Closed Captions to Google Slides

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Excellence in Education: Adding Closed Captions to Google Slides

In October Google rolled out live closed captioning for Google Slides as part of Accessibility month.

It’s a great feature for:

• English language learners
• Students who have trouble hearing
• Students who process information better visually than verbally
• And it probably also will help us realize how much we talk (whenever I watched videos of my class, I was always amazed/dismayed how much time I spent talking).

How’s it work?

1. Hit present and presenter view.

Click on Closed Captions or Ctrl + Shift + c

Give Google permission to access your microphone.

3.  
4. Talk and present!

Other Tidbits

• This could also be handy to use in creating screencasts which then record the spoken word and the closed captions.
• You do have to be pretty close to the microphone for this to work.
• I learned that Microsoft/PowerPoint has a more robust closed captioning and translator feature. Learn about it here . It’s pretty darn awesome!

Need to Knows: Culturally Responsive Teaching Meetings on Thursday

Please be respectful of everyone’s time by arriving on time and having read Chapter 2. Please be prepared to discuss:

1. Where do you identify on the spectrum from individualist to collectivist?  How does this impact how you plan lessons and activities for your classroom?  How can you be inclusive to all students?  
2. Create a cultural map (pg. 24). Think about one aspect from your superficial, shallow, and deep culture.  How does this impact your teaching?
3. How do shallow cultural connections show up as rapport with your students?  Where do opportunities lie to begin with shallow cultural rapport and go deeper?

Need to Knows: Staff Social

Our staff social at Timberwood Tap House will be on December 4 beginning at 4:30. So that we may order the appropriate amount of food, please RSVP if you are attending by this Friday. Please feel free to invite your significant other.

https://goo.gl/forms/zddHFWJkQtIr4sIF2 

Important Information

Midterm Exam Schedule Below

December 5: Curriculum Expo

Field Trips and SOLs

November 30: Theater and Cale

Stat of the Week: Reading at Risk

Over the past 20 years, young adults (18-34) have declined from the group most likely to read literature to the group least likely (with the exception of the age 65 and above group).

The rate of decline for the youngest adults (18-24) is 55 percent greater than that of the total adult population (-28 percent vs. -18 percent).

From Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America 

I shared this with our students in an email to them. To me, it speaks to the challenges we face and the importance of what we do.

What do you make of it? What can/should we do?

Birthdays

None

Shout Outs

Hat tip to Joe Weaver for his excellent work with our community in providing those in need with some delicious Thanksgiving meals.

Useful Information

Bell Schedules : http://bit.ly/MOHSbells

FAC Form

To add to Monticello-Outlook, School Calendar, PowerSchool Daily Bulletin

Morning Announcement Stream: http://streaming.k12albemarle.org/ACPS/links.htm

Announcement Request

Athletic team schedules, rosters, etc.

Teacher Handbook 

We’ve got something new! Want something included on the Monticello Outlook Calendar, the Monticello website or in the PowerSchool Daily Bulletin (viewed by parents, students and staff)? Please use this link https://goo.gl/forms/bIjfJLKokWPcEHx33 

Worth Your Time

How can we improve teen’s sleep? I’ll let you read the study for the somewhat surprising answer.

10 ways to shift your classroom practices little by little

Why that chatty student driving you nuts could become the next President

Midterm Exams Bell Schedule

8:55-10:55	Exam Period 1
11:00-12:40	Class Period	1st lunch: 10:55-11:25 2nd lunch: 11:35-12:00 3rd lunch: 12:10-12:40
12:45-2:45	Exam Period 2
2:50-3:50	Class Period

Midterm Exam Schedule

Friday, Dec 14	Monday, Dec 17	Tuesday, Dec 18	Wednesday, Dec 19
1B-exam	1A-exam	2B-exam	2A-exam
2b*	2a*	1b*	1a*
3B-exam	3A-exam	4B-exam	4A-exam
4b	4A	3b	3a

Midterm Exam Schedule December 14
8:55-10:55	1B Exam
11:00-12:40	2B Class Class Teachers Lunch 1 10:55-11:25 11:30-12:40 Normal 2B Lunch Schedules Lunch 2 11:35-12:00 11:00-11:30 & 12:05-12:40 Lunch 3 12:15-12:40 11:00-12:10
2:45-2:45	3B Exam
2:50-3:50	4B Class

Midterm Exam Schedule December 17
8:55-10:55	1A Exam
11:00-12:40	2A Class Class Teachers Lunch 1 10:55-11:25 11:30-12:40 Normal 2A Lunch Schedules Lunch 2 11:35-12:00 11:00-11:30 & 12:05-12:40 Lunch 3 12:15-12:40 11:00-12:10
2:45-2:45	3A Exam
2:50-3:50	4A Exam

Midterm Exam Schedule December 18
8:55-10:55	2B Exam
11:00-12:40	1B Class Class Teachers Lunch 1 10:55-11:25 11:30-12:40 Bendall, Bradley, D. Brown, Bush, Colgan, Dove, Lindemann, McDaniel, Omesiete, Parsons, Trent, Waters, Williams, Wililamson Lunch 2 11:35-12:00 11:00-11:30 & 12:05-12:40 Ayres, Baber, Csapo, Huneycutt Deegan, Eliason, Mann, McClung, McDonald, Mound, Rowanhill, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stallings, Stott, Streit, Stallings, Streit, Sullivan, Warren, Lunch 3 12:15-12:40 11:00-12:10 Easton, Frazier,  Garland,  Inman, Kai, Lloyd, McCaskill, Meade, Parks,  Rocco, Schafer, Skelton, Thomas, Wade, Wilkerson
2:45-2:45	4B Exam
2:50-3:50	3B Class

Midterm Exam Schedule December 19
8:55-10:55	2A  Exam
11:00-12:40	1A Class Class Teachers Lunch 1 10:55-11:25 11:30-12:40 Ayres, Bailey, Deegan, Eliason, Escobar, Huneycutt, Mann, Mound, Omesiete, Shepherd, Smith, Stott, Sullivan,  Warren, Waidelich, Lunch 2 11:35-12:00 11:00-11:30 & 12:05-12:40 Bendall, Eisenhauer, Easton, Fisher, Haney, Inman, Lipscomb, Meade, Parks, Parsons, Pippin, Redd, Reynolds, Ritchie, Schafer, Skelton, Tapscott, Wade Lunch 3 12:15-12:40 11:00-12:10 Boyce, Bradley, D. Brown, Dove, Dudley, Frazier, Kai, Keith,  Lloyd, Lindemann, Mann, McClung, McDaniel, Rocco, Stanek, Thomas, Trent, Waters, Wilkerson, Williamson
2:45-2:45	4A Exam
2:50-3:50	3A  Class