With so many ways for students to share information with you, the teacher, we are always looking for the quickest and easiest way to do so. Here is a little trick to get students sharing images of their work right in a Google Doc.
Let’s say students are working on a math problem, and are asked to work as a group to solve the problem. Students work on a white board, white board wall (ala Model Classroom) or simply on a piece of paper. Once finished, they simply take a picture of the problem being solved and post it into a table that you, the teacher, pre-created in the Google Doc with their names. To do this, students would simply click INSERT –> IMAGE –> CAMERA. A popup will appear asking for permission to utilize the built-in Mac computer. Simply allow, then the camera will load with the ability to snap a picture and insert! Students can then use the camera to point at the white board/white board wall/paper, take a quick pic, and insert into the table.
Simple, quick, and effective. Have them follow this up with a quick little group selfie so that you know who was present in the group and voila… you can quickly award points for the in-class assignment.
Hope this helps!