We talked about the struggles we are all facing with online learning and teaching. Although we are thousands of miles apart and have completely different cultures, we are all feeling the same.
Category: Collaboration
Collaborate Better – Email Collaborators
If you use Google Docs, Sheets or Slides you are probably sharing your documents with someone. Collaboration is what makes modern document creation amazing. No longer is one person responsible for adding content to a document, multiple people can edit and review a document. This can be done synchronously or asynchronously. Synchronous Collaboration Synchronous collaboration…
Trashketball: The Hyflex Learning Version Game with @EastonA1
Above all, this would be so fun, and we all truly need that to continue to be a part of our learners’ experiences!
Gamify Your PD & Build Community With @GibboneyRebecca
Gamification, for me, was not only for the classroom but also for my colleagues. After all, adults are just big kids at heart, right?!
Puzzles for the Puzzled: Children of the World
Everyone matters. We each make an impact on this world.
Working together makes our task feel less difficult as we work for the same goal.
And if we do our jobs well, we will be together to pick up the pieces when it’s over.
Sparking Curiosity to Engage Students in Learning with @MarciaMentor
What are you curious about? What questions do you have? A Guest Post by Marcia Carrillo Based on the work of @ramusallam These are the questions I was asked after watching a Verizon commercial, in which a bicyclist rides throughout San Francisco and his path is captured on his phone in the shape of a…
Who’s Doing the Learning?
Are the Students Learning or Is the Teacher? A Guest Post by Erin Whalen I have had the privilege of hearing Alice speak several times now, and while I have learned a LOT from her, there is one particular phrase that has really made me stop and think about my own practices. It’s sort of…
Google Docs: Reply to Comments Tip
Top tips for inserting comments into Google Docs.
Direct Comment to Someone in Google Docs
Google Docs allows you to insert comments to the side of a document. When collaborating on a document all of the collaborators are able to see and respond to the comment. On occasion you want to direct a comment to a specific person. Insert Comment When inserting a comment place your cursor at the…
Google Docs: Link to a Comment
In Google Documents you have the ability to add comments. These comments look a little like sticky notes on the side of the document and they line up with the spot in the document that the comment is placed. Click on one of the comments and you have the ability to reply, thus creating a…
Google Docs: Stop Email Notifications
If you are shared on a Google document with a large group of people you may find the number of email notifications from collaborators inserting comments to be overwhelming. I like my students to receive the email notifications when I give them individual feedback, however, when collaborating with a large group this may be unnecessary. Comments…
Google Hangouts from a Google Community
I have a small addiction to Google Communities. I love using them with students and also with groups I am collaborating with. One feature of a Google Plus Community is the ability to add events. I will use these events to post major due dates, and to just create an area to discuss a particular…
Collaborating with Google Docs: Email Collaborators
There are many things I love about using Google Docs. Sure, I need to do a few work arounds (2 column layout would be nice), but what I gain in access and collaboration makes up for it. When I am collaborating with teachers (or students) I simply need to click on the blue share button…
Try student presentations like this
I had lunch today with someone from the local city college and we were thinking of ways that college professors might be more productive with Google. Here is one of our ideas: Create Google Presentation templates (like PowerPoint) and allow students to create their presentations on the teachers starters. This allows the teacher to already…
Create a Document from an Email
How many times have you gotten an email that you will want to keep a record of, to create a project out of, or want better collaboration communication with? Usually I copy and paste the email into a Google doc, but gmail will actually do this for you! When you have your email open and…
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