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My Louisville - What's New for August, 2020?

Looks like some things have been improved or moved around as they update the system for this new school year. Here are some tidbits for whenever you get around to these things, no rush. To import assignments from last year , go to the Assignments page for the class. Then, the …   Remember to EDIT SETUP on your gradebooks so it calculates in the way Department chairs, please help inform your members of how this is to be set for your department. I will show new teachers that next week.   In Topics, each element on your page now has a “gear” for settings that allows you to make a publish date/time for the element on the page . That’s super cool because if you put stuff on the page that you don’t want them to see until class time on Wednesday, you can set it that way.   Share the love! Topics can be placed in a TOPIC BANK so other teachers can IMPORT a copy of it and modify it as needed. Topics can be shared with another section… you select the other teacher an...
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Google Docs submitted in My Louisville Assignments

Hi everyone, for teachers using Google Docs with students: My Louisville assignments accept files uploaded via their Google Docs. When setting up your assignment to accept files for online submission, students have a choice. Instead of browsing for a file on their computer to upload, they can click a Google Docs button and load the file. Please read the details below, there are some interesting options. Benefits: You can view and grade their file from within My Louisville, and the grade goes directly into your gradebook. Here are the details: Students can submit files from their   Google Drive   accounts to My Louisville assignments. To do so, students click   Attach Files   on the assignment detail page. They then click   Add From Google Drive   to login and select the appropriate files. ·          If a student selects a non- Google   document from   Google Drive , the file is handled the...

Searching Google Skillfully!

I'm as guilty as the next guy of doing quick and lazy Google searches... until I really need good quality results. There are many resources to help you get better at searching using Google, and I recently attended a conference session bringing this back to my mind. Here are a couple of articles that will help! and yes, I "googled" these :-)   Google's Search Operators 20 Tips To Use Google Search Efficiently How to use search like a pro: 10 tips and tricks for Google and beyond

Leveraging technology to increase student engagement

FACILITATING lessons that engage all learners MOTIVATING students with creative learning opportunities DESIGNING access to materials to streamline lessons and maximize class time These three things are worth the planning because the payoff is a smoothly run, engaging and empowering lesson. In the end, everyone including the teacher enjoys the class more! Here are some things that you can put in place to increase engagement while fostering creativity, increasing valuable formative assessment, and supporting those learning differences. The first and last 5 minutes  of class can be very engaging by leveraging 1-1 technology. Or use such tools to "regroup" in the middle of a long block. --------------------------------------------------- PollEverywhere.com is a really fun service that will accommodate teachers for free. PollEverywhere has a "Live Visualization Link" so contributors can view the responses of others. This is one way to facilitate a discussion ...

Comic Life ideas

Comic Life allows students to illustrate dialogue along with narration in a comic-style layout. It's super easy to use. It shows critical thinking, application of knowledge and creative use of digital publishing. And it makes an amazing display either in your classroom or outside my office. Here are a few ideas, and it can be something they start in class and finish for homework, or offered as a choice of mediums for project-based learning. • Moral/ethical issues: scenarios and solutions • Bible stories (new or old testament). Creative interpretation. • Poems that have a common poet, theme, time period, or other connection • Battles during Civil War, WWI or WWII, etc. • Scenes and dialogue related to culture, • Creative retelling of events in history, literature • Events in the life of scientists/mathematicians/artists/ writers • Social Justice issues: presenting issues and solutions through creative dialogue I will come in and review with them how to use it , but I b...

Online Discussions - FlipGrid

VoiceThread has been around for a while but I'm constantly running into issues with it. So many different browsers and users and computers seem to complicate things. FlipGrid is a new one I'd like to try... not free. $65 annual fee for 10 grids. The idea is you have noe grid per class with unlimited questions and responses. The discussion looks really streamlined, and can be embedded nicely! you may get a warning from your browser about unsecure content, however. After playing around with it, there is one thing I recommend... Hide Social Links Block users from sharing videos on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Note: Turning this feature "OFF" will also set "Hide Direct URLs" to OFF I wouldn't want students to share other student responses on their facebook pages!

Teaching Math with OneNote and Eno Board

A mathematics teacher here at Louisville is combining the math tools and flexiblilty of OneNote with the advantages of her Eno board. Her creative combination of simple tools saves her time, looks bold and clear, and gives her many dynamic choices as she moves through her day. Our other math and science teachers are learning from her! She uses OneNote with a tablet laptop to prepare pages for lessons or specific math problems. Then in class she projects the pages and writes over them with her Eno pen. This can then be saved to her computer for later emailing or posting online. All the ink erases with one click, leaving the OneNote page untouched and ready for the next class. At the last class of the day, she writes on the page using the draw tools built into OneNote, permanently adding the markup to the page. A simple trick that our calculus and chemistry teachers want to experiment with is to project a blank OneNote page with the "paper" set to graph paper. They can use ...