Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Email Etiquette Slide Deck

Below you will find an activity that will help kids work on their email etiquette, which most of us will find useful in this remote/hybrid environment.  You can also access other US History Resources here and US/Civics/Economics Hyperdocs here.  Additionally, you can access my Digital Leadership Resources here and my We Googled Ourselves Activity.


Before you use them, you will want to

1. Go to File and Make a Copy of each file you are going to use.  This will enable you to edit them.
2. Check all links (if there are any) to make sure they are still active and are accessible in your domain.
3. Decide how you want to push these out to your kids.
4. Edit what you need.  
5. I compressed the file so that it would be more accessible to those without robust broadband.  That 
    means that the slides are smaller in file size. It also means you can't edit the slides, but you can very 
    quickly create a new slide that has your specific information on it and replace the slide.  To include a 
    new slide, just right click on the slides on the left in the filmstrip and insert a new slide. 

All of the files are public on the web, if you click on a file and it asks to request permission, it is because your school domain does not allow you to access files created outside your domain.  If that is the case, you will need to open it with your personal Gmail account and then share it with your school account, and then open your school Drive and go to Shared With Me.

You have my permission to share these with your students and colleagues as long as you give me credit on them.  You do NOT have permission to sell these on any site.

If you feel so inclined, my Venmo for coffee is @Rachel-Murat. If it asks, the last four of my phone number are 9476.

Email Etiquette (This will work for hybrid, remote or in person learning environments)




Digital US History Resources

Below you will find all of the digital creations I have made for my students this year.  I will update this blog as I make more, but you can also access other US History Resources here and US/Civics/Economics Hyperdocs here.  Additionally, you can access my Digital Leadership Resources here.  Here are my updated Economics slide decks for this year. 

Before you use them, you will want to

1. Go to File and Make a Copy of each file you are going to use.  This will enable you to edit them.
2. Check all links to make sure they are still active and are accessible in your domain.
3. Decide how you want to push these out to your kids.
4. Edit what you need.  There are some slide decks that have been compressed so they are more accessible to students at home.  This means you can't edit the slides, but you can always insert one of your own slides and delete the one of mine you don't want. 

I cannot emphasize how important it is that you check every single link INSIDE your domain to make sure that your students will be able to access the resources. 

All of the files are public on the web, if you click on a file and it asks to request permission, it is because your school domain does not allow you to access files created outside your domain.  If that is the case, you will need to open it with your personal Gmail account and then share it with your school account, and then open your school Drive and go to Shared With Me.

The remote only versions have gold boxes.  The gold boxes are the cue to the students they have to put an answer in there based on what the slide is asking them.  If they can't type on the slide, they simply need to insert a text box over the gold box. 

I've included the tutorials that go with the slides for the ones I thought needed one. 

I started putting boxes in the margins of the slides so that kids can add information as we discuss it in class.  I let them choose where and give them a goal.  For example, if there are 5 places for class notes, they have to put information in 3. 

You have my permission to share these with your students and colleagues as long as you give me credit on them.  You do NOT have permission to sell these on any site.

If you feel so inclined, my Venmo for coffee is @Rachel-Murat. If it asks, the last four of my phone number are 9476.


Articles of Confederation

Constitutional Influences

Government and Me

Constitutional Concepts

Constitutional Concepts Drag and Drop

Electoral College

Plans, Compromises and Elastic Clause

Bill of Rights

Other 17ish Amendments

Washington's Warning

Erie Canal

Louisiana Territory

Mexican American War/Manifest Destiny

Impact of Westward Expansion Part I

Impact of Westward Expansion Part II

North vs South: Civil War Snapshot

Imperialism Time Capsule

Imperialism CFU

Inauguration

Progressive Era

Semester in Review

Progressive Era Inquiry Written Response

Progressive Era Reforms

Lewis Hine and Child Labor

Inauguration

WWI: MAIN Causes

WWI: Major Events Leading up to the US Involvement

WWI: The Great Migration and African American War Experience
1920's Part I: Harlem Renaissance 

1920s Part II: Tulsa

1920s Part III: Society

1920s Part IV: The Economy

1920s Part V: What Lesson Did the 1920s Teach Us?

1930s Part I: Politics and the Economy

1930s Part II: New Deal Legislation

WWII: Part I: Leaders, Countries and Alliances

WWII: Part II: The US Goes to War

WWII: Part III: The Holocaust

Civil Rights Movement Part I: 1954-1958

Civil Rights Movement Part II: 1960-1964

Civil Rights Movement Part III: 1965

1950's Part I: 

1950's Part II: 

1960's Part I: 

1960's Part II: Rights of the Accused Cases

1960's Part III: The Vietnam War

1960's and 1970's Era of Protest











Friday, September 18, 2020

We Googled Ourselves (Hybrid and Remote Instruction)

In our ever more digital environment, it is very important for students (and adults) to evaluate their online presence.  This is a great digital citizenship lesson that can lead to many rich conversations about their online presence and whether they are thinking critically about what they are posting, sharing, liking, etc.

In the past, I have had our students do an exercise where they predict what someone meeting them online for the first time would think of them. 


If you feel so inclined, my Venmo for coffee is @Rachel-Murat. If it asks, the last four of my phone number are 9476.

Activity

1. Watch Positively Social

2. Assign Slide Deck

3. Walk them through the Slide Deck with the activities.

4. Let them work.

5. Discuss what they found and then talk about the concept of a Digital Footprint.

This exercise really gets them thinking about their presence online and how people would perceive them.  I then show them some statistics about employers who check social media and how that affects their decision making when it comes to hiring. 

This activity is digital in nature and can be shared through your LMS or through a simple link. 

Teacher tips:

1. I compressed the slide deck so that it would be about 1/4 of the original size and would be more accessible to those without a robust broadband connection.

2. I created a tutorial for students to walk them through the activity. 

3. If you can't open the Slide Deck, it is the filter at your school.  It is set to anyone with the link can view.  Please do not request editing access.  You need to go to your personal Google account, open it, make a copy and put it in your school's domain.  If you can't open it in your school account, the kids won't be able to either.  Putting it into your school's domain from your personal Google account should enable them to access it. 

4. Because I compressed the file, the slides are not editable.  Having said that, you can still delete whatever slides you want. You can also insert a slide with your Bitmoji, information, rubric, etc and delete the corresponding slide out of my slide deck. 

5. If you input your own slides, it's a good idea to compress the file so that it is more accessible to your remote learners.  Here is a tutorial on how to do that. 

Enjoy!