Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
If you are just getting started with Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms or Drawings) here is a challenge for each app to try. I am using this presentation in a workshop I am giving to teachers who are new to Google Apps. New to Google Apps may mean they have never used it or…
Personally, I cringe when I hear a teacher mention they are making videos for their students. I absolutely advocate for teachers to create videos. However, regardless of the medium, student engagement matters. Too often I see 10-20 minute videos for students to watch. Ugh. Ten Seconds Research shows that people decide in the first 10…
I am constantly asked how to annotate PDF’s. This is flat out a question I refuse to answer. Annotating PDF’s is not an engaging lesson plan. Trying to fill out a PDF on a computer is WORSE than just filling it out on paper. We should not be using tech for the sake of using…
Google Classroom just updated to allow you to reuse a post. I have already used this feature about 5 million times already. When reusing an assignment or announcement you are given the option to “Create new copies of all attachments.” This is defaulted on. I recommend you almost always turn this OFF. Uncheck I recommend that…
Here is a workflow I use with Google Drive all the time. Click on “Recent” on the left hand side. Click on the file that I was using recently. Click on the magnifying glass in the toolbar to jump me to that folder.
The Google Classroom team is always listening to teachers and in response to feedback they have added the feature to be able to reuse a post in your stream. Plus Icon To add an assignment, announcement, or question to the stream click on the plus icon now located in the bottom right-hand corner. The top…
Google has updated how assignments and announcements are added to Google Classroom. They have also added a new feature that allows the teacher to ask the class a question. Plus Icon Many Google products such as the Google mobile apps, https://docs.google.com, sheets.google.com, slides.google.com, and inbox.google.com have a plus icon in the bottom right hand corner to add…
Note: These features are rolling out over the next several weeks. You may not see all of them right away. For Fall 2015, Google Classroom has 6 new updates Move a Post: Use the 3 dots on the assignment or announcement to move the post back up to the top of the stream. Reuse Post:…
I added collaborative notes documents to Google Classroom as “Students can edit file.” I did not want to push out a copy of the document to each student since the students are working in groups. This means that the collaborative document does NOT show up in the Google Classroom class folder for the student. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-gDosoMXVQ…
If you do not know what a 3D printer is, simply it melts plastic to create 3D models of things. I just got a Polar 3D printer. It was super easy to set up and because, unlike other 3D printers, the slicing software is part of the printer I can go from drawing something to…
I am now the proud owner of a 3D printer in my nerd cave at my house. (I have one in my classroom too!) I have a Polar 3D printer (polar3D.com). Advantages to this printer are: you can print wirelessly it has the slicer software in the printer so you can directly send .stl…
Google Classroom poster created by Alice Keeler and Michael Fricano ll. Check out Michaels blog at www.EDtechnocation.com
Locate Your Files in Google Drive When you create a new document or if you use File->Make a copy, the document is most likely in your main “My Drive” in Google Drive. If you are having trouble locating your file, here are some tricks. Recent On the left-hand side of Google Drive is a list of…
Link to Google Drawing: https://goo.gl/i8U5vj Teachers, please feel free to use this at your schools and with students. This image is under copyright, please do not republish onto public blogs.
One reason a parent might not read the classroom newsletter is that it is not about their child. Here is a solution for creating weekly newsletters for parents that are individualized for their child. Newsletter Templates http://tinyurl.com/newslettertemps Add the above Google Drive folder of newsletters to your Google Drive. You can make copies and use…
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