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Beyond the Brick and Mortar: Designing Effective Learning Experiences
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12
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10 months
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Course Objectives
Learn to use all the related tools, walk into a job and be a rockstar from day one
Question 1: Where do I HOUSE the learning?
Question 2: How do I ENGAGE my students online?
Question 3: How do I meet individual learners’ needs?
Question 4: How do I maintain a personal connection with my students?
Question 5: How do I hold my students accountable?
- Review the benefits and differences between online learning platforms (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas)
- Understand how to use Google Sites as a virtual classroom.
- Explore Digital Citizenship resources
Question 2: How do I ENGAGE my students online?
- Explore engagement strategies for online learning
- Understand how to create Hyperdocs/Hyperslides
- Understand how to create and use interactive notebooks
- Review online engagement tools
Question 3: How do I meet individual learners’ needs?
- Understand the importance of differentiating
- Review Independent Display of Learning (IDL) Explore Choice Boards, Differentiated Playlists, and YouTube Playlists
Question 4: How do I maintain a personal connection with my students?
- Explore online tools that build personal connections Understand how to personalize feedback using Screencastify and Read&Write
- Review how to add audio to Google Slides
Question 5: How do I hold my students accountable?
- Understand how to use Rubrics for evaluation
- Explore the online tool EdPuzzle and Google Forms for accountability
Meet the expert
Amy Mayer, M.A.
Amy Mayer, nationally known speaker and Google professional development guru, got her start in education as an English and Foreign Language teacher. Since that time, she’s served as a district level director of multiple varieties and now is the CEO of friEdTechnology, a Google & Microsoft partner company serving districts across the United States.
Amy is passionate about student (and teacher) engagement and equity in education. She loves finding capable, passionate educators and helping them grow into capable, passionate teacher leaders who then help thousands of fellow teachers become better at what they do.
Amy is a Google Level 1 & Level 2 Certified Educator, Google Certified Innovator, and a Google Certified Trainer.