This document discusses tools for self-directed learning, including Google Classroom, Google Forms, Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Sites, YouTube, and Drive. It promotes using these tools to support student independence, develop strong content knowledge, and demonstrate key capabilities. Specific tools like Google Classroom are recommended for assignments, announcements and questions, while Google Forms can be used for exit tickets, surveys and self-grading rubrics. The document also demonstrates a Kanban project management tool called Kanbanchi that can help students organize goals, tasks, work in progress and completed work to stay on track with projects.

1. Chris Scott
@cscottsy
Tools for
Self- Directed Learners

2. Goals
❖ Discuss self directed learning
❖ Discover Google tools for self-directed learning
❖ Get hands-on with Google tools

3. Let’s Make Learning
Irresistible

4. Be an Education
Architect

6. Trust Your Students

7. We can’t control our students to success

8. Draw on the Knowledge
and Creativity of our
Students

9. Be a KING maker

10. Their Success is Your Success

11. It’s never been just about
content.

12. ❖ Demonstrated Independence
❖ Strong Content Knowledge
❖ Comprehend & Critique
❖ Value Evidence
❖ Capably Use Technology
❖ Respond To Varying Demands of
Purpose
Capabilities of a Literate Adult

13. Students demonstrate independence without significant
scaffolding.

14. Students reason abstractly and quantitatively.

15. Students make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

16. Students construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning
of others.

17. Reality?

18. Design the Culture

19. It’s a Process

21. Google Classroom
❖ Assignments
❖ Announcements
❖ Questions
❖ Work flow
More help:
goo.gl/YBMqAG

22. Google Forms
❖ Bell Ringer and Exit Activities
❖ Survey and Check-in with Students
❖ Create self-grading rubrics
❖ Branch logic sample: goo.gl/Q13dq
More help: google.
com/forms/about/

23. Google Slides
❖ Templates fav: goo.gl/400nER
❖ Tell stories
❖ Real Time Collaboration
More help: google.
com/slides/about/

24. Google Docs
❖ Add-ons -let’s find one now
❖ Drafts
❖ Organize research -panel
More help: google.
com/docs/about/

25. Google Sites
❖ ePortfolio
❖ Art Show
❖ Research Report -Tigers goo.gl/nwZTpx
❖ Whole class
More help:
sites.google.com

26. YouTube
❖ World’s Largest Learning Resource
❖ 300 hours uploaded every minute
❖ Your kids are already there.
More help:
youtube.com

27. Demo
❖ drive.Google.Com
❖ Create
❖ Share
❖ Organize

28. Drive Apps Connect Kanbanchi App

30. Agile
Scrum
Right Shift

31. Visual Progress is Motivating

32. Project Canvas
Goals Tasks
Work in
Progress
Done

33. Project Canvas Tip
Sheet
http://goo.gl/YLuhwq

34. Goals
❖ Could be a standard you’re working on
❖ It’s non-Googleable
❖ It’s Project/Learning Outcomes.
❖ Ex: Demonstrate your understanding of the Mayan Social
Hierarchy.
Goals Tasks
Work in
Progress
Done

35. Tasks
❖ 5-30 minute chunks
❖ Attach a name
❖ Add a time estimate and priority scale 1-4
❖ “Make movie project” -WAY too big
❖ “Write scene 1 script” -better
Goals Tasks
Work in
Progress
Done

36. Work in Progress
❖ A task that someone is currently working on.
Goals Tasks
Work in
Progress
Done

37. Done
❖ Done is done.
❖ Discuss with the class before starting what ‘done’ means.
❖ When it’s done there’s something complete and ready to
share.
Goals Tasks
Work in
Progress
Done

38. Kanbanchi
Example Project
Canvas
http://goo.gl/TN53g8

39. Make Your Own
❖ Pick a project you love or hate.
❖ Group with others.
❖ Start with the goal.
❖ Create 5-10 tasks.

40. Daily Stand-Up
What have you finished?
What are you going to finish?
What’s in your way?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Daily_sprint_meeting.jpg

41. Retrospectives
http://goo.gl/7omYgY

42. Burn Down Chart
❖ Calculate time remaining on a
project.

43. Thank You
❖ Chris Scott
❖ @cscottsy (twitter)
❖ cscottsy@gmail.com
❖ 805-215-8864