Ability Archives - Teacher Tech

Flipgrid – See Your Students and Share

by admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Advanced, Microsoft

Flipgrid is awesome and it keeps getting awesomer!! Flipgrid is DESIGNED for schools. It is not a corporate product hacked for classroom use. Flipgrid is designed for student voice and engagement. SCREEN RECORDING was just added to the the options of ways students can...

The GENIUS of Drive Linking in Google Classroom

by admin | Mar 31, 2020 | Advanced, Classroom, Google

A tough paradigm shift when you use Google Classroom is understanding that there are NO ATTACHMENTS. There are only links from Google Drive. If you upload something to Classroom, look more carefully, it actually says you are uploading to Google Drive. Classroom...

Yes, Your Google Classroom Banner Dims

by admin | Mar 31, 2020 | Classroom, Google, Intermediate

If you upload your own photo to Google Classroom it darkens. No one likes this. It is not your imagination, you are not doing something wrong. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS! Apparently it has something to do with the rules for material design. What I really...

Channels are the BEST PART of Microsoft Teams

by admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Intermediate, Microsoft, Teams

I love digital tools because they allow me options to INTERACT better with my students. It is tough to have a conversation with every kid in a face to face class. Do the math, 40 kids in a 50 minute class period doesn’t really lend to a whole lot of personal...

Private Comments are the BEST Part of Google Classroom

by admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Classroom, Google, Intermediate

My favoritist favorite favorite thing about Google Classroom is the Private Comments. Comments in Classroom are not feedback, they are conversations. BEFORE a student even starts an assignment they have the opportunity to ask for help or clarifying question in the...

Allow Devices to Access Google Classroom, Gmail, and Other Services

by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Admin, Advanced, Google

Deborah Alexander with How to Set a Passcode Guest blog post with Deborah Alexander On Twitter Jen Wagner noted that sometimes when families install Google things on their iPad devices that the school requires a passcode on the device. In Google Classroom, we have...