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.
Amy – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great job
Anna – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is for upper grades
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
useful resources
Peggy – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Navigating on my own through the sights was not a strategy I wanted to do.
Jaime – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation that will allow me to use more technology in the classroom.
Jessica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
really helpful information for classroom
Lyndi – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great dive into Google Tools
Paula – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative and well paced
Selsa – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good course, I bit scattered.