Excited for fresh, cost-free professional development opportunities? Look no further! Introducing Volume 4 of the Podcast PD Choice Board for Teachers!

Building on the success and feedback from previous volumes, we’re thrilled to offer this new edition as a tool to inspire and facilitate your journey through the world of podcasts for professional learning.

Whether you’re looking to deepen your understanding, explore new strategies, or just find some inspiration, this choice board has something for every educator.

With the Shake Up Learning Show Podcast now boasting over two hundred episodes covering a wide array of educational topics, it’s the perfect time to launch Volume 4 of the Podcast PD Choice Board.

This latest choice board is designed to cater to a variety of interests and professional development needs, featuring an even broader selection of topics, including the latest in ai in education, google tools, and much more.

Whether you’re exploring these resources on your own, or you’re involved in providing professional development for others, this choice board is versatile enough to be adapted and utilized in many different contexts.

And for those who love customizing their PD tools, we’ve included a blank template, allowing you to tailor the choice board to fit your specific needs or those of your organization.

Explore, learn, and transform your professional practice with the Podcast PD Choice Board (Vol. 4)!

Did you miss our previous Podcast PD Choice Board releases?

• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Volume 3

Podcast PD Choice Board Vol. 4 (FREE Template)

If you are new to choice boards (aka learning menus), be sure you get your FREE Guide to Digital Choice Boards and learn all about these wonderful tools for student choice and differentiation.

I love using choice boards in the classroom AND in professional learning experiences.

Below is the Podcast PD Choice Board Vol. 4 (made with Google Drawings) with many episodes from which to choose!

Click Here to Make a Copy | Use the Template

Don’t have Google? Download the PDF: Podcast PD Choice Board for Teachers (Vol. 4)

Podcast PD Choice Board Blank Template

If you’d like to create your own from scratch, I’ve created a blank template that you can use below.

Click Here to Make a Copy | Use the Template (best for mobile)

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In this episode and blog post, I’m sharing a checklist of best practices for creating an effective and engaging choice board for your classroom.

Let’s talk about avoiding pitfalls, grading confusion, and finding balance in time and rigor!

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Choice Board Best Practices (and Checklist)

What is a Choice Board?

A choice board is a tool that teachers use to provide students with a range of activities or tasks from which they can choose. It can be used to differentiate instruction, provide students with learning options, or offer opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding in creative ways.

*Related: The Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards (FREE eBook)

Choice Board Best Practices

Over the years, I’ve learned a lot of lessons with choice boards. Many were learned the hard way, so I want to share with you the best practices for designing and implementing choice boards in the K12.

Learning Outcomes

Don’t get distracted by free (and paid) lessons online. If it doesn’t assess what you need it to assess, it is a waste of time. Design your choice board with the end in mind! Align each choice with one or more of your learning outcomes. If you download a template or lesson online, please be sure to revise and tweak this to fit the needs of your students and learning goals.

Activities

Selecting the activities for your choice board is more than just a brain dump of ideas. Take the time to upgrade your old activities that need a refresh before adding to a choice board. Offer a range of engaging activities, and meaningful, incorporate the 4 C’s, and are relevant to the learning objectives. (Use the Dynamic Learning Framework!)

Differentiate

Differentiation is not easy, but it is much more doable when students are offered a wide range of activities and learning paths. Choice board activities should also be differentiated to meet the diverse needs of the students in your classroom. Think about meeting different learning styles, interests, accommodations, and modifications for those that need it.

*Related: Creating Choice Boards with Book Creator

Instructions

Provide clear and concise instructions for each activity. Include the materials needed, the activity’s steps, and any available multimedia resources or supports. Remember, when you post assignment instructions online, it can save you time from answering questions over and over again. If you want some guidance, check out this post: How to Package Your Digital Assignments.

Assessment

Is this assessment OF (summative) or FOR (formative) learning? Determine how student learning will be assessed. Provide rubrics or checklists to guide assessment and provide feedback to students. Remember, the purpose of a rubric is to communicate expectations to the student. If rubrics make grading easier, all the better!

Balance Time & Rigor

Every teacher knows that the time required to complete a lesson or activity will vary greatly by students. If it’s a brand new activity, it’s a guessing game. Try to balance the amount of time required for each choice as much as possible. It will never be perfect, but you don’t want one student completing a ten-minute activity and another student completing a 50-minute activity. Also, try to strike a balance in the level of thinking and rigor needed, so students are challenged equally. Be patient with yourself. This takes time, and trial and error, just like any lesson in your classroom.

Deadlines & Milestones

Decision paralysis is legit! Your instructions should clearly state deadlines for completion, including a deadline for making your choice. Some students will take the entire class period deciding which option they want to complete on the choice board. Give them clear deadlines for making choices. Create milestone deadlines for projects that take multiple days or weeks.

