073. How to End the School Year in a Digital World

Teaching to the TOP

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Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Let’s be honest, closing down our classrooms will look a little bit different this year. If you’re someone who has transitioned from virtual to in the classroom, there might be more things to consider as you’re prepping for your first beach getaway. While we all might be hoping for a little more normalcy with the upcoming year, it would be a waste to simply throw everything we have done this year away. Instead, it’s important to consider how you start transitioning and using more digital resources in the upcoming years. In this episode we break down three areas in which you need to organize: LMS, digital files and emails. We’ll give you actionable steps for processing the information, and storing it in a way that you can use it next year. Keep in mind that everyone has a different situation and may need to adapt and do a little research on how to implement the strategies we share. In this episode we share: How you can store assignments, discussions and materials you’ve created in your LMS to reuse next year How to organize your resources from your LMS to easily locate and how to archive a course How to build a list of assignments for next year. Don’t reinvent the wheel! Use what worked! How to create a checklist of graded assignments to keep structure and consistency Organize your digital files and delete unused files from the previous years. Designate applications on your ipad or laptop for file types to make organizing and locating materials easier How to close out your email with a zero inbox and what to do with all the emails in your folders LINKS: TOP Digital Teacher Planner SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Bridget Spackman and Michelle Emerson,
0:05.2	and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and
0:10.6	productivity as a teacher. Today's episode is all about ending the school year in an organized way.
0:17.3	Obviously, this year is very different than what we are all used to. So we're going to be
0:22.4	sharing some strategies for ending the school year in a digital world. But first, let's hear a
0:28.3	TSA from a top teacher. This top teacher says, my Google Drive files are messed up all over the place.
0:36.8	They are just sitting in my main home Google Drive,
0:40.5	like hundreds of them. I always have to worry about that, taking my time away and pushing my
0:46.2	tasks. How do I get all of them in folders when it takes forever? I have other things to worry about,
0:52.5	so how do I juggle between the two? I feel like digital files can
0:56.5	be like a silent killer. The problem is, is we don't recognize that it's a mess because we don't
1:02.3	see it all of the time. But it is so important for your sanity and your time to stay on top of all
1:09.5	of your digital files.
1:12.0	I'm going to be honest.
1:14.7	I had some heart palpitations reading that.
1:15.4	I saw that.
1:23.3	Digital files are one area of my life that I just refuse to get disorganized in.
1:24.9	I just, I can't handle it. But I do understand that a lot of teachers struggle with this.
1:29.1	So hopefully today's episode will help.
1:32.1	But I also think that this top teacher may need to make, you know,
1:36.3	Google Drive organization a summer project.
1:39.2	It's something that he or she can work on a little bit at a time while they're like
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