This week I interviewed a teacher who teaches high school french immersion for Greater Victoria School District.

In their classroom they use:

• Chromebooks are available for typing and editing work
• iMovie on ipads to make in class movies for assignments
• Google Classroom for assignment information and for submitting work
• Kahoot for class quizzes

 

Chromebooks:

• With chromebooks, SD61 is able to install apps on all of them for educational purposes.  They have google apps already built in to them.  They are able to be closed and opened up without having to turn off, which makes them ready for use for students.  Each student has their own individual sign in, which can be used on any of the chromebooks in the district.

iPads:

• Most of the iPad use in the classroom is for taking pictures and videos and then editing them on ‘iMovie’.  This has been a very valuable way for the students to present their work in a different form, something other than written or on a poster board.  With this teacher having french immersion students, it’s been a valuable piece of technology, being that the class is in French and it allows the teacher insight into students pronunciation.

Google Classroom:

• This teacher uses google classroom as a way to distribute assignment information and to send out reminders.  It is also used in collecting assignments online, a classroom calendar, and gmail.  Each student in the class has a gmail account and the teacher puts them into their google classroom to make sure that everyone is included.

Kahoot:

• The classroom teacher loads Kahoot onto their computer, which is hooked up to the projector.  They have quizzes preloaded onto Kahoot and the students can answer the questions on either a web browser or with a mobile device.  This is a very forward thinking, paperless way to do quizzes… and I think a little bit more enticing for students when they get to use technology to answer a question!