*Related: Interactive Learning Menus (Choice Boards) with G Suite – FREE Templates

Reflection

Provide opportunities for students to reflect and think metacognitively about their learning. Reflection is an essential part of learning so think about how reflection will be embedded into your choice board.

Checklist for Creating an Effective and Engaging Choice Board

Fill out the form below to download the free checklist:

By following this checklist, teachers can create effective choice boards that promote student engagement and creativity.

What would you add to this list?

Choice Board Resources

Check out even more choice board resources on this page.

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I’ve been learning how to use Book Creator…and LOVING it!

More specifically, I am experimenting with ways Book Creator can be used to create and implement choice boards in the classroom.

Book Creator is very intuitive and is loaded with student engagement tools.

And I have a brand new idea to share in this post: Weekly Choice Board Books! (Keep reading and watch the video below.)

This post is sponsored by Book Creator.

Creating Choice Boards with Book Creator

Y’all know I love choice boards.

Until now, I have kept things simple and used Google tools. But I am expanding my toolbox and exploring other tools that can offer more for teachers and students.

Book Creator is a content creation tool. Teachers and students can create a library of “books” filled with multimedia content.

So how can we use a book for choice boards?

Let me show you!

We can easily use a page in Book Creator to create a choice board and even use additional pages for templates or include details for the assignment choices.

But I wanted to try something new.

Weekly Choice Board Books

I wanted to create a Weekly Choice Board Book–a book with several choice boards we will use throughout the week.

First, I created my book using one of the comic templates. It already has sections divided, so it seemed perfect for a choice board!

Next, I created a cover using Canva. You can connect apps like Canva to Book Creator, and they already have book cover templates specifically for Book Creator. This was super easy!

Then I started adding pages and creating different types of choice boards.

Bell Ringer Choice Boards

Many teachers like to use bell ringers to get kids settled as class begins.

What if we give them a few choices for their bell ringer activity and reuse this choice board throughout the week?

It doesn’t have to be complicated; I created a bell ringer choice board with six choices. By the end of the week, students will complete all but one, but they can choose which one they want to do each day.

Pick 2 Choice Board

Next, I created what I call the Pick 2 Choice Board. You can easily create a pick 2, 3, 4, etc. The intention on this one is to select one choice from the top row (template-driven activities) and one from the bottom row (videos).

It’s really easy to embed videos in Book Creator, and students can watch them without leaving the app.

Thanks to Shake Up Learning Team member Sarah Kiefer for sharing her history choice board and letting me use her content for this one!

There are two other features that I wanted to try on this page, inserting a voice recording of the directions and linking text to outside resources. Both features are very easy to use and easily found in the menu when you click on the plus sign.

Using the voice recorder to read the directions aloud to students can help all students better understand the expectations and give the teacher extra “room” to elaborate.

Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board

Last but not least, I had to test out my favorite choice board style, the tic-tac-toe. Since there wasn’t a comic template with nine squares, I just used the shape tool to build it.

The novel study tic-tac-toe is a choice board I created many years ago, and I just copied and pasted the content over from Google Docs (a Book Creator makeover).

Students Creating with Book Creator

Now that you have seen how the teacher can use Book Creator to create, I want to show you the power of having students create with it.

My last page demonstrates different types of student choice activities you could use in Book Creator.

Here’s a quick list of some of the features you can try with students:

• voice response
• embed code: embed videos or any other content with embed code
• use paper backgrounds like graph paper
• draw and auto-draw (AI tool that predicts what you are trying to draw)
• comic strip
• import files from a computer or Google Drive
• text response (Voice typing option is great for all learners.)
• webcam response: take a still photo or video
• create and import from Canva
• image response (search from a copyright-friendly database)
• use comments, emojis, and more!

The possibilities are endless. I have only scratched the surface!

Be sure to watch the video below to see these ideas come to life.

Sign Up for Book Creator

Get started today with a free Book Creator account! You can upgrade later to access all the features.

Book Creator at TCEA 2023

Going to TCEA, be sure to visit the Book Creator booth and catch my presentation on Wednesday.

• 11:00-11:30: Empower & Engage Students with Book Creator Choice Boards with book signing and giveaway (Book Creator Booth #878)

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In this episode, I’m sharing my brand new framework for designing meaningful choice boards for the K-12 classroom.

I will walk you step-by-step through the process to ensure it aligns with your standards and learning outcomes, how to select the choice board style, and share important tips along the way.

Choice boards are a game changer!

Learn how you can implement this strategy, differentiate for your students, and empower them with voice and choice!

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6 Steps to Creating Custom Choice Boards

This 6 step process is something that has been brewing in my mind over the last several years, and it is definitely still a work in progress. But I wanted to share it with you to help more teachers learn how to create their own custom choice boards.

