I always thought of myself as someone, who was quite up-to-date with Tech but remote learning has shown me just how much I still have to learn.
My school have chosen to use Microsoft Teams and I feel I now have basic knowledge of this. The next step is to look for quick wins and things to make lessons run smoothly.
At the start of my lessons, I type a question in the chat box along with 3 or more answers. I then ask students to respond with an emoji. This gives me time to let everyone in from the lobby and remind myself to press record and download the register.
I use the chat box to check how much of the previous lesson students have completed or understood. I also show numbered pictures or numbered sentences, I say the German/English and the students type the matching number. This works well for translation too and I can see student comments in the chat box and give instant feedback.
Thanks to the amazing people on Twitter, who have been constantly sharing their tips, I learnt that typing @forms into the chat box means I can easily set up a poll. This is very useful at the end of the lesson to gauge understanding or to vote on the topics of the following lesson.
I am using OneNote a lot in lessons. I really like having one place for students to submit work and I can easily check through what they've done and give feedback.To avoid students having to navigate different sources to complete work, I can screenshot Kerboodle texts or copy and paste my PowerPoint slides straight into OneNote for students to access.
As with other Microsoft products, you can use the dictate tool and set the language. This cuts down on typing and allows me to give feedback quicker. I have also been experimenting with verbal feedback using the insert audio function.
It's great that I can set up my lesson in the teacher only area and then copy the pages to all the classes that need it. I then just need to set up the assignment on Teams and add the Class Notebook as a resource.
