Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
Google Forms updated this week with a new look and some new features. Some of the features you might be used to seeing are now organized into menus within Google Forms. Settings Click on the settings cog when creating a Google Form. GAFE: Restricted to the Domain If you are using a Google Apps for…
I have surprised myself how often I make Google Docs at docs.google.com, Google Sheets at sheets.google.com and Google Slides at slides.google.com. One advantage to going to the product website rather than creating the new doc directly in Google Drive is the ability to choose from attractive templates ready to use. Google Forms forms.google.com Templates Quickly…
You can absolutely teach math with Google Apps. Google Apps helps to support a shift to Common Core thinking and collaboration. As a high school math teacher I used Google Apps with my students. I am working with Diana Herrington on teaching math in the Common Core era with Google products. Diana taught STEM classes for…
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I have long been a fan of Chris Haskell and was honored when he and Barbara Schroeder asked me to be a guest on the Cool Teacher Show. Be sure to check out all of their episodes at coolteachers.org
When possible, it is important that we educate our students on how to be safe on the web. Scammers are always out there trying to take your personal information and money. When you receive spam/scam email that does not have inappropriate information try asking students to determine if this is a valid email and why…
Control F lets you find keywords on a web page or within a document. Command F on a Mac. This keyboard shortcut is handy in a gradebook to jump quickly to a student’s name in the roster. Research Technique As we shift towards asking students complex questions, we need to help students filter through the…
My tip for creating teacher documents is to star your originals. This is particularly helpful if you are using Google Classroom since student work is titled the same as your original documents. You can star your Google Documents by clicking on the star icon to the right of the document name in the document. From…
One of my favorite features of Google Sheets spreadsheets is the ability to “fill down.” This copies a pattern and quickly allows me to count from 1 to 100 or apply a formula repeatedly. Fill Down Square When you click on a cell in the spreadsheet, notice the bottom right-hand corner of the cell has…
If you have assignments that are ongoing, such as a journal, or assignments you want to refer back to, try linking to the previous assignment. UPDATE: The directions below still work. However, Google has come up with a better way to accomplish this. You can now find the link to the assignment by clicking on…
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