Choice boards can be intimidating to create from scratch, but they can be so powerful for the classroom.

I also created this handy infographic with the six steps. You can download the PDF here.

I couldn’t fit every detail in the graphic, so be sure to get all the details below.

What is a Choice Board?

IT’S ALL ABOUT CHOICE!

Choice boards (aka learning menus) are a form of differentiated learning that give students a menu or choice of learning activities.

• Choice boards can be created in a variety of styles and mediums.
• They’ve been around for a long time and originated in a static, paper format.
• With digital tools, we can bring the menus to life with interactivity and creation.
• Choice boards are mostly asynchronous! (Learn more about asynchronous learning here.)
• Every student doesn’t have to do the exact same thing at the exact same time!
• Choice boards offer a flexible learning path and help us differentiate.
• Use in ANY grade level or subject area!
• And, they give students voice and choice in their learning!

“…at its core, differentiated instruction means addressing ways in which students vary as learners.”– Carol Ann Tomlinson

Related: The Teacher’s Guide to Choice Boards

Step 1: Purpose & Delivery

When you are designing a choice board, you should ask yourself:

• What is the purpose of your choice board?
  • Build background knowledge/access prior knowledge
  • Check for understanding/formative assessment
  • Summative assessment
  • Enrichment
  • Other
• Where will this be completed?
  • In class
  • At stations
  • In class and homework
  • Homework
  • Online
• Will these activities be completed independently or collaboratively?
• How much time should this take?
  • In-class time?
  • Outside of class time?
  • 20/30/45/60 minutes
  • 1 Day
  • 1 Week
  • 6 or 9 Weeks
  •  Semester-long

Step 2: Determine Assessment Evidence

Begin with the end in mind!

Back in episode 10, I did some on-air coaching with Carly Black. Through the coaching process, Carly determined that the choice board she used with her students didn’t assess what she needed to assess.

You always want to ensure that you know the purpose of your choice board and how students can demonstrate mastery.

• Start with your standards and learning outcomes–what do students need to learn and be able to do?
• How will you know when they get it?
• What activities will demonstrate mastery?

Recommended: Use a rubric aligned with the learning outcomes.

• Rubrics can aid with grading, but the purpose is for the student to understand how they will be assessed, not for the teacher to simplify grading (that’s a bonus!)

Try writing this out in a table:

Step 3: Select Activities

After you have brainstormed activities that align with your learning outcomes, select the best ones for your choice board.

• Each activity should align with one or more of the learning outcomes. You can have several activities aligned with one outcome or separate activities for different outcomes.
• Will these be digital activities, hands-on, paper-based, or a combination?
• Determine how many activities you want students to complete. (If less than three, you may not need a choice board.)
• Some activities can be just consuming content–watching a video, reading an article, etc.
• Do these activities need further differentiation for skill level, learning style, depth of knowledge, or accommodations?

Continue to make revisions and adjustments to your activity list.

Related: Back to School with Choice Boards (FREE Templates)

Step 4: Must-Do Activities & Free Choice

I’m a fan of the must-do, non-negotiable activity. Usually, there is one thing you want ALL students to do–read this article, watch this video, etc.

This can also come in handy for beginners who don’t want to overwhelm with too many choices.

• You can add must-do activities to a choice board so that they must be completed alongside other choices. This could also include a teacher-led lesson, a mini-lesson with a small group, a station, or collaboration.
• Alternatively, you can choose to offer free choice where students propose their own activity. (advanced, not for beginners)

I always use the middle square in my Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board as the must-do activity. They start there, and then that also gives me more control over how they make their two choices.

Learn more about my instructional design with Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Boards: Interactive Choice Boards with Google (FREE Templates)

Step 5: Select Choice Board Style

Choice boards can look like anything your little heart can imagine. The possibilities are limitless. However, there are some standard styles that can you can use when creating your custom choice board.

Now that you know how many activities you want in your board, select the style that fits best (or create a new one)!

Pick 2/Pick 3/Pick 4 etc.

This one can take many forms, a list, a table grid, or anything that shows students all their options. Then students are directed to select however many activities–pick 2, pick 3, pick 4, etc.

Simple List

Nothing fancy about this one. Remember, choice boards can be a list written on the board. Of course, this can also be a digital list posted somewhere online.

Related: Empower Your Students with The 4 Cs Learning Menu

Point-Based

Many of the lists can also be point-based. The idea is that students select their activities and add up the total points possible.

credit: Laurie Westphal

Tic-Tac-Toe (seen above)

The Tic-Tac-Toe choice board is my all-time fave! And I have shared several different templates for this one over the years. It’s easy. It’s flexible and can be well-balanced.

