With the rapid switch to remote ESOL instruction, a number of Google Apps have become popular for supporting specific instructional needs. These apps include Google Classroom for class organization and assignment sharing and sharing; Google Forms as a tool for surveying, quizzing, etc.; and Google Docs as a convenient way for students to share writing and receive feedback. Google offers a wide range of tools that support remote instruction, and options for integration are endless! In this panel session, several practitioners share how they have smoothly integrated these and other Google Apps into their remote instruction toolboxes to increase student engagement and maximize remote face-to-face learning opportunities.   

In this 1.5-hour roundtable panel session, you will gain valuable ideas about how to use Google Apps in a wide range of ways to support your remote ESOL instruction. Panelists will share examples from their own teaching experiences using Google Apps with beginning to advanced ESOL students. You will hear about ways to use Google Apps to coordinate class activities, share resources and assignments, track student activities, collect formative assessment data, facilitate peer feedback exchange and teacher feedback on writing activities, build student engagement through collaborative activities, and more.

Join us for our third session in a series of roundtable discussions designed to help you to reimagine your instructional practices during this period of remote teaching and beyond.