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Resource: Dictatio

8/18/2020

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Our school year has started, virtually for now, but we will have a hybrid model (in that some kids will be at home and some at school) starting next week. As we have started to work with students, I have begun to create templates that can be used virtually. We are using Google Classroom and this has made thing really easy for us, but these templates can also be used in most learning modules with some logistical changes. This post is not so much to lay out how I created it, although I will likely share that later, but to say that this resource is available, for free, for download. Having said that, it is made for Latin teachers. I can easily create one for ESOL teachers or any other foreign language teachers. Just let me know if it is needed. <3

All I ask, as usual, is that you give credit as needed for its creation and, if a colleague, peer, friend, etc. want it you direct them to this page. I know this may seem like a lot, but (1) I enjoy seeing how far my materials go, and (2) as I continue in my field, working on research, and creating original items, I want to make sure that all parties are respected (but that's a post for another time). :) 
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Google Meet: a quick guide

8/14/2020

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Miriam's bitmoji with long wavy hair and glasses is sitting and thinking.
Students have been with us for two days at this point (day three starts in two hours!). I am using Google Meet to meet live with my students during class and deliver instruction. I have made a quick infographic guide to Google Meet that covers the basics and some questions I have gotten about Google Meet. In this post, I want to point out my top 5 about Google Meet and a few things I'm still waiting for :). 

Top 5

  1. Since our school is a Google Classroom capable school, I am able to easily see who is logging in without their school account. They will not be admitted until I allow it (if I allow) it and their name has a convenient tag to let me know: John Smith (outside Gwinnett Count Public Schools). This is an automatic tag and as far as I know, not editable by the participant.
  2. Sharing my screen is SO much easier in Meet than in Zoom in my opinion.  I can choose to share the whole screen, a window, or a Chrome tab and when I switch to another tab or window, I can choose to share that without having to stop sharing and change or I can choose not to. It makes monitoring SO much easier. Plus, I can still see my students' videos. 
  3. Since this is integrated to Google Classroom, setting up a class meet was so easy. All I had to do was generate the meet link for my class and there it was. 
  4. Recordings save to my Google drive. I don't have to choose where it saves. That is automatically done for me and is very easy to find.
  5. If I boot someone.... they cannot come back unless I invite them specifically via email. While I have not yet had to do so, it is a good feeling to know that if a student were to try something, I could get them out and not have to worry about that email trying again. 

Features I Want

  • Mute all. 
  • Ability to end the meeting for all. 
  • Ability to delete a chat or turn off chat. 
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Conclusions (at this time)

I prefer Meet to Zoom. I don't want to jinx anything... but so far, that's how I feel. I do want to spend more time playing around and seeing how things really work. It is so hard to test some of these things out without a second person or a group in a meeting and so far, there has been no or very little time to do such things. 
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This is an infographic with basic information on Google Meet. If you need a read-aloud version, please email matermonstrorum@gmail.com
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    Miriam teaches in a public high school in Georgia. She specifically works to ensure her classroom is multicultural and equitable to all students. She is always looking for ideas to make things more accessible!

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