Related: FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board Template in Google Slides

Bingo Board

This is another grid format but with many more squares than tic-tac-toe. This style is great for short activities and experienced choice board students.

Bingo boards work well for early finishers and enrichment activities.

They can be too overwhelming for some students because they have so many choices.

(You don’t actually have to label and use it as BINGO, that’s just a general term I’m using.)

The template above is from Canva. You can access it here.

Restaurant Menu

This is a really fun option. Divide up your activities into the different categories of a menu–appetizers, entrees, sides, and dessert. (Tip: I like to make dessert my non-negotiable and it must be done last!)

I used a Canva menu template to mock up the menu below.

Themed

There are many different types of themes that can make a choice board exciting or engaging. One of my favorites is the Fortnite-themed menu from my friend Tommy Spall.

Grab a copy of Tommy’s Fortnite Menu here.

Game-Based Choice Board

I’ve seen a few choice boards that are designed like common games like baseball. Below is an example from Laurie Westphal.

credit: Laurie Westphal

Step 6: Design

Now it’s time to put your design skills to work! Put it all together using a template or design your own from scratch.

Try to balance the amount of time required to complete and the rigor for each student. (This will never be perfect.)

Static Choice Boards

Static choice boards are those that are typically read-only, can be printed, and do not include links or digital interactivity.

Interactive Choice Boards

Interactive choice boards are those that are digital and typically include links. Many, if not all, of the options, will use technology. You can also include ways for students to select their choices digitally on the board, leave comments, and link back to their products and evidence of learning.

Tools to Create

The tools available to create choice boards are pretty much endless. Use your favorites!

• Google Tools: Google Docs, Slides, Drawings, Sheets, Forms, MyMaps, Earth
• Canva for Education (free templates) 
• Book Creator
• Buncee
• Lumio

What are your favorite tools to create choice boards? Leave us a comment!

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Looking for some great (and FREE) teacher PD? Look no further! I’ve got another Podcast PD Choice Board for Teachers!

My hope is that this template will give you even more ideas for how to use podcasts for professional learning at your school or on your own.

We’ve been creating Podcast PD Choice Boards for teachers to explore and learn.

Get the Podcast PD Choice Board (Vol. 1) here.

Get the Podcast PD Choice Board (Vol. 2) here.

Now that there are more than 100 episodes of the Shake Up Learning Show Podcast, I thought it was time to put together another Podcast PD Choice Board.

This choice board offers teachers many different topics from which to choose, including lots of Google topics!

Use this on your own, or if you deliver professional development to educators, feel free to adapt this for your school or organization.

I’ve also included a blank template if you want to create something from scratch.

Podcast PD Choice Board Vol. 3 (FREE Template)

If you are new to choice boards (aka learning menus), be sure you get your FREE Guide to Digital Choice Boards and learn all about these wonderful tools for student choice and differentiation.

I love using choice boards in the classroom AND in professional learning experiences.

Hooray for Podcast PD Choice Boards!

Below is the Podcast PD Choice Board Vol. 3 (made with Google Drawings) with many episodes from which to choose!

Click Here to Make a Copy | Use the Template (best for mobile)

Don’t have Google? Download the PDF.

Podcast PD Choice Board Blank Template

If you’d like to create your own from scratch, I’ve created a blank template that you can use below.

Click Here to Make a Copy | Use the Template (best for mobile)

Looking for some educational podcast recommendations? Check out my list here.

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Enroll in our ALL-ACCESS Pass and you can get a printable certificate for listening to the Shake Up Learning Show (and some other AWESOME PD)!

With the ALL-ACCESS Pass, participants can access all of the Master Classes, Online Workshops, Podcast PD, and the Members-Only Library! (*excludes Google Certification Academies).

Includes:

• The Google Classroom Master Class (valued at $99/year)
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• Includes access to ALL future master classes and workshops!
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Online teaching is DIFFERENT! Let’s prepare for the new normal with some online teaching best practices, tips, and tools.

In this episode, Kasey shares her best tips for teaching students online.

COVID-19 has changed education forever, and now it’s time to regroup and redefine teaching and learning.

We don’t know what school will look like in the fall, but I believe education as we know it will forever be changed.

We have to think differently about online learning experiences for our students.

Are you ready?

As we begin to plan for the new normal, let’s take a closer look at some best practices to help teachers and students in the post COVID world.

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Quick Tip of the Week – Adding files to multiple folders in Drive

Have you ever wanted to add a file to multiple folders in Google Drive? You can, and it’s super easy!

1. Go to Google Drive and select a file you want to appear in more than one folder.
2. Use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Z to make the “Add to” dialogue box appear. Navigate to the subsequent folder in My Drive you want to appear.
3. Use the ADD button to add the file to the subsequent folder and it will remain in the original folder too.

This is only an option in My Drive as Team Drives do not allow files in multiple folders.

