Greetings CHAT
families!
Due to the changing landscape of social
interactions because of COVID-19, all educational plans and practices need to
be flexible for the unforeseeable future.
With that in mind, I’ve planned my classes for this year to work whether
we can be face to face or distance.
Below are explanations and descriptions of the resources I will use this
year.
The G-Suite for CHAT
Classes
Kim
Nelson has made some videos and a teaching sheet for using your CHAT email
account and getting into Google Classroom.
She uses an Algebra 1 class as an example, but the steps will be the
same for my writing classes.
Google Drive
·
With
the G-Suite, students have access to Google Drive, which is a multi-dimensional
platform for documents, slides, spreadsheets, etc. Think of it as a filing system for your
digital content.
·
To
get started, students should create separate folders for each of their
classes. For some classes, they might
want folders within a folder. (e.g. A Writing
2 folder could have subfolders for Essays, Grammar, Literature.)
Google Classroom
·
All
assignments for the semester will be posted Google Classroom even if we’re face
to face. The assignments will come in
one or more of the following formats:
o An attached Google
Doc on which students can type
o A quiz or form that
students can complete
o A discussion question
on which students can type a comment or respond to a classmate
o A worksheet made with
the Rocketbook template. (More on this
later.)
o An assignment where a
student can upload a document or some other type of electronic work
·
Students
will need to remember to “Turn in” their homework via a button on the
assignment page.
·
Google
Classroom has an attached gradebook and should be used for checking for missing
work. For accurate scores and grades,
you should check the your student’s Google Gradebook Sheets.
·
Google
Classroom also has a calendar that keeps track of due dates for assignments.
Rocketbook Templates
and App
·
All
worksheets have been overlaid on the Rocketbook template. Using the Rocketbook app, students can scan
their finished worksheets and send them to the Google Classroom assignment.
·
If
we are face to face, students can hand in material in class or upload it to the
Google Classroom assignment.
·
You
must have the Rocketbook app on your phone for this to work.
·
Make
sure your Rocketbook app is set to save scanned material as pdfs.
o I suggest the
following destinations:
§ 
-- to the student’s chatclasses.com email
§ 
-- to a Google Drive folder labeled as the
class’s Quick Writes & Class Note-taking
(e.g. Writing 1 Quick Writes & Class Note-taking)
§ 
-- to a Google Drive folder labeled as the
class’s assignments (Writing 1
Assignments)
o You can also share documents
to other destinations (see 
). If you have the Google Classroom mobile app,
you can upload the scan to an assignment.
·
You
can label your Rocketbook pages with double hashtags.
o For example -- ## Tammy Prichard Grammar Aug 27 ## -- will
label the document. This makes it easier
to find it in your Google folder.
Communication
·
Blog: I send weekly notes in an email and post them
on the class blog. I will also use the
blog for sharing other information, such as videos, websites, etc.
·
Office
Hours – Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:00 , and Tuesdays, 4:00 – 5:00.
o This is new for me
this year, but I feel that if we are at any time distance learning, students
might need more help than a Zoom class offers.
I will have my Zoom class open during that time.
·
Zoom: If our classes are at any time online, we
will meet in Tamera Prichard’s
Zoom classroom. (password:
chat)
o Note: Google Classroom offers a Google Meet address
for the classes, but at this time CHAT will not be using those.
·
“Where
to find worksheets and materials?”
o Attached to Class
Notes emails.
o Attached to Google
Classroom assignments
o In the shared folder
for your class
§ Writing 1
§ Writing 2
§ Writing 3
§ Note: These documents can only be accessed by
students with CHAT emails; they are also set to be “View Only.”
o On the Gradebook Sheets after the assignment has been posted on Classroom.
·
“How
can students hand in homework?”
o When we’re face to
face, all work can be handed in physically in class
o For face to face OR
distance learning: Via the Google
Classroom assignment (using the attached document or uploading material)
o If and only if the Rocketbook
app is not working or a student is still in the process of figuring out Google
Classroom
§ Send an electronic
version (i.e. pdf, Google docs, or Word document – NO Pages or photos) via
email.
§ The specific name of
the assignment must be in the subject line.
§ Send only one
assignment per email.
