QR Codes, Word Cloud, Google Forms - Week 31

CN Elementary Teaching Team:

Here are a few highlights from this week:

Week 31 (April 8 – April 12, 2019)

Thursday Giggles:                What do you call a fake noodle?

An impasta.

If you ever try out any ideas I suggest in my blog, please let me know! I would love to showcase your awesome discoveries here. Others would love to learn from your experiences. And, you’ll inspire others to try something new.
Email me here:melissaculver@cusd.com. Check out my website: www.melissaculver.com.

PD Dates to save on your calendar:

       Wednesday, May 15 – Chrome Add-ons & Extensions @ Mountain View from 2:30 – 3:30 - REGISTER HERE

QR Codes. You can generate multiple QR codes at one time. It’s an Add-on for Sheets. Did you just copy and paste codes for 20+ kids to design several different QR codes? Well, you still need to copy and paste, but it will take less time with this tool.  Load the URL’s into Sheets.  Click a magic button, now you have all those links transformed.

Image credits: Google Sheets.

Once you are in the area to add an add-on (in Google Sheets), then search for QR Code Generator. Then click +FREE. You will now have access to this free tool.

Image credits: QR Code Generator from the Add-ons menu.

Image credit here.

Word Cloud. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy shows that design and create are higher order thinking skills. Here’s one tool to explore with your team if you haven’t designed or created anything digitally in a while. Mother’s Day. School spirit. Character traits. Science vocabulary. Geography terms. Characteristics that define a period in history. Poetry. You can take this lesson many different directions. Here’s a quick how-to VIDEO to get your team started. WEBSITE LINK HERE. How does your team upload these projects to Google Classroom? Use this PowerPoint to help them do that.

Google Forms. As a teacher, you might use Google Forms in your daily instruction or your campus responsibilities (Robotics, History Day, Yearbook, etc.). But, have you ever thought about teaching your students how to use this? They could create a quiz. Or, they can gather data for science. Or, they can gather survey information that could shape your classroom or your campus. Research. Essay. Data collection. Tables. Charts. Collaboration. This would rank high on Bloom's Digital Taxonomy as well. If you have not considered using this as a lesson, check out this video. Feel free to use this in your instruction.

Still curious,

Melissa Culver