Watch this 2-minute video to learn how!

Online Teaching Best Practices, Tips, and Tools

Today, I am going to share some of my online teaching best practices, tips, and tools with you. During the COVID-19 emergency school closures, teachers had to learn on the fly and do the best that they could with no training or preparation.

As we approach the summer months and plan for the fall semester, and whatever the new normal is, I wanted to take some time to share my own online teaching strategies.

We cannot replicate the school day in an online environment. We have to think differently about our assignments, engagement strategies, and support. Fully online teaching is DIFFERENT!

The Power of Reflection for Teachers

Reflection is a critical part of the learning process for students and for teachers to improve their craft. Take the time to reflect on what went well, what didn’t, and how you can approach remote learning possibilities in the fall.

• What lessons went well?
• What lessons bombed?
• What went well during remote learning? What didn’t?
• What did you learn about your students?
• How did you engage students?
• How did you communicate with students and families?
• How can you improve?

If we don’t take time to reflect, we risk repeating mistakes. Let’s make sure we improve as we move forward.

Set Clear Expectations for Your Students (and Parents)

Think about back to school, when you usually give students your class rules, expectations, syllabi, and orientation of the school and classroom procedures. How will this look in an online environment?

• • Record an orientation video, including a welcoming message with your smiling face, and record your screen with a tool like Screencastify to show students and parents where to find things online.
  • Explain how you will distribute lessons and assignments
  • Explain due dates and the turn-in process
  • Explain any policies from your school: privacy, acceptable use, recording, etc.
  • Set clear expectations about communication, where to communicate and find help, the acceptable language to communicate, and other digital citizenship reminders.

Define Your Learning Goals

With COVID-19 forcing us into survival mode, we were lucky to accomplish what we did. But when we return to the new normal, there will be higher expectations across the board.

When you plan your online learning experiences for your students, begin with the end in mind!

Begin with the learning outcomes and goals. Rewrite these into student-friendly versions to students and parents. Students should understand the “why” behind the lesson, as well as parents who may be assisting from home.

Be sure to include the student-friendly learning goal in your assignment package. Meaning, if you post your assignments in Google Classroom, Seesaw, Canvas, or wherever, be sure to include all the pertinent information and files in one location. In Google Classroom, add this to the instructions in your assignment.

Synchronous v. Asynchronous Learning

Synchronous Learning: students are engaged in learning at the exact same time. This can be face-to-face, online, or blended. For example, every student must join a Zoom call at 9:00 for a live lesson. Synchronous is very difficult when students are at home, where we cannot control the home learning environment.

Asynchronous: students are engaged in learning at different times, offering more flexibility for schedules and learning needs. This is usually online or in a blended learning environment. For example, the lesson video is posted online, and students can watch at different times.

My advice is to record all lessons and videos if you can. This will give you more flexibility and allow more students to watch, even when they can’t attend live.

• Pre-Recorded Lessons (usually for asynchronous learning)
  • Tools
    • webcam
    • phone
    • Screencastify
    • Loom
    • Explain Everything
    • ScreenFlow (What I use for my online courses.)
• Live Lessons (if recorded, allow for both synchronous and asynchronous)
  • Tools
    • Google Meet
    • Zoom

Keep in mind that online teaching requires you to be more concise and give additional context since you are not there to facilitate. You have to give more. Teachers who are used to giving a 45-minute lecture in a face-to-face environment (BORING!) will find that they lose their students even more quickly online. It is much harder to engage students in an online environment. Just because you make it digital or put it online, doesn’t mean that the lesson is any better. In fact, it most likely gets worse.

You have to break down the concepts into meaningful, bite-sized chunks, with additional context, and packages with supporting resources. You want to try to answer any questions that might arise preemptively. Answer these questions in your video, and in the instructions online. This comes back to the importance of reflection. Use the questions you received from students to drive the creation of your new video lessons.

Student Choice in Online Learning

Giving students voice and choice in their learning has never been more important. Choice in online learning will help us tap into different learning needs and styles and offer more flexibility.

In episode 56, Home Learning with Choice Boards, I interviewed Laura Steinbrink about how she was using choice boards for home learning. Laura used choice boards to offer both online and offline choices for students who didn’t have access. Choice boards can also give students enrichment opportunities.

Must Do/Can Do: When offering choice, you can explain what activities students MUST DO, and offer some optional activities for enrichment, which we call CAN DO. This can take many forms, like a Tic-Tac-Toe, a simple list, or whatever you want to create. (Check out this Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards to learn all about choice boards.)

You can also direct students to special accommodations and differentiate for students. (See also How to Differentiate Assignments in Google Classroom.)

Self-Directed Learning

Self-directed and self-paced learning can also be helpful for secondary students or students who need less support. I teach online, self-paced courses, so this is a strategy I use often.

