Google Meet: When Presenting See More People

by admin | Jan 28, 2021 | Advanced, GC - Advanced, Google, Meet

When presenting your screen in a Google Meet, annoyingly, the majority of the Meet screen is taken up by “You’re presenting to everyone.” Control Minus A common trick when using any program is to use Control Minus to zoom out. Oftentimes it is...

Voice Comments in Google Docs: It’s going to be e-mote-ional!

by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Advanced, Classroom, GC - Advanced, Google

Mote for Voice Comments Guest blog post by Jon Neale I’ve been a classroom teacher for 16 years. In April 2020, at the start of lockdown, I came across Mote on Twitter and everything changed! Don’t tell anyone: I’m leaving teaching to help more teachers! For the past...

Hot Tip: Duplicate the Tab and Collaborate

by admin | Dec 27, 2020 | Apps - Beginner, GC - Beginner, Google

Google Docs is designed for collaboration. Which means you might be in a lengthy document with other people who are editing the document at the same time. The problem is when the person you are collaborating with asks you to look at what they have contributed to the...

Progress Report Maker by Alice Keeler

by admin | Dec 17, 2020 | Apps - Beginner, GC - Beginner, Google

alicekeeler.com/progressreportmaker Progress Reports from GC Track Missing Grades The answer is always a spreadsheet! The question is how can I show my students’ missing scores and progress reports from Google Classroom? I don’t like to use zeroes because...

Shut the Box Game – Google Slides

by admin | Dec 15, 2020 | Apps - Intermediate, Gamification, GC - Intermediate, Google, Slides

If you are looking for something fun for your students to do during class time try the Shut the Box game. Traditionally this game is played with 2 players, a pair of dice, and 9 tiles. To play this virtually, or digitally, try my Google Slides version. Template...

🎉🎉 Jamboard – Version History and Sticky Note Shortcuts

by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Apps - Beginner, GC - Beginner, Google, Jam - Beginner, Jamboard, Keyboard Shortcuts

I was playing around in Google Jamboard (jam.new) trying out random keyboard combinations to see what keyboard shortcuts exist besides Control V for paste. I found the ability to add a new sticky note and to view the version history. New Sticky Note Control Alt Shift...