Using Google Tools for Engagement

Engagement Essentials

Facilitated by:

Mr. Bernz O. Caasi

Google Certified Educator Level 2

💭 Some reminders:

• Remember to log in via AMS. 📝

• We have MS Teams Session at 1:30 pm. 📱

• Today is the start of Big Bad Wolf Online Book Sale! Yayy! 🎉

• Remember to have your water tumbler with you. 🥤

• Having a second device is helpful. 💻

Overview:

Having gone through the previous sessions that covered Google Essentials and Creative Essentials, our next workshop will be about the basic tools in engaging students and parents through our Google Workspace apps and other tools.

Workshop Coverage

• Quizziz (student engagement)

• Google Forms (student engagement)

• Google Calendar + Gmail (parent engagement; chat scheduling)

Poll

At this point, how confident are you in using Google and other digital tools for remote learning?

• Not confident at all. 😭

• Somehow confident? 😅

• I am quite confident. 😊

• I am super confident! 😎

LET'S REVIEW WHAT WE'VE STUDIED SO FAR.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Batongbakal wants to give his class a lecture and an immersive cultural experience by showing the students different landmarks in the Holy Land along with the route one needs to travel to each of them. Which Google Workspace app can he use with Google Meet?

Fill in the Blank

This Google Workspace app can be used in creating presentation decks.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Lactao wants his class to collaborate on book report which should be accomplished by groups. Which of the following Google Workspace apps can he use to help them meet in breakout rooms?

Multiple Select

Which of the following Google Apps can be used by Mr. Bantay to help one student who's having a hard time writing the introduction of his descriptive essay? (Two answers)

Multiple Choice

Mr. Rentoy wants to create an infographic and record himself while giving a lecture on Latin literature. Which of the following apps can he use to meet both objectives without switching apps?

• Google Slides 🗣️

• Google Docs 📄

• Canva 🎨

• Loom 🎥

Freebie Reminder!

Canva Pro is free for educators. Please just sign up via https://www.canva.com/education/.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Rentoy changed his mind. He doesn't want to create infographics anymore, but he wants to record his computer screen as he demonstrates how to go to a Latin website. Which app can he use?

• Google Slides 🗣️

• Google Docs 📄

• Canva 🎨

• Loom 🎥

Freebie Reminder!

Loom is free for educators. Please just sign up via https://www.loom.com/education.

DID YOU KNOW? 😮

You can save time in creating a blank Google Docs by typing "docs.new" on your Chrome's omnibox. For Slides, type "slides.new"; for Sheets, "sheets.new"; and for Calendar, "cal.new." Awesome, right? 😉

Multiple Choice

Mr. Perez wants to give his class some videos which they can watch and study for their upcoming test. Which of the following method can help him do this without spending a lot of time and effort?

• Send the YouTube links to his students via email one-by-one.

• Create a YouTube playlist and share the playlist link to his students via Google Classroom.

• Download all the videos then send them to the students via email.

• Download all the videos and upload them all in a shared Google Drive folder.

• Download all the videos and save them all in physical drives which he can send to students via Grab.

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing we need to do when we create a new Google Docs or Google Slides?

• Change the font

• Stary typing

• Name it

• Export as PDF

Where are the emojis and GIFS? 🔎

You can use emojis on your desktop by pressing Windows + ; (semicolon) or Windows + . (period). Try it! 🙌

Multiple Choice

What should we do to make sure that our Google Slides and Google Docs are saved on our Google Drive?

• Press Ctrl+S regularly.

• Look for the "Save" button and click it.

• Always download a copy so you have a back up.

• Everything that we do on Google apps is automatically saved on Google Drive.

Multiple Choice

This refers to "transforming the classroom environment and regular activities into a game" (ISTE, 2021).

• Augmentation

• Substitution

• Gamification

• Redefinition

• Integration

Literature: Nieto-Escamez FA and Roldán-Tapia MD (2021) Gamification as Online Teaching Strategy During COVID-19: A Mini-Review. Front. Psychol. 12:648552. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648552

Gamification Studies

Studies about the effectiveness of gamification are promising, with variable to positive results (Caponetto et al., 2014; Majuri et al., 2018; Osatuyi et al., 2018; Koivisto and Hamari, 2019).

Source: Nieto et al (2021)

Benefits

• promote knowledge seeking (Toh and Kirschner, 2020),

• develop creativity (Vartanian and Beatty, 2015)

•  improve mental health (Cruea, 2020)

• reduce isolation (Valkenburg and Peter, 2009)

Poll

Which of the following gamification strategies have you tried in your classes already?

• Kahoot

• Quizziz

• Google Forms

• Other tools

• Haven't tried yet

Now, it's time for us to learn how to create our own Quizziz.

Activity

• Create your free Quizziz account.

• On Google Docs, prepare a a five-item quiz about your Canva/Loom recorded lecture.

• From Google Docs, copy/paste your quiz items to Quizziz.

• Share your Quizziz game link to the Google Classroom post of this activity.