When creating self-directed assignments, include as many types of supportive media as you can–video, text, images, support articles, links, etc. to support the process.

I use a strategy I call How To/Now Do for many of my self-paced courses. This works especially well for when I’m teaching how to use Google tools like Google Classroom or Google Slides.

The “How To” is my lesson video. The “Now Do” is the practice, try it on your own. (You can see the screenshots below from my Google Classroom Master Class.)

With self-directed or self-paced learning you will to have clear and open communication with your students. For instance, giving students the ability to post and comment in Google Classroom when they run into snags. This will allow both the teacher and other students to help each other. Offering online office hours is another great idea, so students know when and where to get support.

Teaching students how to find answers to their own questions is empowering and quite possibly one of the best skills we can give our students.

Student Engagement

Student engagement was a big challenge during remote learning. How will you improve?

The number one thing we need to remember is the importance of relationships. Consider ways to connect with each student, get to know them, and build relationships. You want your online class to feel like a community–talking, sharing, and supporting one another—build-in support for conversations, ice-breakers, and support for social-emotional learning.

Give your class time for these asynchronous activities, questions, and conversations. Be sure to explain to students how and why you are doing this.

Student Reflection

Reflection is a critical part of the learning process. Remember to create reflection opportunities for students to share and talk about their learning. This may be a simple post or comment in Google Classroom, a blog post, a Google Doc, or even a video. This should be a requirement with every learning experience.

Student Portfolios

Portfolios are a great way to get a full picture of student learning. These could be showcase portfolios, growth portfolios, or anything in between. Online learning presents us with a unique opportunity to build student portfolios.

Mike Mohammed shared some great tips and ideas for using Google Sites for student portfolios in this guest blog post.

With the younger students, the maintenance and posting to portfolios will mostly fall on the teacher. But secondary students should be creating and maintaining these themselves. And BONUS! They will learn basic web design skills along the way!

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Y’all know I love choice boards (aka learning menus), and especially Tic-Tac-Toe boards! As more and more teachers are relying on the flexibility of choice boards during remote learning, I thought I’d create a template that would give teachers a bit more space to explain the tic-tac-toe choices. So today, I’m giving you the FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides!

Choice boards a great way to give students ownership of their learning and differentiate; AND they are great for giving students flexibility during home learning.

The Tic-Tac-Toe is great for a lot of reasons, but I struggle, like many other teachers, to fit everything I want in the little square of the tic-tac-toe choice board.

What’s great about Google Slides, which I often refer to as the Swiss Army Knife of G Suite, is the ability to add a link to another slide (internal linking). Learn more about this feature in 25 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do!

So we can create additional slides that are linked to each “square” and contain more specific instructions, which is especially needed during this time of home learning.

FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides

The FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides template is embedded below so you can take a gander.

I used the same lesson design that I have shared in my book, in the Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards, and in Interactive Choice Boards with G Suite, where I shared a similar template for Google Docs.

This template is blank so you can customize for your students, and fill it with fun and flexible activities!

Don’t miss this guest post and podcast episode with Laura Steinbrink on Home Learning with Choice Boards.

CLICK HERE to Make a Copy | CLICK HERE to Use the Template

On the second slide, you will find the Teacher’s Guide to help you customize this template for your students.

Teachers Guide to Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides

• CLICK HERE to Make a Copy to save a copy of this template to your drive. (Here’s a video if you need more help. Also embedded below.)
• If the directions are lengthy or you need to include other information like a rubric that won’t fit in the square, use the directions slide to add additional info for your students. It’s already linked for you!
• Remember, you can assign this in Google Classroom so that students can view the file if you don’t want students to be able to edit this file. If you want students to add links, a reflection, or other information, choose to “make a copy” for each student.

How to Use Google Templates and Assign in Google Classroom

Related Posts:

• Home Learning with Choice Boards
• 4 C’s Digital Learning Menu
• The Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards
• Interactive Choice Boards with G Suite

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As we all find new ways to teach and learn during this unprecedented time, I want to share how you approach home learning with choice boards during school closures.

In this episode with classroom teacher, Laura Steinbrink, you will learn how she is using choice and flexibility to reach the needs of her students.

Laura is creating a week’s worth of activities on one choice board with both online and offline options to make sure everything is equitable.

She is even sharing her activities and templates. You don’t want to miss this episode!

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Home Learning with Choice Boards During School Closures

(This interview was recorded on March 19, 2020.)

Today, I am chatting with my friend and colleague, Laura Steinbrink. Laura is a high school teacher with 24 years of experience and is currently teaching in Plato, Missouri, as well as the communications director and softball coach for her district. She wears many hats in her small, rural school district.

