The number one tip for this week is using KAMAR on a phone to take your class roll. Download the app (Android or iOS), add the server setting (www.tbc.school.nz), and log in with your KAMAR details. Takes about 15 seconds as opposed to 5 mins (…..) if you are on your laptop on the wifi.

 

5 Ways to Use the Google Classroom About Tab 

For those of you who have dived into Google Classroom for the first time, check out these tips about how to use the About Tab. A good place for putting course descriptions, links to NCEA standards, curriculum resources for students etc.

 

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Redefining Math with the Google Apps for Education

Here’s a good presentation by some Math teachers describing how they use a range of Google apps to enhance their student’s learning. Although focused on Maths, could be applied to a range of subject areas.

 

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Tips, Tricks and Traps

App Launcher Customizer for Google™

In working with a range of teachers, I have seen about 20 different ways to get into Google Drive. This App Launcher is one that I’ve just started using and I’ve found it really user friendly. There are a heap of other app launchers (the 9 squares in Google Drive, Apps in the top left of Chrome, seperate programmes you can download and add to your Dock..) – as long as it works for you, then sweet as.

 

Export your KAMAR calendar to another app 

For those of you who want a different way to get a copy of your teaching timetable on your computer that is different than taking a screen shot from KAMAR and sticking it on your desktop, try this method. In Teachers-> Events Planner you can export your timetable then import it in to a Calendar app of your choosing. I use Google Calendars and this means I get a synced calendar to all my devices. So if I’m not sure what I have on Monday morning before I leave for school, I can glance at my phone.

 

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More tips and resources @ TBC PL Website

Things that make you go hmmmm….

Self reported grades with John Hattie

“Self reported grades comes out at the top of all influences. Children are the most accurate when predicting how they will perform: so where does that leave us?”