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Paperless Classroom

Carroll ISD Staff Development August 17, 2016

PaperlessClassroomCarroll ISD Staff Development August 17, 2016

Your classroom can be greener and become more efficient, but there will always be paper! Your classroom can be greener and become more efficient, but there will always be paper!

Access this handout here: bit.ly/dragonhandout Access this handout here: bit.ly/dragonhandout

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Google Forms

Google forms is so versatile for the classroom! With just a few steps, you can create a quick formative assessment, poll, collect email addresses, create a quiz and more! All you need is a Google account and you are ready to go!


  • Getting Started with Google Forms
  • Create a Quiz in Google Forms
  • Google Quiz vs. Flubaroo
  • Ideas for using forms in the classroom
  • Form Mule - Send an email directly from a form!


Think about it...

How will using Google Forms make your classroom greener?

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Handouts and Smore!

Smore is a service for quickly creating great-looking webpages. and dynamic and changeable flyers which can include many types of media including videos. Deleting or adding elements to your Smore flyer is as simple as dragging and dropping them on or off your page.

  • Learn How to Add Stuff to Your Smore

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Padlet is more than just post it notes!

Great for communication, collaboration, critical thinking

Padlet is a place where students can collaborate and communicate by posting images, documents, text, audio and other content on a virtual wall with anyone anywhere and from any device.


Create and Post: "What's Your Quote" for 2016?

  • Upload your image to this padlet


Sample Padlets

  • Who are You?
  • Real Life Sine and Cosine
  • Character Tour
  • Project Meme


Padlet Ideas and How-To's

Padlet Video Tutorials here


Think About It...

Discuss in your groups how your students could use Padlet in your classroom to meet your assignment objectives and to increase efficiency

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Let's Collaborate and Communicate with Quizlet Live

Quizlet Live is an in-class, team based learning game. Students are randomly grouped and they must work together to correctly match a Quizlet set's terms and definitions. The first team to match 12 in a row wins! It's active. loud, and amazing!


Let's Take a Quiz

  • Navigate to quizlet.live
  • Join the session with the join code provided
  • You will be assigned a group
  • You must find your group and answer the questions correctly
  • All will have the same question, but only one will have the right answer
  • Choose the correct answer, but be careful. If you miss, you have to start over!
  • The first team to get 12 in a row correct WINS!


Think about it...

Discuss in your groups how your students could use Quizlet in your classroom to meet your assignment objectives and to increase the 4 C's.

  • Check out the Quizlet Live Tutorial
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EdPuzzle

EDpuzzle allows you to trim a video to show only the part you need. Embed questions to hold your students accountable during the video.

Check out this EDpuzzle quiz on the Flipped Classroom!


All About EdPuzzle


  • What EdPuzzle Can Do
  • Detailed EdPuzzle Instructions and Tutorial


Think about it...

How could using EdPuzzle in your curriculum enhance student learning?

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Nearpod

Let's Learn About the Water Cycle!
  • Open www.nearpod.com.
  • Click on the Join Session button.
  • Type in the Pin Number the teacher gives you.
  • Wait for the teacher to begin.


Nearpod also has an App for most devices!


Think about it...

Is Nearpod something you could use in your classes? How could your students benefit?

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Angie Bakke

Angie is an educational technology trainer and consultant who enjoys helping districts, schools, classroom teachers and students implement today's 21st Century Learning tools.

Email: angiebakkeconsulting@gmail.com
Location: Colleyville, TX, United States
Phone: 972-372-4292
Twitter: @angiebakke

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