Laura has always integrated technology in her classroom. Her students have been using Google Classroom and many other digital tools during the regular school year. So they already understand how to use many different tools.

It’s also worth noting that at the time of this interview, state testing was still on the table. But very soon after we wrapped up, Laura received the news that it had been waived.

Laura’s school district is closed, like many across the world, due to the coronavirus. Teachers were given a very short amount of time to plan for home learning. Many students do not have devices or internet access, so they had to provide paper packets that were hand-delivered to their students with an entire week’s worth of assignments.

The teachers were told they had to give both online and offline options for the activities they provide students during this time. Any students with IEPs must be supplied with paper modifications.

Teachers at Laura’s school district were told, “Whatever you do CAN be done digitally, but MUST be offered on paper.”


Laura also happens to be married to the Technology Director for her school district, Cayl Steinbrink, and he has been working with Computers for Learning, a federal government program, to get discounted equipment for their schools.

Cayl has also accepted some basic facts around this idea of home learning. He says, “We cannot hold students accountable for the work they are going to have to do at home.” We cannot control that environment. We can have expectations, but we need to have some grace with that.

We have to remember that even students who have access may have limitations, connectivity issues, limited data, and limited devices.

Laura recommends that we don’t overwhelm students (and parents) with everything you send home. This is a different learning environment, and we want to make sure it is still manageable and valuable.

Laura has been using the Shake Up Learning Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board Template to drive her lessons for the week (see below for template). This will keep things simple for students and parents, and save some paper. (Learn more: Interactive Choice Boards with G Suite (FREE Templates).)

Each square is worth 20 points, in hopes they will complete five for a completion grade. We cannot grade things as we would under normal circumstances. (If you haven’t read Grace is Greater Than Grades, it will help put things in perspective.)

FREE Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board Template (Google Docs)

CLICK HERE to Make a Copy | CLICK HERE to Use the Template

Please DO NOT request access. You do not need it to be shared with you. You just need to make a copy or use the template link to add it to your Google Drive.

Laura is giving her students nine choices and not forcing the actual 3-choice tic-tac-toe completion. Instead, she is giving students 20 points for each square they complete. In each square, there is an online choice and offline choice.

If students choose the online option, they also have the choice of tools. These are tools that Laura has used with them in school. They are not new to her students. Use the tools your students know!

Each of the choice boards is aligned to the standards and learning goals for that subject and grade level.

Students completing offline activities will turn those into the school.

Students completing the online activities are curating each activity they complete on a page, like Adobe Spark, Google Sites, etc. This way, as the teacher, she only has to collect ONE link online through the Google Classroom assignment.

Laura’s Figurative Language Choice Board for Home Learning (High School, Google Docs)

CLICK HERE to Make a Copy | CLICK HERE to Use the Template

Laura’s Mythology Heroes Choice Board (High School, Google Docs)

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Laura’s Masque of the Red Death Choice Board (High School, Google Docs)

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Laura’s Spanish Stem Changing Verbs Choice Board (High School, Google Docs)

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Blogging with Google Classroom

Laura also shared a great technique for using Google Classroom as a way to link and organize student blogs. Check out her post for details on how she makes this work!

Other Resources Shared in this Episode

• Blogging with Google Classroom (Laura Steinbrink)
• Caption This Activity with Google Drawings (Laura Steinbrink and Matt Miller)
• Shake Up Learning Remote Learning Resource Page
• Tech Coach Collaborative Group
• Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students

About Laura Steinbrink

Twitter: @SteinbrinkLaura

Website: https://rockntheboat.com/

Laura Steinbrink, a teacher for 24 years, presents technology and instructional practices at workshops locally, around her state, and nationally. She is also the Technology Integration Coach, Communications Director, Webmaster, yearbook adviser, esports GM, and high school English/Spanish teacher for the Plato R-V School District. Laura is the author of www.rockntheboat.com, a Feedspot Top 200 blog in Education, and she has published articles for Ditch That Textbook, Instant Relevance, ISTE, ISTE TEN, Kahoot, Getting Smart, Classtime, and other educational related companies. Laura is also a contributing author in Focused Environments, Stories of Change Vol 3, published by Connected Learning, and In Other Words: Quotes That Push Our Thinking by Rachelle Dene Poth, published by Edumatch Publishing. Laura’s work in the classroom was also featured in ISTE’s Empowered Learner Magazine, What Works: Sketchnoting engages students while building comprehension.

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Looking for some great (and FREE) teacher PD? Look no further! I’ve got another Podcast PD Choice Board for Teachers!

My hope is that this template will give you even more ideas for how to use podcasts for professional learning at your school or on your own.

A few months ago, I shared the first Podcast PD Choice Board. (You can get it here.)

Now that there are more than 50 episodes of the Shake Up Learning Show Podcast, I thought it was time to put together another Podcast PD Choice Board.

