gafe Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/gafe/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:32:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 20+ tips to use Google Classroom effectively and efficiently https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:29:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4004 Google Classroom can be even more powerful with a few tips and strategies to make it efficient and effective.Google Classroom streamlines the management of student work — announcing, assigning, collecting, grading, giving feedback and returning. It has certainly saved many teachers hours of work. Without a solid workflow and some strategy, grading digital work can be cumbersome. […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-tips-to-use-google-classroom-effectively-and-efficiently/feed/ 30 Draw, choose, write or say: Fantastic formative assessments https://ditchthattextbook.com/draw-choose-write-or-say-fantastic-formative-assessments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=draw-choose-write-or-say-fantastic-formative-assessments https://ditchthattextbook.com/draw-choose-write-or-say-fantastic-formative-assessments/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:45:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3577 Formative assessment can be fantastic! Here are options for letting students draw, choose, write and say as a formative assessment tool.Formative assessment can be drudgery. When students are doing the same quizzes and the same practice questions all day long, it can be less than stimulating.Or formative assessment can be fantastic.Teachers use formative assessments to […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/draw-choose-write-or-say-fantastic-formative-assessments/feed/ 10 How to create media-rich, interactive maps for deeper learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-media-rich-interactive-maps-for-deeper-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-create-media-rich-interactive-maps-for-deeper-learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-media-rich-interactive-maps-for-deeper-learning/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:39:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4842 Google MyMaps lets students create maps with custom-pinned location. The magic, though, is in what you put in those pins. If we want to use technology in the classroom, we can’t just do the same kind of learning we did before it. Technology should improve the learning. Kick the lesson up a notch. Otherwise, our technology […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-media-rich-interactive-maps-for-deeper-learning/feed/ 7 Google’s buried treasure: 20 hidden tricks and tools https://ditchthattextbook.com/googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools https://ditchthattextbook.com/googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:45:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5342 Google is a behemoth. With all of its tools and apps and programs and initiatives, there’s no way to keep tabs on everything. As such, it’s easy for newer Google tools — and even some that have been around for a while — to slip through the cracks. The problem with that: there are some really powerful, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/googles-buried-treasure-18-hidden-tricks-and-tools/feed/ 9 The Google Classroom Quick-Start Guide + resources, tips and tricks! https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:45:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2423 Google Classroom makes organizing and managing all of your Google Apps activities streamlined and easy. Set it up in minutes.Google Classroom was created to focus less time on tech and more time on teaching. And it certainly has lived up to its billing.Classroom has streamlined the classroom workflow and makes communication easier between teaches and […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-google-classroom-quick-start-guide-tips-and-tricks/feed/ 60 10 Google Classroom time savers for teachers https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-google-classroom-time-savers-for-teachers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-google-classroom-time-savers-for-teachers https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-google-classroom-time-savers-for-teachers/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:54:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4792 Google Classroom can already make us more efficient, but these tips can save you even more time and effort. If you and your students are using Google Apps in the classroom, Google Classroom can save you tons of time and effort. It helps you assign, collect, grade and return work seamlessly. But, like anything else, there […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-google-classroom-time-savers-for-teachers/feed/ 11 Creating eye-popping infographics with Google Drawings https://ditchthattextbook.com/creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings https://ditchthattextbook.com/creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:29:17 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4891 Infographics are visually stimulating and force us to summarize well. These brain-friendly student creations can be a great change of pace for essays and research papers.  Infographics are everywhere. I first started noticing them on the front page of USA Today as a journalism major in college. As Pinterest became more popular, the long, tall […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/creating-eye-popping-infographics-with-google-drawings/feed/ 19 30 collaborative Google Apps activities for schools https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-schools https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-schools/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:45:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=1299 G Suite Apps are collaborative, which makes them highly powerful. They offer opportunities for students to engage unlike ever before. Here are 30 ideas for using them with your class. G Suite has revolutionized education. With its highly collaborative, online/offline format — and its attractive price tag (free!) it provides students and teachers with effective […]

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