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P​L​A​Y​D​A​T​E​s At­A­Glance 2015­16
PLAYDATE Calendar
October November December January
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February March April May
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Assessment: October ­ December
Gmail ­ Granular 10/19­10/30/15
Teacher Rubric III­C: Two­way communication
● Dive deeper into Gmail. Explore how to use labels, groups, email filters,
priority inbox and labs to support scholar assessment.
Flubaroo ­ Enrichment 11/02­11/13/15
Teacher Rubric I­C­1: Analysis & Conclusions
● Explore how Flubaroo can assist you with assignments and assessments
that you give as Google Forms. Flubaroo grades part or all of the items,
communicates to students how they performed and provides you with
student achievement data.
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Google Calendar ­ Granular 12/01­12/11/15
Teacher Rubric II­A­2: Clear Expectations
● Learn how to use the features of Google Calendar to support assessment
in your classroom. PLAY with various elements of the ‘invite’, including
attachments, ‘Find a time’, and Labs.
Google Classroom & Goobric ­ Enrichment 01/04­01/14/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­1: High Quality of Effort and Work
● Explore how Goobric enhances the feedback you can provide for a
rubric­based assignment that is shared with scholars in Drive or Google
Classroom.
Content Creation: January ­ March
Twitter & Storify ­ Granular 01/19­01/29/16
Teacher Rubric IV­A­4: Professional Learning and Growth
● Learn how to use Twitter to create digital content that supports
instruction with tweets using Storify.
HyperDocs ­ Enrichment 02/01­02/12/16
Teacher Rubric I­A­4: Well Structured Lessons
● Explore how HyperDocs made in Google Drive can enhance student
engagement and support a flipped­classroom or scholar­centered learning
environment.
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GoogleTone, TinyURL, and Peggo ­ Enrichment 02/22­03/04/16
Teacher Rubric I­A­5: Use of Technology
● Explore how to communicate website URLs to students with sound and
web address generators (e.g. ​tinyurl.com​, ​ow.ly​, ​goo.gl​, ​bitly.com​). Also,
explore how to leverage the web to build out video and audio libraries in
Google Drive to support teaching and learning.
Chrome Web Store ­ Granular 03/07­03/18/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­3: Access to Knowledge
● Dive deeper into the structure of the Chrome Web Store and PLAY with
apps that have the potential to enhance or supplement content delivery
and support a scholar­centered classroom.
Building Research Skills: March ­ April
Chrome Browser ­ Granular 03/21­04/01/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­3: Access to Knowledge
● PLAY with Google Chrome to learn more about the customization of the
browser that could help you in creating and curating instructional content.
Google Advanced Search ­ Granular 04/04­04/15/16
Teacher Rubric II­A­1: High Quality of Effort and Work
● Explore Google advanced search to allow your scholars and you to find
exemplars of high quality instructional tasks.
Twitter Chats, TweetChat & TweetDeck ­ Enrichment 04/25­05/06/16
Teacher Rubric IV­B­1: Collaboration
Teacher Rubric IV­A­4: Professional Learning and Growth
● Learn how to engage colleagues from around the world on Twitter via
Twitter chats. Explore TweetChat and TweetDeck ­ two tools to manage
the tweet stream for hashtagged items that interest you, twitterers who
you identify as high­value for your professional growth and content
knowledge growth.
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Grow: May ­ June
BYOD and SAMR ​05/09/­05/31/16
Teacher Rubric I­A­2: Subject Matter Pedagogy
● This PLAYDATE helps you bring your students across the digital divide and
explore GAFE access on mobile devices with them. Learn how to sync
Google Accounts and navigate GAFE apps on devices. Also, explore SAMR
through examples of digitized curriculum. Evaluate value­added of
digitized curriculum via SAMR and EL Core Practices.
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