DEMONSTRATION: A Speaking Project with PollEverywhere, Google Slides, and Google Drive

DEMONSTRATION—

A Speaking Project with PollEverywhere, Google Slides, and Google Drive

Christine Bauer-RamazaniSaint Michael’s College, Vermont, USA

cbauer-ramazani@smcvt.edu

The Colombo Symposium 2017: Teachers are IN: 75 years of INnovative, INclusive, and INspiring teaching

URL for this presentation:http://bit.ly/CCA-2017-speaking-project

1. Who needs/wants to store/access files online?

2. Who has worked with• PollEverywhereo On the computer

o On a mobile device

• Google Slides

• Google Drive

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Context for the project

• Unit topic: Sleep Habits

• Students: 8 students in a high-intermediate Oral Skills class– Class met MWF, 1:15-3:15 pm (6 hours/week)– 2 Chinese, 1 Swiss (French speaker), 5 Japanese

• End-of-unit project topic: Campus Survey on Sleep Habits

• Expected outcomes:– Creation of a short survey using a survey app—5 questions– Conducting the campus survey on mobile phones in teams of 2/3 students &

recording the interviews– Creating a slide show of 6-10 slides– Presenting for 6-8-minutes as a team

• Length of time until completion of project: 1 ½ weeks

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What you/the students need

laptops smartphones apps

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APPSAndroid: Apple/iOS: Windows:

GarageBand for iOS Voice Recorder

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Who has heard of

1. BLENDED LEARNING2. FLIPPED LEARNING or the FLIPPED

CLASSROOM?

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The Process: Team collaboration in Google Drive folders on tasks

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Team collaboration in Google Drive folders on tasks:

GROUP PROJECT: Campus Survey on Sleep Habits

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS OUT-OF-CLASS

(FLIPPED LEARNING)

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1. SURVEY QUESTIONS: Student pairs composed 5 questions to ask students, staff, and faculty on campus about their sleep habits.

2. Class agreed on final form of survey questions.

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

Team 2:

Bruce /

Koki

Question 1:What is your role on campus?

2.What is your age range?

3.How many hours of sleep do you get on

weekdays?

4.On average, how many hours of sleep do you

get on the weekends?

5. How do you feel when you get up?

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1. Students downloaded FREE VOICE RECORDER APPS to their phones.

2. Students wrote a script for the interview:

a. What to say to interviewees--who you are

b. What you want

c. What will be done with the results

BLENDED LEARNING

OUT-OF-CLASS TASKS (FLIPPED

LEARNING)

TEAM MEMBERS SCRIPT

Team 1:

Momoko /

Amandine

Excuse me. We are Intensive English Program students

learning about sleep habits. We would like to ask you some

questions about your sleep habits. We are going to compare the

results and make a presentation in class.12

1. Configuring PollEverywhere and Google Slides on the students’ LAPTOPs

• Links on Google Drive doc: sign up for PollEverywhere on your computer (free), then

– Click “I’m presenting.”

– Create an account by filling in the information (first name, last name, email address, password phone #).

– Log into your account.

– Click CREATE to create a survey.

– Use “multiple-choice” format.

– Click “Edit” and “Assign activity to a group” and title the project (changing it from “ungrouped”).

– Put your questions into PollEverywhere.

– On the CONFIGURE TAB, select, on the right side, for "Each person may respond" "as many times as they like".

– Click the TEST tab (top right) and click activate to publish to PollEv.com/username.

– Click “Create”.

– When finished, click “Presentation View” and click “activate”.

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASK:PollEverywhere

on laptops

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1. Downloading the PollEverywhere APP to the phones and configuring it for the survey.

– Click the appropriate link below.

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASK:PollEverywhereon smartphones

PollEverywhere for iPhonePollEverywhere for AndroidPollEverwhere APK for Windows Phone

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1. URLs for teams‘ survey questionsposted to Google Doc

2. Practicing the script with the team member.

BLENDED LEARNING

OUT-OF-CLASS TASKS (FLIPPED

LEARNING)

TEAM MEMBERS URL on PollEverywhere

Team 1: Momoko /

Amandine

https://pollev.com/momokokusano877?_ga=1.72392275.1

315761049.1491851390

Team 2:

Bruce / Koki / Kiriha

https://pollev.com/surveys/oyTZdlzKF?_ga=1.13664631.11

65797320.1492017347

Team 3: Kiriha / Alan PollEv.com/surveys/YIDULpxhp

Team 4: Yui / Mayuka https://pollev.com/surveys/Z3THLzcKh?_ga=1.260425934.

