Google for Education Events: Scotland

Whether you are asking your students to gather data, answer quizzes or take part in flipped learning activities, this session will demonstrate how the versatility of Google Forms can help.

We will show you how to create a range of form types, from simple surveys and self-marking quizzes to exit tickets, escape room type puzzles and branching forms that take students on different paths depending on their answers.

We will also show how add-ons can be used to extend Google Forms functionality, such as automatically generating certificates for your students.

When: Thursday 2nd December, 4pm - 5.30pm 

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Give your learners the opportunity to learn and engage in new ways by creating activities with the digital whiteboard tool, Jamboard.

This session will showcase how Jamboard can be used for sharing and recording group knowledge, for recording project work, as a digital worksheet and much more, whatever your students’ ages and ability.

The session will conclude with a chance for you to join our collaborative jamboard, where you can create your own Jamboard activity suitable for use with your learners.

When: Wednesday 24th November, 4pm - 5.30pm 

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Aimed at teachers and teaching assistants working with children who have not used Google Classroom much or at all to manage learning in one place.

Your own G Suite for Education account may not be allowed to join our demo Classroom based on your school's settings, so you will have the option of using a demo account or be a student in the Classroom. You can also follow along and create a Classroom of your own in your own Google Workspace for Education account as we go through the content.

Aimed at teachers and learning support who are relatively new to Google Workspace or need a refresher. This session will take you through Google Drive, the cloud based storage you can access anywhere, anytime from any device.

We will look at; how you can manage your own Drive, collaborate easily with others and share key documents, planning and resources. Collaborate in a Google Doc to see edits happen live, as well as exploring version history (an incredibly impactful tool to review learning as well as see who contributed what to your document). We will also look at Slides to make sure you feel comfortable bringing existing resources in other formats into Google Drive and converting them to be collaborative where necessary.

Create simple digital matching activities with Google Slides and Drawings. In this session we will look at digitising matching activities for learners to make them accessible beyond the classroom and something that can be used more diagnostically to review learning and progress.

Aimed at teachers and learning support who are managing students accessing learning from outside the classroom due to COVID-19 related challenges or for medical/other reasons. This session will explore the options available to teachers to make learning engaging and easy to access.

Learn about; using Google Classroom and Google Meet to provide a simple and safe environment for students to engage with synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities, developing a hybrid approach you can use for effective learning now and enhance learning beyond COVID-19.

Aimed at teachers fairly new to using Google Workspace, this session focuses on the survey and quiz tool, Google Forms.

This is a great starting point for teachers, teaching assistants and support staff as you can easily collect data, feedback or requests/suggestions from people using a single link. For teachers, Google Forms allows you to create a self-marking quiz that can be sent individually or via Google classroom or other platforms to learners.

Aimed at teachers and learning support, this session will give you a toolkit of assessment and feedback options available through Google Workspace. From in-built Google Classroom and Google Docs features, to third party tools that allow audio feedback to complement written feedback or where in-person feedback is not suitable or feasible.

Designed for teachers, learning resource staff and teaching assistants working with students to access information and tools in a way that is comfortable for them. 

Aimed at teachers and learning support, this session specifically looks at Google Drive collaboration and sharing through the lens of lesson planning.

By using Shared Drives as a year group or faculty team, you can provide easy access to learning resources, central curriculum templates and assignments whether you are working together or separately. Take away some simple ideas to reduce your planning time and make sure everyone has the best resources at their fingertips.