Google Tools in the Theatre Arts Classroom
Created by Anna Porter
Have you been wanting to find some new ways to enhance your classroom with technology? Have you been told you need to integrate technology in your classroom but don’t know where to start or what would even make sense to use in the drama classroom?
Whether you want to find some new ways to diversify your instruction and assessment, provide new resources and opportunities for your students, or simply needs some help with organization and communication, Google Tools has a treasure trove of resources ready for you to use today.
Instructor Anna Porter covers the tools of Google Forms, Photos, Calendar, Earth, Custom Search and Sites. Each lesson has video examples of how to use the tools as well as tips and resources for each module.
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0Lesson 0Introduction4:27 FREE PREVIEWGives an overview of the course and how it will break down into various modules.
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1Lesson 1Getting Started12:25 FREE PREVIEWThis lesson covers how to set up a Google account and how to access the tools that will be covered in the course. It also introduces resources and provides ideas for teaching digital citizenship and setting up classroom rules and routines in regards to technology.
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2Lesson 2AGoogle Forms Part 110:00 LockedHow to create a Google form using a digital audition form as an example.
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2Lesson 2BGoogle Forms Part 28:18 LockedThis lesson explores additional ways to utilize the forms and the information gathered in the drama classroom
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3Lesson 3Google Photos10:11 LockedThis lesson explores how Google Photos can help your students communicate using pictures, as well as how you can utilize it as a teacher to organize, document and share your program’s resources.
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4Lesson 4Google Calendar9:19 LockedThis lesson explores how to use Google Calendar to organize and communicate events with all of your stakeholders.
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5Lesson 5Google Earth11:52 LockedThis lesson teaches how to build context and take your students on a virtual field trip to locations that you are discussing and exploring in class and production.
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6Lesson 6Google Custom Search10:39 LockedThis lesson will explore how you can help your students focus on key information by creating a custom Google Search Engine that they can use for your class.
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7Lesson 7Google Sites15:05 LockedThis final lesson explores the ways in which you can utilize Google Sites in your class and program.
Standards Addressed
Grade 6 - Performing
Grades 9-12 - ACTING LEVELS I-IV - Connecting
Grades 9-12 - ADVANCED DRAMA LEVELS I-IV -Performing
Grades 9-12 - ADVANCED DRAMA LEVELS I-IV -Connecting
Grades 9-12 - FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE LEVELS I-IV - Creating
Grades 9-12 - FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE LEVELS I-IV - Connecting
Grades 9-12 - MUSICAL THEATRE LEVELS I-IV - Performing
- TAHSMT.PR.1 Act and direct by communicating and sustaining roles within a variety of situations and environments.<br/>a. Examine and implement the skills and tasks associated with acting, singing, and dancing, incorporating vocal and movement technique, observation, and imagination to create characters for formal and informal performances.<br/>b. Identify and examine the responsibilities and tasks of an actor in relation to directors, designers, choreographers, technical crew, and production staff.<br/>c. Use the skills and tools of a director to develop a presentation of formal and informal musical theatre performances.<br/>d. Conduct rehearsals to present a musical theatre performance for a live audience.
- TAHSMT.PR.2 Execute artistic and technical elements of theatre.<br/>a. Engage as a creative team in script analysis to plan and create technical elements of a theatre production, including sets, props, costumes, makeup, lighting, and sound.
Grades 9-12 - MUSICAL THEATRE LEVELS I-IV - Connecting
Grades 9-12 - THEATRE MANAGEMENT - Connecting
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