Did You Miss Google On Air: It Takes a Teacher?

Held on December 3, 2016

You can still experience and attend great global professional development sessions online and on demand. Scroll down on the Google On Air website to see which breakout sessions are available for viewing.

Link to Google On Air Presentations

   

Look For the Access Materials and Watch Recording Links

Sharing on Google Slides

During this group project, students watched a video about a topic while taking notes. They then worked with their team to create a presentation to teach the other students in their class about their topic. One group member created the Google Slide and shared it with the other members. They then collaborated to make a plan to organize the work. Each student created a slide or two. It took one class period to watch the videos and take notes. And one class period to create the presentation.

Mystery Skype

Fourth-grade students are always excited for mystery Skype! During a mystery Skype the objective is to try to guess the location of the other class. Some classes participate with other classes from around the world; in Winchester, we focus on the United States which follows along with our curriculum. We start off with an introduction class, and then a practice class. When it is time for the real Skype, every student has a role/job. The students need to work as a team to ask yes/no questions in order to narrow down the other class' state. Once we guess each other's locations there is usually time to tell some interesting facts about Massachusetts and learn facts about the other state by asking questions. Communicating with other students from a particular state is a favorite way of learning about different regions and states in the US. Check out the iMovie trailer below: