Description
Learn how to use Google Apps and other Web 2.0 applications to create differentiation in mixed ability classrooms. Session will cover assessments using Google Forms, how to grade writing assignments in Google Docs, and much more. Discover a wealth of links and ideas to strengthen your teaching with technology and to make classroom assignments more unique and individualized.
In this course, participants will:
- Be introduced to many technological tools, including:
- Google Forms
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Kaizena
- Google Earth
- Google Lit Trips
- Investigate how these tools can be used in designing curriculum and instruction
- Observe how teaching and learning can be made more individualized for all students, while particularly challenging those that are gifted
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Will Waghorne is a middle school history teacher in Austin, Texas. A Texas State Historical Association David C. DeBoe Award winner, he engages TAG learners in digital environments and engages like-minded colleagues in an international personal learning network. You can find him online at waghorne.net and @mr_wag on Twitter, or IRL (in real life) exploring museums and historical sites around Texas.
Jose – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Course offers good google resources.
Jessica – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this one, especially because I am not tech savvy.
Steven – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Google Suite
Edelmira – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Maricela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great videos and tools shown
Celia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great job
Henry – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great resources, though I would like to see most of them in a more in-depth presentation. Perhaps a follow-up course or revising this one to be two hours in length.
Dawn – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
course information is dated
Regina – HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I think this course was great. I was able to learn about some new Google tools in which I was not familiar.
Marty – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Course is very informative