Teach with Tech

Google Practice sets are finally out of BETA!

What are Practice Sets?

It's a new tool for Google Classroom which enables educators to transform new and existing content into engaging and interactive assignments. With autograding built in, teachers can receive performance insights and snapshots into student progress and use those insights to help inform future lesson plans.

If students get stuck and need support, they will see automated hints and video suggestions, along with real time feedback on their answers. Assignments can be completed with a variety of tools for annotation, such as a mouse, stylus, touchpad, or math keyboard depending on how students work best.

Who can use Practice Sets?

Schools that have the Google Workspace for Education Plus and teachers who have the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.

Google's Skillshop: Practice Sets

Learn to use practice sets with Google's Skillshop short class. In this course, you will learn how to create a practice set, assign it to your students in Classroom, and analyze student performance to inform further instruction. You can use practice sets to create interactive assignments, provide students with built-in hints and resources, and automate grading. Practice sets will engage your students in learning while saving you time.

For more information check out Google's Practice Sets Help Guide.

This resource is a world map that allows you to select a region, state, country, etc. and overlay it onto another region to show the "true size" of that place. It is a great visual for students when learning about the world.

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In this half-day workshop, participants will learn about ChatGPT (and other AI tools), its capabilities, and how it can be used to support student learning in a variety of subject areas (creation of mentor texts, lesson plans, summarizing tool, test maker, etc). The workshop will be hands-on and interactive, providing participants with the opportunity to explore ChatGPT's features and brainstorm ways to integrate it into their teaching practice.

To register for this workshop (offered Friday June 23 & Thursday August 10) , or to view other summer offerings from IMESD- please click HERE.

The EdTech Huddle is for all educators who want to expand their knowledge and use of educational technology. Especially those who use technology in the classroom, actively work to integrate technology into their lessons and curriculum, and are willing to share/model instructional tech to others in their schools and districts.

EdTech Huddles are done for the 2022-23 school year and will resume in October of 2023.

This is a monthly newsletter from the Instructional Services Department of the IMESD. It includes current issues or concerns of tech (within the realms of education), tips and tricks, resources, and suggestions.

If you would like more information EdTech tools, resources, or training, please contact us.

Email: ayla.olson@imesd.k12.or.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/imesdapps.org/instructional-coaching/educator-huddles/technology-huddle?authuser=0
Location: Eastern Oregon
Phone: 541-966-4657