I searched high and low last year for a jeopardy game to use in my French Classes. I ended up paying for one, and it was pretty “meh”, but it was the best thing I could find.
This morning, while searching for a different classroom utility, I found FLIPQUIZ. An online Jeopardy simulation. While I admit, I’ve not used it in a classroom, I’d have been all about giving it a try in my classroom last year.
If you do use this one, I’d love feedback by email as to how it went, and any tips you might have for using it!
This tutorial will cover a FREE and EASY method to add audio files into a Google Doc. This tip allows teachers to read the questions for their test in advance, and embed the audio files into the document.
WHY??
Students who struggle to read will be able to complete their work without having another person present to read aloud to them, will be able to work at their own pace, and can return to questions as needed.
HOW?? 1) Install the Google Drive app to your smartphone. Log in to your CESD account. 2) Create a folder in your Drive called Audio Files 3) Create a subfolder in this new folder and give it the name of the test you will be reading. 4) Move the test into the folder (failing to do this step will break the audio links when you move the test folder into the Team Drive for Myles to create testing accounts for!) 4) Using the audio recording application on your phone, read each set of instructions or questions aloud SEPARATELY. You will have a bunch of audio files once you’ve read each instruction, source and question aloud separately. (On an iOS device, the audio recording app is called “Voice Memos” and it comes factory-installed.) 5) Upload your audio files to the folder you created in step 3. 6) Find an icon online to represent audio to your students. 7) Insert the icon after each set of instructions, source excerpt or question. (Once you have it at a size you like, COPY-PASTE it!) 8) Open Google Drive in another tab and browse to the folder you uploaded your audio files to. 9) Right click on the desired audio file. 10) Choose “Get Sharable Link” – Google will copy the link automatically for you. 11) Right click on the icon and choose “LINK” 12) Paste the link
Repeat, repeat, repeat – but remember – once this is done, you never have to do it again!!!
BUT MY FORMATTING!! You can make adjustments to the icon by choosing INSERT->DRAWING and shrinking the icon you selected in step 6 above in the drawing screen to better fit your allotted space.
If you’re looking for some extra knowledge for managing your Google Calendar (or Google Calendars as the case may be), here’s a little tutorial Michelle did for the Division Office staff.
There are a few things you can do to assist with organizing your Teacher Resources in Google Drive. You don’t need to do all of them, but to construct your individual workflow, considering the following may be helpful.
Create a folder and call it “Archive” – put resources you are not presently using, but may need in the future into this folder. I openly acknowledge that I am a bit of a digital hoarder when it comes to teaching resources. Teaching assignments can change from year to year, as we all know, and so deleting content can be a challenge, but we also want to not have digital clutter. If we are moving, it’s a great opportunity to purge and organize.
You can set colours on the folders in your Google Drive. If coloured folders will give you a visual to aid in organizing and retrieving, by all means…. right click on the folder and select a colour!
3. You can also mark folders or documents with a star (right above the “change color” option) and henceforth when you use the “search” feature of Drive, the starred items will be boosted to the top of the search results. Additionally, on the left-located menu, beneath “My Drive” and “Team Drive” is a label “Starred” – if you click that, it will shortlist all documents you’ve applied a star to!