2128619132.1491851219

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• Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and 5 faculty: There should be no duplication. In other words, teams should not be asking the same students, staff, or faculty. Please go to these locations -- link to Campus map

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKSFACULTY

Survey

STAFF

Survey

STUDENT

Survey

Team 1: Momoko /

Amandine

St. Edmund’s Hall -- third

floor (various

departments)

Founders Hall -- 1st

floor (Registrar,

Administration)

roommates

Team 2:

Bruce / Koki /

Kiriha

St. Edmund’s Hall -- first

floor (ALD)

Klein Building

(Career

Development)

room/housemates

Team 3: Alan St. Edmund’s Hall --

second floor (various

departments)

Alliot Hall -- 1st floor roommates

Team 4: Yui /

Mayuka

Cheray Science -- third

floor (Biology)

Durick Library -- 1st

floor

roommates

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Configuring PollEverywhere for Google Slides on the students’ LAPTOPs

• add PollEverywhere to Google Slides in Chrome

• Inserting the poll results into Google Slides or PowerPointOption 1: GOOGLE SLIDES

– You already added PollEverywhere to Google Chrome above (Step 4 above).

– Go to Google Slides and click PollEverywhere in the top menu bar.

– Click Insert > Poll. Find the poll you want.– Put a checkmark in all boxes and click INSERT (see the

screenshot below).

Option 2: Inserting PollEverywhere into PowerPoint– Download the Presenter App.– Click the downloaded file and “Run” then “install”.– Open PowerPoint. You will see PollEverywhere in the top menu

bar.– Click PollEverywhere and “Insert poll.” – The poll results will load into the slides -- one question per

slide.

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

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• Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and 5 faculty

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

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• Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and 5 faculty

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

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• Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and 5 faculty

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

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What is the next step?

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1. Insert the poll results into Google Slides or PowerPoint

2. Use of the voice recordings

3. Survey RESULTS – Post 6 sentences per team to the shared Google doc:

• What are the highest results? Lowest results?

• What did you find surprising?• What do all students (faculty, staff) have

in common regarding their sleep habits?• In what ways are the three groups

different?

BLENDED LEARNING

OUT-OF-CLASS TASKS (FLIPPED

LEARNING)

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The language of surveys/charts/graphs –team reports on their homework in the shared Google doc

• what/how to report results

• how to discuss data on slides

• Interesting examples/anecdotes

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

Team 1:

Momoko /

Amandine

1. Almost all professors are in the age range of 51 years old or above.

2. The man who works in the “Cafe” doesn't work directly for St Michael’s College.

He works for another company which have a contract with the college.

3. Faculty and staff would have chosen different hours of sleep in the weekdays

and weekends. They would have chosen between 7 and 8 hours of sleep.

4. On average, many people sleep about 2 hours longer on weekends than

weekdays.

5. Faculty and staff feel well-rested when they get up in the morning. Just students

feel sleepy or tired in the morning.

6. Everyone was really open to participate for the survey. It was challenging for us

but very interesting.

7. We met a geography professor who told us that one of his brother lives in Japan

in Momoyama and “momo” means peach. Also the same meanings g as Momoko.

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CREATING SLIDES on Google Drive –INSTRUCTIONS on Google Doc GROUP PROJECT: Campus Survey on Sleep Habits

1. Access the slides for your team on the shared Google Drive folder.

2. Create a cover slide (first slide). Cover slides should always have these items:

– The title of the project– The names of the team members (first and last name)– The course– The institution– The session (Spring 2, 2017)

3. Choose a background for your slides (slide > Change theme). Keep colors consistent.

4. Choose font sizes and contrasting font colors. Keep font sizes and colors consistent.

5. Create 5 more slides:– Cover slide– Overview slide– 2-3 Content slides– Conclusion slide– Thank you! Questions? slide

BLENDED LEARNING

OUT-OF-CLASS TASKS (FLIPPED

LEARNING)

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Discussion: Key Points for Effective Presentations--Effective Presentations

– notes

– Body language

– Speaking: pronunciation, volume

– Fluency/rhythm (stress, intonation)

– Team work: contributions, transitions between slides and the next speaker

– PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

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1. Prepare notes (NO SENTENCES) for your presentation.

2. Vocabulary preparation:1. Put stress marks on the important words.

2. Check the pronunciation in the dictionary app and practice the vocabulary out loud.

3. Practice your presentation THREE TIMES! Time limit: 6-8 min.

4. Assessment: See the Team Presentation Rubric .

BLENDED LEARNING

OUT-OF-CLASS TASKS (FLIPPED

LEARNING)

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PRESENTATIONS

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

1. What is your role on campus? 2. What is your age range?3. How many hours of sleep do you get on weekdays?4. On average, how many hours of sleep do you get on the weekends?5. How do you feel when you get up?

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PRESENTATIONS

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

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PRESENTATIONS

BLENDED LEARNING

IN-CLASS TASKS

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Thank you for participating!

Christine Bauer-RamazaniSaint Michael’s College, Vermont, USAcbauer-ramazani@smcvt.edu

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URL for this presentation:http://bit.ly/CCA-2017-speaking-project