever they please and you can hear their response. So they could link it into a Google Document or on whatever
other platform you are using so that you can hear what they have to say. I’ve used it plenty and find it very user-friendly and ultra simple.

EduCreations You need ​Adobe Flash Player​ to run this program. It’s another​ WhiteBoard App​. Free ​until May 1st.

PowToon PowToon is a Video Creator. Create ​book reports, presentations​ and everything in between. This site is temporarily free for the premium version but when it expires, you do lose access to the best things. I believe you only get 4 days of access. They do not have
an online subscription deal during COVID. 
PearDeck is a Google ​Add-On​ That is used to interact with your students using multiple platforms. Your audio and video are shared with your students and they can interact with you by commenting on questions/responding to things you’re mentioning in your video/lesson. Seems to me like *multiple* steps are involved to get students to the right place and involves many steps from you (like enabling the add-on, sharing a video link or sharing the video on another program like Slides). I haven’t used this but it’s been hotly enjoyed by teachers during this online fiasco!  

NearPod 💗 You create a lesson (which can incorporate​ audio, video, slides, document​s - You name it!) and your students get a code. That code allows them access to your lesson and transforms their device into an educational trampoline where they would have individual access to EVERYTHING in one sweet spot​! This requires less link-sharing, switching between programs etc that the others
sometimes require. With NearPod, as long as they have the code to your lesson, it can be accessed from ​ANY device​ (Phone, iPad, etc). Google also makes a ​nifty Plug-In​ to ease your access :)

Edmodo​ 💗 Edmodo brings all of your classroom tools together into one nifty platform. Feels​ Facebook-y​ and ​Google Classroom-y​ into ONE. 

Google Meets For Web, Android or IOS, this Google add-on will help you see and teach your kiddles!  
Collaborative Platforms and Activity Creation
Develop a sense of community and discussion like it never went away!
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Boom Cards I’ve played around with this tool and find it complicated but the final products I’ve seen created from it are very user-friendly and beautiful so it may be worth the “getting used to it” phase. Through Boom Cards, you can create interactive lessons and your students need to create Boom  
By creating a PADLET, your students can add in their two cents to an assignment. This is great for ​co-constructing​, getting their ideas, seeing how they’re feeling or using it as a mental​ health check-in​. I envision using this to ask students what they’re wanting to learn, what they’ve been doing. They can be small answers or longer ones. It almost has the appearance of a Facebook wall where you can move around​ “post-it” ​looking answers, you can “love” posts… It’s a great way to keep a​ community.​ It’s a VERY simple and effective way to include quick answers ​without video/audio​ :)
Quizlet To create ​flashcards, diagrams and study guides​. Many teacher pals I know use this wholeheartedly and swear by it. I’ve never got into it, but have attached a ​Step-By-Step Guide!​ It can provide a great tool for​ revision​ - key concepts and terms and can be used as a form of ​assessment​.
Canva changed the way I taught and the way my students ​presented their understanding​. My kiddles’ used it for everything from creating ​postcards​ to a backdrop to their​ presentations​. You can create ​advertisements, teaching documents, assignments​… and they are beautiful and very easy to create. My students now gravitate to it when given choice in any project and I’m sure they will at a distance, too! 

Coggle -This is a ​mind-mapping/brainstorming tool​. I envision using this for open discussions in class and ​co-creating success criteria​ or just to share ideas and information into a visual format. I also envision recommending this to students who require​ graphic organizers ​to get their ideas on paper for writing. 

Conceptboard - Similar to Coggle where you can work together to ​brainstorm​ or​ map out​ a topic. It encourages ​collaboration and discussion​. FREE TweetDeck! Your kids will LOVE ya! This is a version of​ Twitter​ you can ​monitor​ for your kiddles.  

Zoom breakout and embedding in SLS

Creating breakout rooms in Zoom

ZOOM breakout rooms. It allows the adminstrator to let participants conduct group discussions in separate "rooms", complete with whiteboard, then gather again as a big group.

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476093-Getting-Started-with-Breakout-Rooms?mobile_site=true

Embedding Zoom in SLS

Pasting the URL

1. Add an Activity to a Lesson.
2. Clickto expand the toolbar.
3. In the toolbar, click Text/Media.
4. In the Content Editor, click on the embed website button 


5. Click on Embed Website





6. Copy and paste the following iframe code into the Enter Embed Code space:
   

Guide by a group of US teachers

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m_t-8-BjCHCeeA89eijagCNwgQuQSGCJDUiZxJ0Nr70/edit?usp=drivesdk

Guide on how to use zoom in Chinese by本李俊贤
Accessible only by members of SGLDC
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sglearningdesigners/permalink/819206405233872/

Zoom tips for educators

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m_t-8-BjCHCeeA89eijagCNwgQuQSGCJDUiZxJ0Nr70/edit?usp=drivesdk

Great Tools Built into Zoom for Engagement 

• Attendee Attention Tracking: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115000538083-Attendee-attention-tracking
• Polling: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/213756303-Polling-for-Meetings 
• Breakout Rooms: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476093-Getting-Started-with-Breakout-Rooms 
• Non-verbal Feedback: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115001286183-Nonverbal-Feedback-During-Meetings 
• Virtual Backgrounds: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/210707503-Virtual-Background 
• Sharing a Screen: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362153-How-Do-I-Share-My-Screen
• Whiteboard: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205677665-Sharing-a-whiteboard 
• Annotation: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005706806-Using-annotation-tools-on-a-shared-screen-or-whiteboard 
• Transcription of meetings: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004794983-Automatically-Transcribe-Cloud-Recordings- 
• Chat: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203650445-In-Meeting-Chat

Adding website as app to home screen

Most useful tip I learned from my colleague Addie today though some of you might already been using it.

 https://www.howtogeek.com/196087/how-to-add-websites-to-the-home-screen-on-any-smartphone-or-tablet/

Adding the website as a shortcut like an app on home screen has provided me with a faster access to the websites compared to scrolling down the list I bookmarked!

