Cellphone Worksheets- making homework an enjoyable experience

Photo Courtesy of Shena Macdonald

In 2012 and 2013, I had began using Google docs and prezi to collaborate with learners on  projects. However the juniors were battling to zoom in on Powerpoints on their cellphones, so I decided to explore using Google forms for visual analysis activities and the result was a treat. The answers came through in a spreadsheet format and this made my marking much easier, as it allowed me to mark one question at a time without wasting time flipping through scripts.  This is very useful for short questions as you are able to mark fairly and establish clearer patterns of which areas learners are struggling with or which questions need to be clearer.   I have since tried this method with the seniors and have received some useful feedback from them.  

Link to Tutorial on creating Digital worksheets and self-evaluation forms

Organising your Google Cupboard

Photo courtesy of Shena Macdonald

One of the advantages of Google Drive is that it is wonderful place to store information. In fact it look similar to My Documents on the computer hard drive, but it is online which means you can access the information from any device so long as you have internet connection. Also Google has wonderful facilities for sharing folders which means others can access your content. This opens wonderful opportunities for collaboration with learners as well as format for creating online learning resources, which learners can access at home but I will write more about that in another post.

ORGANISING YOUR CUPBOARD

Something to think about is what names will you use for your folders? Mrs Moore and I like to share folders so we decided on names together so that we now where to find things. Also some shared folders have our surnames in the title so we know what belongs to who. Also some folders can be private and some can be shared.

Link to PPT tutorial on cupboard organisation - this link is under construction.

 Link to Tutorial on sharing settings on Google Drive this link is under construction.