Article with which I intend to inform and illustrate all the teachers and students of the current course, about the best educational resources to teach from home.
A whole suite of free tools that Google puts at our fingertips to make our lives easier, and above all, to ensure that we can finish the current course in a decent way without inevitably giving it up for lost.
The common denominator of this suite of educational tools or resources to teach from homeApart from the fact that all the tools that we can find by clicking on this link we will be able to use them completely free of charge while we are in the confinement period, apart from that, they are resources that we will have available both in the form of applications for Android and iOS, such as in the form of Web applications that we can access from any personal computer or Tablet without having to download or install anything at all, just by accessing from our preferred web browser.
Most of this suite of tools or resources for distance teaching are applications that we all know well enough, such as the Google Drive suite with Documents, Spreadsheets and presentations, although we also have new tools for distance teaching such as Real-time virtual whiteboard that responds to the Jamboard name, which we already gave a good account of in a recent video that I uploaded to the channel androidsisvideo on Youtube:
Access the complete suite of home teaching resources by clicking here.
Within that link, in addition to being able to find all the resources you need to teach from home, You will also find help in the form of tutorials specially designed for teachers, focused on the correct use and performance of the different applications that Google makes available to us.
Some applications that although individually may seem more of the same, if we look at them all as a package or set of tools, that is when we are going to give them the real value they have and the great benefit that we are going to be able to get in these times of confinement in which we still have a long and uncertain academic term ahead.
Thus, apart from giving us the necessary tools to be able to carry out the incredible profession of transmitting our knowledge from a distance and to carry out our functions as teacher or teacher from home, they also offer us tips and advice so that this online experience is as satisfactory as possible and optimal quality.
Keep in mind that even if you are a little lost or lost right now because no one has prepared you for digitalized distance learning, a teaching that sooner rather than later and seen what has been seen in this quarter will be the future of education, you have specific places to chat and clarify your doubts eg accessing this thread with the hastag #teachfromhome.
Tools available to teach from home
Hangout Meeting for connect with your entire class in a collaborative video call in which you can also interact with other tools,
Record your class to share with your students without having to depend on a stable internet connection.
Live questions during your class with the presentation appYou can also do questions and answers using Google Docs. Create quizzes for your class with the Google forms app. Create a website for your class in seconds and without foreknowledge of Web programming. Encourage discussion and set tasks and seek the collaboration of your students with Google ClassRoom.
In addition to all these possibilities, in Google's home teaching suite, you will also find the best Accessibility tools and solutions to meet the special needs of all your students.
Tools such as automatic subtitles, voice dictation or you can even teach your students how to use G Suite assistive technology, such as voice typing or braille display.
Then we leave you in the form of a PDF file, the Teach from home ToolKit with which you will have a great guide and the best tips so that you can defend yourself with all these new technologies that Google has made available to us exclusively and free of charge.
Free for a limited time while the state of exception that is caused by this state of alert that has us confined in Spain for more than a month lasts. Specifically from March 15, 2020.