They say that every cloud has a silver lining and the creation of this brilliant FACEBOOK group is one of those positive highlights. This website is testament to what can be achieved by effective collaboration and learning from each other. We have talked about Sharing good practice for years and many of us have practiced this - This Facebook site is full of amazing ideas from local teachers just like us. Join up as soon as you can- Over 4,000 Northern Ireland teachers joined in one week! 

This video shows the basics of using the Google Meets on your Google Classroom for connecting. This gives is a ZOOM like capability and will enable you to collaborate and teach with your class should you wish to do so.

This video covers:
- Where to find Google Meets
- How to connect with Google Meets
- How to mute / turn your screen off / add closed captions
- How to share your screen
​- How to end your meet. 

This video deals with the following:

• How to add a student to Google Classroom
• How to add a teacher to your Google Classroom
• How to delete an inappropriate comment
• How to 'mute' a pupil
• How to email a pupil 
• How to remove a pupil from the class

This tip should save you so much time and energy!! Do a great initial Google Classroom then replicate it for your other classes or other members of your department. This saves so much time and energy! 

Ideal for lockdown learners!! Really popular; Interactive and with results that are fed right back to you easily! 

I have put this on parenttec.net for the parents. It may be worthwhile checking it out

With the impact of Coronavirus reaching far and wide, this a series of articles to allow you the best opportunity to keep teaching from pupils from distance.