This choice board offers you a way to differentiate by interest, topic, and role in education.

Get the Podcast PD Choice Board (Vol. 1) here.

Get the Podcast PD Choice Board (Vol. 3) here.

Use this on your own, or if you deliver professional development to educators, feel free to adapt this for your school or organization.

I’ve also included a blank template if you want to create something from scratch.

Podcast PD Choice Board Vol. 2 (FREE Template)

If you are new to choice boards (aka learning menus), be sure you get your FREE Guide to Digital Choice Boards and learn all about these wonderful tools for student choice and differentiation.

I love using choice boards in the classroom AND in professional learning experiences.

Hooray for Podcast PD Choice Boards!

Below is the Podcast PD Choice Board Vol. 2 (made with Google Drawings) with many episodes from which to choose!

Click Here to Make a Copy | Use the Template (best for mobile)

Don’t have Google? Download the PDF.

Podcast PD Choice Board Blank Template

If you’d like to create your own from scratch, I’ve created a blank template that you can use below.

Click Here to Make a Copy | Use the Template (best for mobile)

Looking for some educational podcast recommendations? Check out my list here.

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I love Google tools, but it’s NOT about Google! It’s about how we can use these tools to create dynamic learning experiences for our students.

In this 4-part podcast series on Dynamic Learning with Google, Kasey shares all her favorite lesson ideas!

In part three, Kasey explains how we can go BEYOND our curriculum and help students discover their passions, and how we can use Google tools to support this strategy!

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It’s NOT really about Google; it’s about the opportunity we have to use these tools to support Dynamic Learning experiences with our students.

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Dynamic Learning with Google (Part 3)

In part three, we are moving on to our next characteristic in the Dynamic Learning Framework, Beyond the Grade Level and Subject Area. Dynamic Learning is at the heart of my book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic.

We are going to talk about three classroom strategies to help you go Beyond the Tool, student choice, choice boards, and Project Based Learning. Then we will look at which Google tools can help support these strategies in the classroom.

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Beyond the Grade Level and Subject Area

Let’s take kids off the conveyor belt of education and give them opportunities to learn about the things that interest them beyond the subject areas we teach and even beyond what it says they should learn in each grade level. Learning doesn’t have to fit inside a box.

I know this can sound impossible but stay with me here. Students need opportunities to explore their own passions and interests that go beyond what exists inside a prescribed curriculum. This doesn’t mean you have to teach more concepts; this means that we find ways to give students opportunities to make decisions and choose topics and projects that interest them.

Beyond the Grade Level and Subject Area with Student Choice

I’ll let you in on a secret! Student choice is the key to unlocking purpose and passion.

Student choice is the number one way we can help students find and explore their own interests. Whether that means giving them a choice of reading, choice of project or research topic, or a choice in how they demonstrate their learning–all paths will help build decision-makers and problem solvers!

To be clear, this doesn’t mean free reign. Most students cannot handle a fully open choice, but if we begin by giving them two or three options, we can baby step it to bigger decisions and choices.

It truly saddens me to see students who graduate high school without one clue about their own genuine interests. And I see this happen year after year.

Ways to Give Student’s Choice:

• Choice of reading
• Choice of project topic
• Choice of research topic
• Choice of device
• Choice of tool(s)

If you are not already giving students choice in your classroom, begin to look for those opportunities in your lessons.

Beyond the Grade Level and Subject Area with Choice Boards

Choice boards have been a long-time favorite of mine. They completely transformed my classroom and helped me to stop being such a control freak.

You can call these learning menus or choice boards, these words are interchangeable, offer a simple set of activities from which students can choose. These can be a simple list, or they can take more creative forms like a tic-tac-toe or the style of a restaurant menu.

One of the most popular posts on this blog is all about using G Suite to create interactive choice boards. In this post, you will find free templates and ideas for your classroom.

I have also created a special choice board for integrating the 4 C’s. Grab a copy here.

For a more in-depth look at choice boards, check out The Teacher’s Guide to Choice Boards.

Beyond the Grade Level and Subject Area with PBL

Project Based Learning, or PBL, opens up a world of possibilities for our students. Whether you are doing authentic PBL or jumping into something like Genius Hour, Google tools can help your students reach their goals.

What exactly is PBL?

“Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience.

As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. Project Based Learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers.” – PBL Works

PBL is all about moving beyond the inauthentic, one-and-done daily lessons and activities that never connect.

Google tools can help support PBL throughout the entire process:

• Planning and research with Google Search
• Recording information and writing with Google Docs
• Collecting data with Google Forms
• Analyzing data with Google Sheets
• Managing time with Google Keep and Google Calendar
• Documenting experiments and processes with Google Photos and Video
• Presenting final projects with Google Slides or Google Sites

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