Google Meet

With more Home-Based Learning and meetings online, Google meet is definitely a good tool to use.

Thanks to Rion Tan for his quick guide.

Installed Google meet app on my second hand phone so that the students can still see watching them when I used my laptop to present. Just click on present now and the students will see your screen. You can choose the whole screen or just an app e.g PowerPoint. I prefer whole screen cos I toggle between a few platforms e.g. mind map, the PowerPoint, my Google site with videos  and even my assignment using word document. 

The live lesson in Google meet allows for immediate feedback. Can pause and ask if got questions. I also check the chat box at interval to answer their questions.

And I tell my students to mute all their audio first. Then also reminded them that the lesson will be recorded. So they are better behaved. The lesson was recorded with loom chrome extension. I sent the students the link to the recorded lesson after the Google meet.

Very good tips from John in FB Google suite for teachers.

New Google Meet features that give teachers more control, including putting limits on who can mute and remove participants.
Learn more about these updates: http://goo.gle/2Qy7hbz 

Another guide on Google meet

https://techycoach.com/2020/03/21/google-meet-virtual/

TIPS FOR PRESENTING

~ You can create a Google Meet video meeting by going to http://meet.google.com or by creating a calendar event on Google Calendar. In Google Calendar, there is an option to Add Conferencing.

~ Enable captions so your participants can see what you are saying. This helps in the event that there are audio issues on the other end. It did not pick up what I say correctly so I did not switch this on.

~ Record your meeting. Get started by clicking the More menu (three dots) and then choose Start Recording. When finished, click Stop Recording in the More menu. I did not use this but loom chrome extension to record the session I had with my students.

~ the use of the earphone with mic (came free w my old Samsung handphone) was great. The voice was clearer and I could hear everything clearly with little noise.

~ I used my laptop for presentation and set up another log in with my hand phone so that my students can still me. It helped me checked that my presentation can be seen by the participants too.

~ remind the participants to mute the audio or there will be too much noise interference.

Shows everyone in a Google Meet - based almost entirely on Chris Gamble's Userscript [1], just packaged as a proper Chrome Extension

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-view/bjkegbgpfgpikgkfidhcihhiflbjgfic

Update 7 April 2021

Create breakup rooms using Google calendar

https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2021/03/preset-breakout-rooms.html?m=1

Google Classroom

I have been using Google Classroom for four years now. The students have definitely found it useful in their feedback.

I find it useful that I can assign the same materials or work to a few classes simultaneously just by selecting the classes in the drop down list. You can also select only certain students within the class.

I also like it that the works which the students submitted are all automatically saved in a folder in the Google drive which you can easily download.

The students find it useful when I classify the materials by topics or types (notes, PowerPoint, practice papers, assignments).

If you need the students to work on a copy of doc or slides individually, just select make a copy for each student and schedule the assignment too.

With the individualized copy for each student, I could comment on their copy for them to improve on their work. This is also useful cos you can also save comments in the comment bank available in the comment function. Or simply save on a word doc which you can copy and paste cos some comments are generic or common.

I can also comment and mark directly on their copy and it will be saved as a PDF file which I will grade and return. This can be done via the Google classroom App on my iPad (can be done on phone though screen is small).

Click on the pen icon to mark.

You can choose the pen, highlighter or eraser.

No problem even if the student has written on paper. He can still submit as a picture file. You can open it up and mark like on the Google doc. But if it's more than a page an app such as camscanner to capture the images and collate to a single PDF file will be easier for marking.

You will see the marked document saved as a PDF file. You can enter marks and return to student.

My colleague has used the above to do the marking and I am really awed by his speed and ability to give very constructive feedback to the students who have taken note of the comments on the marked script as well as the private comments for improvement.

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I am also trying out the rubric function which is very useful for our level descriptor question and alternative assessment marking. 

All the submitted works are shared in the drive.

I also get the students to reflect on geographical issues using Google classroom. It's great in getting the students in seeing the relevance of what they are studying.

Amazing videos from Daryl Chan on how to use Google Classroom for teachers and students

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhAQtl8NLfiC_ERb3fKXSeLbK48kDwQ3j

A quick 36-second guide on you can make a copy for each student, assign to multiple classes and retrieve their work from a folder.

A good tutorial on the use of Google Classroom.

Google Classroom Cheat sheet.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QRv8HI2mSNVmwNEz-PLoqDPMqexjZy-hHT-nzafU3ro/edit?usp=drivesdk

Good tips on emailing students, grading, control over posting and commenting.

Integrating Google meet in Google classroom

https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2020/03/classroom-videos.html?m=1

My post on collaboration using Google classroom 2019
http://ezitnew.blogspot.com/2019/07/collaboration-using-google-classroom.html?m=1

Edtech Mr Brown guide
https://edtechmrbrown.com/google-classroom-basics/

Some tips on Google classroom

https://www.tes.com/news/27-clever-teaching-hacks-google-classroom