GCE Level 2 Blog - Van Harten

 This unit has been the hardest for me to reflect on. I continue to think about how these things are unavailable to me where I currently teach. However, what I did not know was the collaboration of playlists on YouTube. I think that will be very useful in Professional Development for my school or for me to keep track of things that I have learned as reminders. Also, since I have to put all YouTube Videos into Google Slides it will be easier to keep track of things all in one place. I also learned about Team Drives, which I didn't know about before. I have done shared folders but hadn't known anything about Team Drives. Currently, my 4th Graders are doing a partner research project and are using Google Docs to collaborate. Some of the information that I learned in Unit 11 has been helpful in advancing my students' self-agency. I am using my own version of a hyperdoc with tables and they have the sources ( a few provided by me and others they find on their own), then on the r

 I have not used Google Scholar at all so far and I learned a lot about it. I will not be using it in my classroom due to the age of my students but I think it will be helpful in my professional learning. Another thing I learned about in this unit was Your Plan, Your Planet. I did not know that this existed and I plan on looking at it more to see if I can add it into my curriculum. I had never thought about doing a parent meeting live with YouTubeLive. I think it is a great idea and could keep things more clear and concise as well. Then without the constant question and answer part, it would take half the time. They could ask questions in the comments and people could see the responses later if they didn't want to take the time. I am also pretty disappointed because Google Earth and Google Maps are both blocked for student use at my school so the only way that I could use them is by projecting from my computer. This year when we rolled out 1 to 1 devices for secondary students You

 In Units 6 and 7 I learned about some features that I didn't know about that I will need to do more research on. I am not fluent in adding videos and YouTube Creator Studio and it is really neat some of the options that they have. I also learned some great lesson ideas that I will be taking forward with me. I was really excited about the idea of a Choose Your Own Adventure Slide Deck. I have used interactive notebooks with Slides before for research and presenting information but this is another fun way to use it. I think I may use this with my 5th Graders this year. I am going to head to the library to check out some books to give them ideas for it.